Ensure pip is available This role is intended install the requirements for the `pip module `__ on hosts. Jobs that also wish to call ``pip`` via shell commands directly can also use this to ensure ``pip`` is available. However, it should be noted that calling ``pip`` is ambiguous when supporting many platforms. On some platforms it may install the package under the Python 2 interpreter and in others Python 3. You should use a qualified name (``pip2`` or ``pip3``) to avoid confusion. This role will also install ``wheel`` components sufficient to run ``bdist_wheel`` builds or ``pip wheel`` on a source tree. **Role Variables** .. zuul:rolevar:: ensure_pip_from_packages :default: True Install the distribution packages for Python 3 pip, setuptools and wheel on the system. .. zuul:rolevar:: ensure_pip_from_packages_with_python2 :default: False Install the distribution packages for Python 2 pip, setuptools and wheel packages. This defaults to ``True`` when Ansible is running under Python 2. CentOS 7 requies the ``epel`` repository if this flag is enabled because ``python-pip`` packages come from there. This may not be valid on distributions that have removed Python 2 support. .. zuul:rolevar:: ensure_pip_from_upstream :default: False Install pip from latest upstream sources locally. Note this is probably not what you want and should be used with extreme caution. The installed pip does not coordinate with the system packaged versions, and can lead to wide variety of problems if CI jobs re-install ``pip`` packages, for example. .. zuul:rolevar:: ensure_pip_from_upstream_interpreters :default: [ ansible_python_interpreter ] A list of interpreters to install pip from upstream with. Note that by default the *last* entry in the list will likely own the ``/usr/local/bin/pip`` command; this can create confusion for legacy jobs if they assume ``pip`` installs Python 2 libraries but it is actually installing into the Python 3 environment. This role does not install the Python 2 interpreter, which may not be available on the system, so caution should be used when specifying ``python2`` in this list. **Output Variables** .. zuul:rolevar:: ensure_pip_virtualenv_command This variable will be set to a command appropriate for general usage with the ``pip`` module ``virtualenv_command`` argument on the host. On Python 3 hosts this will be the inbuilt ``venv`` module, on Python 2 hosts the ``virtualenv`` package will be installed (this is avoided on Python 3 hosts as an unnecessary dependency).