Running Ansible on remote hosts without Python
Ansible is easy to use on hosts with Python. However, what happens when the target host does not have Python installed.
raw module
The raw module allows Ansible to execute low level SSH commands.
This module does not require Python on the remote system, much like the script module.
So for example here is a shell command to execute a command over SSH.
ssh $ssh_uid@$target_host "df -kh"
Using the raw module of Ansible
- name: "Get disk space"
raw: df -kh
register: raw_diskspace
Note
If using raw from a playbook, you may need to disable fact gathering using gather_facts: no if you’re using raw to bootstrap python onto the machine.
- hosts: myhost
roles:
- myrole
gather_facts: no
More details on the raw module is available from the official documentation.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/raw_module.html