Salt: Unable to run salt-ssh command against python 2.6 target

[glkappe]

`[server-123]# salt --versions-report
Salt Version:
Salt: 2018.3.2

Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.11.5
cherrypy: Not Installed
dateutil: 2.7.3
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
ioflo: Not Installed
Jinja2: 2.10
libgit2: Not Installed
libnacl: Not Installed
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
msgpack-python: 0.5.6
mysql-python: Not Installed
pycparser: 2.19
pycrypto: 2.6.1
pycryptodome: Not Installed
pygit2: Not Installed
Python: 2.7.13 (default, Oct 9 2018, 14:04:55)
python-gnupg: Not Installed
PyYAML: 3.13
PyZMQ: 17.0.0
RAET: Not Installed
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: Not Installed
Tornado: 4.5.3
ZMQ: 4.1.6

System Versions:
dist: centos 6.10 Final
locale: UTF-8
machine: x86_64
release: 4.4.180-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64
system: Linux
version: CentOS 6.10 Final

[server-123]# salt-ssh '1350' state.sls salt.install_salt-minion -i
1350:
----------
_error:
Failed to return clean data
retcode:
0
stderr:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/tmp/.root_183985_salt/salt-call", line 15, in
salt_call()
File "/var/tmp/.root_183985_salt/py2/salt/scripts.py", line 395, in salt_call
import salt.cli.call
File "/var/tmp/.root_183985_salt/py2/salt/cli/call.py", line 5, in
import salt.utils.parsers
File "/var/tmp/.root_183985_salt/py2/salt/utils/parsers.py", line 27, in
import salt.config as config
File "/var/tmp/.root_183985_salt/py2/salt/config/__init__.py", line 24, in
import salt.utils.data
File "/var/tmp/.root_183985_salt/py2/salt/utils/data.py", line 18, in
import salt.utils.stringutils
File "/var/tmp/.root_183985_salt/py2/salt/utils/stringutils.py", line 214
trans_args = ({ord(x): None for x in text_characters},)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
stdout:
[root@DB4-34 salt]# `

The 1356 server python version is:

python -V
Python 2.6.6

[xeacott]

Hi, can you provide a bit more context with this issue? I see you're running
salt-ssh '1350' state.sls salt.install_salt-minion -i correct?

Also, is there any way you could upgrade python from 2.6.6 to 2.7.13+? ord() is a buildin function in python2.6 however I don't see a syntactical error with that line. where it fails.

[glkappe]

hi,Thank you for your answer，
I just want to install python2.7.13 with salt-ssh, but now test, ping is not available.
What information can I provide?

[arizvisa]

@glkappe, yeah. SaltStack has a minimum required Python version of 2.7 according to https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2018.3/topics/installation/index.html.

[arizvisa]

In this situation, you'll likely need to use something other than salt in order to upgrade your version of Python.. If salt-cloud somehow works, you "might" be able to use that if you have smb and pwsh remoting...

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[arizvisa]

This should be explicitly closed as a "wontfix" due to it being a non-supported python version and covered by documentation.

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[sagetherage]

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[oeuftete]

As noted already, the problem here, that salt needs python 2.7 or greater for Python 2, is clearly covered by documentation in an appropriate place: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/master/topics/installation/index.html#dependencies

Although, arguably, the documentation for salt-ssh:

Python is required on the remote system (unless using the -r option to send raw ssh commands)

... could be updated to be clear that the python requirement is the same as for salt itself.

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[glkappe]

This should be explicitly closed as a "wontfix" due to it being a non-supported python version and covered by documentation.

So how is this called automation? I need to use salt-ssh to install python 2.7 for a python 2.6 server. Now, you say, if the target server is python 2.6, he will not run.So I should manually upgrade the python version before using salt or salt-ssh to manage them.