https://medium.com/dronzebot/ansible-and-docker-py-path-issues-and-resolv... it seems i can work around this by setting python path in the environment to point to the docker virtualenv inventory__environment: PYTHONPATH: "{{ lookup('env','PYTHONPATH') }}:/usr/local/lib/docker/virtualenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/" this is very curious.. as hosts provisioned before today don't seem to need this.. but today's host does.. On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 10:44 AM russell sherman < russell.t.sherman(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > i'm having an issue with my debops project.. > i went to provision a new host today and i'm getting this error when any > of my roles call docker_image tasks.. > > fatal: [venue419.mgmt.union.up]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": > "Failed to import docker or docker-py - No module named > requests.exceptions. Try `pip install docker` or `pip install docker-py` > (Python 2.6)"} > > none of my existing hosts experience this error.. just the newest one.. > > any suggestions around how to resolve this?