Error: ansible requires a json module, none found - json

Question

Error while executing ansible ping module
bash ~ ansible webservers -i inventory -m ping -k -u root -vvvv
SSH password:
<~> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: root on PORT 22 TO ~
<my-lnx> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: root on PORT 22 TO my-lnx
~ | FAILED => FAILED: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known
<my-lnx> REMOTE_MODULE ping
<my-lnx> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1423302966.66-77716810353582 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1423302966.66-77716810353582'
<my-lnx> PUT /var/folders/8n/fftvnbbs51q834y16vfvb1q00000gn/T/tmpP6zwZj TO /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1423302966.66-77716810353582/ping
<my-lnx> EXEC /bin/sh -c 'LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1423302966.66-77716810353582/ping; rm -rf /root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1423302966.66-77716810353582/ >/dev/null 2>&1'
my-lnx | FAILED >> {
"failed": true,
"msg": "Error: ansible requires a json module, none found!",
"parsed": false
}
This is my inventory file
bash ~ cat inventory
[webservers]
my-lnx ansible_ssh_host=my-lnx ansible_ssh_port=22
I have installed simplejosn module also in the client as well as remote machine
bash ~ pip list | grep json
simple-json (1.1)
simplejson (3.6.5)

Answer 1

I think you need to install the python-simplejson module.
Try to run this command first and then your desired commands:
ansible webservers -i inventory -m raw -a "sudo yum install -y python-simplejson" -k -u root -vvvv
I am supposing that its old Red Hat/CentOS system.

Answer 2

If you don't want or can't install the python-simplejson module on remote servers, you can simply request the raw output instead:
> ansible webservers -i inventory -m ping -m raw
Or like I did, added it to my ~/.bash_profile
alias ansible="ansible -m raw"
# And then simply running:
> ansible webservers -i inventory -m ping

Answer 3

in centos 5.* version no python-simple json available on repo to donwload and install. you can simple use below mentioned method.
make sure both the source and destination should be accessed password less and from source to destination also password less.
use ssh-keygen -t rsa to generate key
ssh-copy-id user#host_ip
"---
- hosts: (ansible host)
become: yes
remote_user: root
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: copying copying temps
shell: ssh (source) && rsync -parv /root/temp/* root#(Destination):/root/temp/"