[Freeipa-users] ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ipapython'

[Stephan Boldt]

Hello,

I want to install IdM / FreeIPA on a RHEL 8.3 VM using Ansible running
on a CentOS 8 VM. I installed the ansible-freeipa package und set up
inventory and playbook as shown in the docs. Running the playbook then
fails with the following message:

TASK [ipaserver : Install - Server installation test]
**********************************************************************************************
task path: /usr/share/ansible/roles/ipaserver/tasks/install.yml:46
An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full
traceback, use -vvv. The error was: ModuleNotFoundError: No module
named 'ipapython'
fatal: [th-ha-thidm-01t.tdeidmpoc.thalia.de]: FAILED! => {"changed":
false, "module_stderr": "Shared connection to 172.28.210.44
closed.\r\n", "module_stdout": "Traceback (most recent call
last):\r\n
 File
\"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1617185879.276394-306034-84664824025072/AnsiballZ_ipaserver_test.py\",
line 102, in <module>\r\n    _ansiballz_main()\r\n  File
\"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1617185879.276394-306034-84664824025072/AnsiballZ_ipaserver_test.py\",
line 94, in _ansiballz_main\r\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod,
temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n  File
\"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1617185879.276394-306034-84664824025072/AnsiballZ_ipaserver_test.py\",
line 40, in invoke_module\r\n
runpy.run_module(mod_name='ansible.modules.ipaserver_test',
init_globals=None, run_name='__main__', alter_sys=True)\r\n  File
\"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 205, in run_module\r\n
return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\r\n
File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 96, in
_run_module_code\r\n    mod_name, mod_spec, pkg_name, script_name)\r\n
 File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 85, in _run_code\r\n
exec(code, run_globals)\r\n  File
\"/tmp/ansible_ipaserver_test_payload_tlzfemmq/ansible_ipaserver_test_payload.zip/ansible/modules/ipaserver_test.py\",
line 215, in <module>\r\n  File
\"/tmp/ansible_ipaserver_test_payload_tlzfemmq/ansible_ipaserver_test_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/ansible_ipa_server.py\",
line 48, in <module>\r\nModuleNotFoundError: No module named
'ipapython'\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr
for the
exact error", "rc": 1}

I've then installed the ipa-python-compat package as this was the only
ipapython like package that I was able to find but it didn't fix the
problem.
When trying to import the module from the python CLI it shows no errors:

# python3
Python 3.6.8 (default, Aug 24 2020, 17:57:11)
[GCC 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license"
for more information.
> >> import ipapython
> >> 
Does anyone have an Idea what might be the problem?

Thanks in advance!

regards
Stephan