ansible.builtin.pip module – Manages Python library dependencies

Note

This module is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name pip even without specifying the collections keyword. However, we recommend you use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) ansible.builtin.pip for easy linking to the module documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same module name.

Synopsis

• Manage Python library dependencies. To use this module, one of the following keys is required: name or requirements.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• pip

• virtualenv

• setuptools or packaging

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
break_system_packages boolean added in ansible-core 2.17	Allow pip to modify an externally-managed Python installation as defined by PEP 668. This is typically required when installing packages outside a virtual environment on modern systems. Choices: false ← (default) true
chdir path	cd into this directory before running the command.
editable boolean	Pass the editable flag. Choices: false ← (default) true
executable path	The explicit executable or pathname for the pip executable, if different from the Ansible Python interpreter. For example pip3.3, if there are both Python 2.7 and 3.3 installations in the system and you want to run pip for the Python 3.3 installation. Mutually exclusive with virtualenv (added in 2.1). Does not affect the Ansible Python interpreter. The setuptools package must be installed for both the Ansible Python interpreter and for the version of Python specified by this option.
extra_args string	Extra arguments passed to pip.
name list / elements=string	The name of a Python library to install or the url(bzr+,hg+,git+,svn+) of the remote package. This can be a list (since 2.2) and contain version specifiers (since 2.7).
requirements string	The path to a pip requirements file, which should be local to the remote system. File can be specified as a relative path if using the chdir option.
state string	The state of module. The forcereinstall option is only available in Ansible 2.1 and above. Choices: "absent" "forcereinstall" "latest" "present" ← (default)
umask string	The system umask to apply before installing the pip package. This is useful, for example, when installing on systems that have a very restrictive umask by default (e.g., 0077) and you want to pip install packages which are to be used by all users. Note that this requires you to specify desired umask mode as an octal string, (e.g., 0022).
version string	The version number to install of the Python library specified in the name parameter.
virtualenv path	An optional path to a virtualenv directory to install into. It cannot be specified together with the executable parameter (added in 2.1). If the virtualenv does not exist, it will be created before installing packages. The optional virtualenv_site_packages, virtualenv_command, and virtualenv_python options affect the creation of the virtualenv.
virtualenv_command path	The command or a pathname to the command to create the virtual environment with. For example pyvenv, virtualenv, virtualenv2, ~/bin/virtualenv, /usr/local/bin/virtualenv. Default: "virtualenv"
virtualenv_python string	The Python executable used for creating the virtual environment. For example python3.12, python2.7. When not specified, the Python version used to run the ansible module is used. This parameter should not be used when virtualenv_command is using pyvenv or the -m venv module.
virtualenv_site_packages boolean	Whether the virtual environment will inherit packages from the global site-packages directory. Note that if this setting is changed on an already existing virtual environment it will not have any effect, the environment must be deleted and newly created. Choices: false ← (default) true

Attributes

Attribute	Support	Description
check_mode	Support: full	Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target, if not supported the action will be skipped.
diff_mode	Support: none	Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode
platform	Platform: posix	Target OS/families that can be operated against

Notes

Note

• Python installations marked externally-managed (as defined by PEP668) cannot be updated by pip versions >= 23.0.1 without the use of a virtual environment or setting the break_system_packages option.

• The virtualenv (http://www.virtualenv.org/) must be installed on the remote host if the virtualenv parameter is specified and the virtualenv needs to be created.

• Although it executes using the Ansible Python interpreter, the pip module shells out to run the actual pip command, so it can use any pip version you specify with executable. By default, it uses the pip version for the Ansible Python interpreter. For example, pip3 on python 3, and pip2 or pip on python 2.

• The interpreter used by Ansible (see ansible_python_interpreter) requires the setuptools package, regardless of the version of pip set with the executable option.

Examples

- name: Install bottle python package
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle

- name: Install bottle python package on version 0.11
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle==0.11

- name: Install bottle python package with version specifiers
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle>0.10,<0.20,!=0.11

- name: Install multi python packages with version specifiers
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name:
      - django>1.11.0,<1.12.0
      - bottle>0.10,<0.20,!=0.11

- name: Install python package using a proxy
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: six
  environment:
    http_proxy: 'http://127.0.0.1:8080'
    https_proxy: 'https://127.0.0.1:8080'

# You do not have to supply '-e' option in extra_args
- name: Install MyApp using one of the remote protocols (bzr+,hg+,git+,svn+)
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: svn+http://myrepo/svn/MyApp#egg=MyApp

- name: Install MyApp using one of the remote protocols (bzr+,hg+,git+)
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: git+http://myrepo/app/MyApp

- name: Install MyApp from local tarball
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: file:///path/to/MyApp.tar.gz

- name: Install bottle into the specified (virtualenv), inheriting none of the globally installed modules
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle
    virtualenv: /my_app/venv

- name: Install bottle into the specified (virtualenv), inheriting globally installed modules
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle
    virtualenv: /my_app/venv
    virtualenv_site_packages: yes

- name: Install bottle into the specified (virtualenv), using Python 2.7
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle
    virtualenv: /my_app/venv
    virtualenv_command: virtualenv-2.7

- name: Install bottle within a user home directory
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle
    extra_args: --user

- name: Install specified python requirements
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    requirements: /my_app/requirements.txt

- name: Install specified python requirements in indicated (virtualenv)
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    requirements: /my_app/requirements.txt
    virtualenv: /my_app/venv

- name: Install specified python requirements and custom Index URL
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    requirements: /my_app/requirements.txt
    extra_args: -i https://example.com/pypi/simple

- name: Install specified python requirements offline from a local directory with downloaded packages
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    requirements: /my_app/requirements.txt
    extra_args: "--no-index --find-links=file:///my_downloaded_packages_dir"

- name: Install bottle for Python 3.3 specifically, using the 'pip3.3' executable
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle
    executable: pip3.3

- name: Install bottle, forcing reinstallation if it's already installed
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle
    state: forcereinstall

- name: Install bottle while ensuring the umask is 0022 (to ensure other users can use it)
  ansible.builtin.pip:
    name: bottle
    umask: "0022"
  become: True

- name: Run a module inside a virtual environment
  block:
    - name: Ensure the virtual environment exists
      pip:
        name: psutil
        virtualenv: "{{ venv_dir }}"
        # On Debian-based systems the correct python*-venv package must be installed to use the `venv` module.
        virtualenv_command: "{{ ansible_python_interpreter }} -m venv"

    - name: Run a module inside the virtual environment
      wait_for:
        port: 22
      vars:
        # Alternatively, use a block to affect multiple tasks, or use set_fact to affect the remainder of the playbook.
        ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ venv_python }}"

  vars:
    venv_dir: /tmp/pick-a-better-venv-path
    venv_python: "{{ venv_dir }}/bin/python"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
cmd string	pip command used by the module Returned: success Sample: "pip2 install ansible six"
name list / elements=string	list of python modules targeted by pip Returned: success Sample: ["ansible", "six"]
requirements string	Path to the requirements file Returned: success, if a requirements file was provided Sample: "/srv/git/project/requirements.txt"
version string	Version of the package specified in ‘name’ Returned: success, if a name and version were provided Sample: "2.5.1"
virtualenv string	Path to the virtualenv Returned: success, if a virtualenv path was provided Sample: "/tmp/virtualenv"

Authors

• Matt Wright (@mattupstate)

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