My controller node is running RH7. This fails since this package is not present anymore. when: ansible_os_family == ‘RedHat’ This task works on RHEL 8.3, CentOS 8.3, Fedora 33, but not in CentOS Stream 8. Just wanted to mention that, happy automating! If you require Python 3 support use the `dnf` Ansible module instead.. These can easily confuse things in this question. This is necessary because only the root user can install new applications using dnf. @sivel we upgraded to Ansible 2.8 and we still hit this same issue, the package module still tries to install python2-dnf and we still need to add the option ansible… @mkrizek that's unfortunately not an optimization but a work-around because old versions of dnf would actually cause a python traceback if you called base.install() without validating that the package wasn't either a new install or an upgrade to an existing package. When the module package or dnf is used, it wants to run the command dnf install -y python2-dnf. Description of problem: Fedora 30 obsoleted the package python2-dnf. The items under the dnf item are specific to the dnf module. The Python 2 yum module is needed for this module. dnf is the name of the module, which you discovered from the module index on the Ansible website. You may use this module the same way you did the apt module in the earlier section of this article. dnf: Calls the Ansible built-in that interfaces with the DNF package manager. Hi! If you require Python 3 support use the dnf Ansible module instead. Although a bit limited in its capabilities, it can install, remove, and update packages. The Python 2 bindings for rpm are needed for this module. For RedHat distributions, we have yum & dnf while for Debian flavors, there’s apt. This is where the module documentation is essential. Solution provided at the bottom. The dnf and yum module of Ansible is used to install a specific software package on CentOS/RHEL hosts. This should point to python3-dnf. It automatically uses the corresponding package manager of the host system, thereby making work easier. Ansible upstream contributor here, I am one of the maintainers for the yum and dnf modules. DNF/Yum4 uses the term "module" to describe groups of packages, features, and software vendors. This make me wonder if Ansible supports Python 3 on target nodes. If you require Python 3 support use the `dnf` Ansible module instead."} => {"changed": false, "msg": "The Python 2 bindings for rpm are needed for this module. First off, great write up! I can install above packages (including htop) with no problem by hand: sudo dnf –enablerepo=epel-modular,epel install htop Failed to set locale, defaulting to C.UTF-8 Librepo version: 1.12.0 with CURL_GLOBAL_ACK_EINTR support Both the dnf and yum modules accept the same parameters. One of the limitations of the DNF module is that it does not have the check-update function. Working with Ansible dnf/yum Module. 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