Hey @Cerci, Of course its possible. You can do it the following way: import os import sys from collections import namedtuple from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader from ansible.vars import VariableManager from ansible.inventory import Inventory from ansible.executor.playbookexecutor import PlaybookExecutor variablemanager. Automation: ansible-runner. Back in 2015 we started using Ansible at Swapps. I created a small Django application that could interface with Ansible directly, and used that to manage our infrastructure at higher level. Back then, Ansible was in version 1.9. Ansible is written in python, so I just used the modules and started the playbooks directly. @Dolph Click on the link in my comment- the ansible.runner is the entry point for running playbooks (see comment of 'The Python API is very powerful, and is how the ansible CLI and ansible-playbook are implemented.' And yes, the documentation reads better for people that have already worked in the Ansible codebase, but that doesn't make this. The Top 2 Python Ansible Runner Open Source Projects on Github. Topic Ansible Runner.
Ansible 2.5 and above work with Python 3. Previous to 2.5, using Python 3 wasconsidered a tech preview. This topic discusses how to set up your controller and managed machinesto use Python 3.
Note
On the controller we support Python 3.5 or greater and Python 2.7 or greater. Module-side, we support Python 3.5 or greater and Python 2.6 or greater.
The easiest way to run /usr/bin/ansible under Python 3 is to install it with the Python3version of pip. This will make the default /usr/bin/ansible run with Python3:

If you are running Ansible Running the devel branch from a clone and want to use Python 3 with your source checkout, run yourcommand via python3. For example:
Note
Individual Linux distribution packages may be packaged for Python2 or Python3. When running fromdistro packages you’ll only be able to use Ansible with the Python version for which it wasinstalled. Sometimes distros will provide a means of installing for several Python versions(via a separate package or via some commands that are run after install). You’ll need to checkwith your distro to see if that applies in your case.
Ansible will automatically detect and use Python 3 on many platforms that ship with it. To explicitly configure aPython 3 interpreter, set the ansible_python_interpreter inventory variable at a group or host level to thelocation of a Python 3 interpreter, such as /usr/bin/python3. The default interpreter path may also beset in ansible.cfg.
See also
Interpreter Discovery for more information.
See also
How to build your inventory for more information.
Run your command or playbook:
Note that you can also use the -e command line option to manuallyset the python interpreter when you run a command. This can be useful if you want to test whethera specific module or playbook has any bugs under Python 3. For example:
We have spent several releases squashing bugs and adding new tests so that Ansible’s core featureset runs under both Python 2 and Python 3. However, bugs may still exist in edge cases and many ofthe modules shipped with Ansible are maintained by the community and not all of those may be portedyet.
If you find a bug running under Python 3 you can submit a bug report on Ansible’s GitHub project. Be sure to mention Python3 in the bug report sothat the right people look at it.
If you would like to fix the code and submit a pull request on github, you canrefer to Ansible and Python 3 for information on how we fixcommon Python3 compatibility issues in the Ansible codebase.
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