python venv never created

[xdkreij]

On RHEL 8.6

Error

TASK [trinity/config-manager : Install config_manager pip package] **************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [d-vcpu-srv-01]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to find required executable \"virtualenv\" in paths: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin:/sbin"}

file - roles/trinity/config-manager/tasks/main.yml

- name: Install luna2 packages
  yum:
    name: '{{ luna2_packages }}'
    state: present
    enablerepo: luna2
# Install config_manager pip package inside the Luna2 virtualenv
- name: Install config_manager pip package
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: '{{config_manager_noarch_pip_repository}}/config-manager/{{ config_manager_wheel }}'
    virtualenv: '{{ trix_local }}/python'
    extra_args: "--upgrade"

# Symlink '{{ trix_local }}/python/bin/trix-config-manager' to '{{ trix_local }}/sbin/trix-config-manager'

group_vars/all.yml

trix_images: '/trinity_images'
trix_shared: '/trinity_shared'
trix_local: '/trinity_local'
trix_luna: '{{ trix_local }}/luna'
trix_etc: '{{ trix_local }}/etc'
trix_sbin: '{{ trix_local }}/sbin'
trix_ood: '{{ trix_local }}/ondemand'
trix_ssl: '{{ trix_etc }}/ssl'
trix_home: '/trinity_home'
trix_repos: '{{ trix_root }}/repos'
trix_ohpc: '{{ trix_root }}/ohpc'
trix_licenses: '{{ trix_shared }}/licenses'
trix_docs: '{{ trix_shared }}/docs'
trix_examples: '{{ trix_shared }}/examples'
trix_modulefiles: '{{ trix_shared }}/modulefiles'

ls /trinity_local/

 ls -alh /trinity_local/
total 4.0K
drwxrwxrwx.  7 root    root      68 Dec 15 11:40 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 22 root    root    4.0K Dec 15 11:35 ..
drwxrwxr-x.  5 ansible ansible   50 Dec 15 13:43 etc
drwxrwxr-x.  2 ansible ansible    6 Dec 15 11:02 luna
drwxrwxr-x.  2 ansible ansible    6 Dec 15 11:02 ondemand
drwxrwxr-x.  2 ansible ansible    6 Dec 15 11:02 sbin
drwxr-xr-x.  4 root    named     30 Dec 15 13:56 var

*** where's the venv? there it is!!***

 ls -alh /trinity/local/python/
total 20K
drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root   74 Dec 15 23:04 .
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root   20 Dec 15 23:04 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4.0K Dec 15 23:04 bin
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root   24 Dec 15 23:04 include
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root   64 Dec 15 23:04 lib
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  13K Aug 30 10:35 pyodbc.pyi
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root   17 Dec 15 23:04 share

Another statically defined path is most likely the root cause

Expected results

• roles/trinity/config-manager/tasks/main.yml to make sure a VENV actually exists and if not, create one first

[msteggink]

Thanks for reporting, we'll have a look into this. Internal ticket TRIX-389

[msteggink]

Indeed, the changed path is not (yet) anticipated for.

[xdkreij]

The full traceback is:
  File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.pip_payload_gd_n4f6i/ansible_ansible.builtin.pip_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py", line 1443, in get_bin_path
    bin_path = get_bin_path(arg=arg, opt_dirs=opt_dirs)
  File "/tmp/ansible_ansible.builtin.pip_payload_gd_n4f6i/ansible_ansible.builtin.pip_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/common/process.py", line 44, in get_bin_path
    raise ValueError('Failed to find required executable "%s" in paths: %s' % (arg, os.pathsep.join(paths)))
fatal: [d-vcpu-srv-01]: FAILED! => {
    "changed": false,
    "invocation": {
        "module_args": {
            "chdir": null,
            "editable": false,
            "executable": null,
            "extra_args": "--upgrade",
            "name": [
                "https://updates.clustervision.com/trinityx/14/additional/noarch/pip/stable/config-manager/trinityx_config_manager-2.0.latest-py3-none-any.whl"
            ],
            "requirements": null,
            "state": "present",
            "umask": null,
            "version": null,
            "virtualenv": "/trinity/local/python",
            "virtualenv_command": "virtualenv",
            "virtualenv_python": null,
            "virtualenv_site_packages": false
        }
    },
    "msg": "Failed to find required executable \"virtualenv\" in paths: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin:/sbin"
}

It still breaks, even when the path is correct

Simply because the python package 'python3-virtualenv.noarch' isn't being installed

Task completes fine after manual installation. Adding the package as a prerequisite should solve that

TASK [trinity/config-manager : Install config_manager pip package] **************************************************************************************************************
changed: [d-vcpu-srv-01] => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["/trinity/local/python/bin/pip3", "install", "--upgrade", "https://updates.clustervision.com/trinityx/14/additional/noarch/pip/stable/config-manager/trinityx_config_manager-2.0.latest-py3-none-any.whl"], "name": ["https://updates.clustervision.com/trinityx/14/additional/noarch/pip/stable/config-manager/trinityx_config_manager-2.0.latest-py3-none-any.whl"], "requirements": null, "state": "present", "stderr": "WARNING: You are using pip version 21.3.1; however, version 23.3.2 is available.\nYou should consider upgrading via the '/trinity/local/python/bin/platform-python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.\n", "stderr_lines": ["WARNING: You are using pip version 21.3.1; however, version 23.3.2 is available.", "You should consider upgrading via the '/trinity/local/python/bin/platform-python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command."], "stdout": "Using base prefix '/usr'\nNew python executable in /trinity/local/python/bin/platform-python\nAlso creating executable in /trinity/local/python/bin/python\nInstalling setuptools, pip, wheel...done.\nRunning virtualenv with interpreter /usr/libexec/platform-python\nCollecting trinityx-config-manager==2.0.latest\n  Using cached https://updates.clustervision.com/trinityx/14/additional/noarch/pip/stable/config-manager/trinityx_config_manager-2.0.latest-py3-none-any.whl (1.8 kB)\nInstalling collected packages: trinityx-config-manager\nSuccessfully installed trinityx-config-manager-2.0.1700240422\n", "stdout_lines": ["Using base prefix '/usr'", "New python executable in /trinity/local/python/bin/platform-python", "Also creating executable in /trinity/local/python/bin/python", "Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.", "Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/libexec/platform-python", "Collecting trinityx-config-manager==2.0.latest", "  Using cached https://updates.clustervision.com/trinityx/14/additional/noarch/pip/stable/config-manager/trinityx_config_manager-2.0.latest-py3-none-any.whl (1.8 kB)", "Installing collected packages: trinityx-config-manager", "Successfully installed trinityx-config-manager-2.0.1700240422"], "version": null, "virtualenv": "/trinity/local/python"}

TASK [trinity/config-manager : Symlink '/trinity/local/python/bin/trix-config-manager' to '/trinity/local/sbin/trix-config-manager'] ********************************************
changed: [d-vcpu-srv-01] => {"changed": true, "dest": "/trinity/local/sbin/trix-config-manager", "gid": 0, "group": "root", "mode": "0777", "owner": "root", "secontext": "unconfined_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0", "size": 45, "src": "/trinity/local/python/bin/trix-config-manager", "state": "link", "uid": 0}

[aphmschonewille]

we're looking into using OS/distribution python instead of our own bundled version as python 3.11 is widely available now.
not sure when it'll be released. testing is ongoing.