Problem: Compatability issues with RHEL 8 targets after update to SemaphoreUI version 2.11.2 - Problem could be related to ansible version in Semaphore

[dwedia]

Issue

After updating SemaphoreUI from V2.10.43 to V2.11.2. I can no longer run ansible playbooks against RHEL 8 targets.

The error I get is this:

fatal: [extest0078.it.rm.dk]: FAILED! => {"ansible_facts": {}, "changed": false, "failed_modules": {"ansible.legacy.setup": {"ansible_facts": {"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python3"}, "exception": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 107, in <module>\r\n    _ansiballz_main()\r\n  File \"/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 99, in _ansiballz_main\r\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n  File \"/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 44, in invoke_module\r\n    from ansible.module_utils import basic\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 971, in _find_and_load\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 951, in _find_and_load_unlocked\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 894, in _find_spec\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1157, in find_spec\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1131, in _get_spec\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1112, in _legacy_get_spec\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 441, in spec_from_loader\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 544, in spec_from_file_location\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload_6k7io3wb/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 5\r\nSyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined\r\n", "failed": true, "module_stderr": "Shared connection to extest0078.it.rm.dk closed.\r\n", "module_stdout": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 107, in <module>\r\n    _ansiballz_main()\r\n  File \"/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 99, in _ansiballz_main\r\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n  File \"/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 44, in invoke_module\r\n    from ansible.module_utils import basic\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 971, in _find_and_load\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 951, in _find_and_load_unlocked\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 894, in _find_spec\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1157, in find_spec\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1131, in _get_spec\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1112, in _legacy_get_spec\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 441, in spec_from_loader\r\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 544, in spec_from_file_location\r\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload_6k7io3wb/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 5\r\nSyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE: No start of json char found\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}}, "msg": "The following modules failed to execute: ansible.legacy.setup\n"}

Impact

Ansible (task execution), Docker

Installation method

Docker

Database

Postgres

Browser

Firefox

Semaphore Version

v2.11.2-0e9490c-1735214878

Ansible Version

ansible [core 2.18.1]
  config file = /tmp/semaphore/repository_1_117/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/tmp/semaphore/repository_1_117/library']
  ansible python module location = /opt/semaphore/apps/ansible/11.1.0/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /tmp/semaphore/repository_1_117/collections
  executable location = /opt/semaphore/apps/ansible/11.1.0/venv/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.11.11 (main, Dec  6 2024, 11:15:21) [GCC 13.2.1 20231014] (/opt/semaphore/apps/ansible/11.1.0/venv/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.5
  libyaml = True

Logs & errors

fatal: [extest0078.it.rm.dk]: FAILED! => {"ansible_facts": {}, "changed": false, "failed_modules": {"ansible.legacy.setup": {"ansible_facts": {"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python3"}, "exception": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n File "/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py", line 107, in \r\n _ansiballz_main()\r\n File "/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py", line 99, in _ansiballz_main\r\n invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n File "/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py", line 44, in invoke_module\r\n from ansible.module_utils import basic\r\n File "", line 971, in _find_and_load\r\n File "", line 951, in _find_and_load_unlocked\r\n File "", line 894, in _find_spec\r\n File "", line 1157, in find_spec\r\n File "", line 1131, in _get_spec\r\n File "", line 1112, in _legacy_get_spec\r\n File "", line 441, in spec_from_loader\r\n File "", line 544, in spec_from_file_location\r\n File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload_6k7io3wb/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py", line 5\r\nSyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined\r\n", "failed": true, "module_stderr": "Shared connection to extest0078.it.rm.dk closed.\r\n", "module_stdout": "Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n File "/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py", line 107, in \r\n _ansiballz_main()\r\n File "/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py", line 99, in _ansiballz_main\r\n invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\r\n File "/home/ansibletest/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1736414213.090755-84-188723330247733/AnsiballZ_setup.py", line 44, in invoke_module\r\n from ansible.module_utils import basic\r\n File "", line 971, in _find_and_load\r\n File "", line 951, in _find_and_load_unlocked\r\n File "", line 894, in _find_spec\r\n File "", line 1157, in find_spec\r\n File "", line 1131, in _get_spec\r\n File "", line 1112, in _legacy_get_spec\r\n File "", line 441, in spec_from_loader\r\n File "", line 544, in spec_from_file_location\r\n File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload_6k7io3wb/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py", line 5\r\nSyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined\r\n", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE: No start of json char found\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}}, "msg": "The following modules failed to execute: ansible.legacy.setup\n"}

Manual installation - system information

No response

Configuration

config.json

{
 	"mysql": {
 		"host": "",
 		"user": "",
 		"pass": "",
 		"name": "",
 		"options": null
 	},
 	"bolt": {
 		"host": "",
 		"user": "",
 		"pass": "",
 		"name": "",
 		"options": null
 	},
 	"postgres": {
 		"host": "postgres:5432",
 		"user": "<---OMMITED--->",
 		"pass": "<---OMMITED--->",
 		"name": "semaphore",
 		"options": {
 			"sslmode": "disable"
 		}
 	},
 	"dialect": "postgres",
 	"port": "",
 	"interface": "",
 	"tmp_path": "/tmp/semaphore",
 	"ssh_config_path": "",
 	"git_client": "",
 	"web_host": "",
 	"cookie_hash": "<---OMMITED--->",
 	"cookie_encryption": "<---OMMITED--->",
 	"access_key_encryption": "<---OMMITED--->",
 	"email_alert": false,
 	"email_sender": "",
 	"email_host": "",
 	"email_port": "",

Additional information

This leads me to believe that it might be a problem with the ansible version in Semaphore, no longer supporting the Python version in RHEL8, which is Python 3.6.8.

Would it be possible to release a version of SemaphoreUI that still supports RHEL 8, or will i effectively be "locked" to SemaphoreUI V2.10.43 untill I no longer have any RHEL 8 systems in my invironment?

[PopC0rnwalk]

Take a look to #2682, you can create a custom image to downgrade the ansible version to 2.16 to continue targeting RHEL8 based devices.

There is also a comment frombbaassssiiee https://github.com/semaphoreui/semaphore/issues/2682#issuecomment-2578519411 to use collections and requirenments, I have not checked that yet since I target different OSs in the same playbook..

[sycofly]

what python version are on the target RHEL8 servers?
I'm using v2.10.35 but it failed against RHEL8 python3.6 servers which worked for months
I upgraded target RHEL8 python from 3.6 to 3.8 and now operational again

[dwedia]

what python version are on the target RHEL8 servers? I'm using v2.10.35 but it failed against RHEL8 python3.6 servers which worked for months I upgraded target RHEL8 python from 3.6 to 3.8 and now operational again

On RHEL 7.6 - 7.9 the Python version is 2.7.5

On RHEL 8.7 - 8.10 the python version is 3.6.8

On RHEL 9.4 the Python version is 3.9.18

On RHEL 9.5 the Python version is 3.9.21

We run all these RHEL versions in our environment, and expect to run Ansible against them all. Preferably in SemaphoreUI.

I know we could perhaps just upgrade the python version on some of them, but we really do not want to do that...

[fiftin]

Hi @dwedia I understand this. I thinking what to do with this :)