Power

I am getting the error below when trying to get the version for ansible on a power server running AIX 7.2. Anyone seen this before? Any help would be appreciated
ERROR: Ansible could not initialize the preferred locale: unsupported locale setting

My current locale setting. I
# locale
LANG=en_US
LC_COLLATE="en_US"
LC_CTYPE="en_US"
LC_MONETARY="en_US"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US"
LC_TIME="en_US"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US"
LC_ALL=

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Rita Esiele
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Hello Rita Esiele,

Here my solution.
Problem: 
        cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ ansible --version
        ERROR: Ansible could not initialize the preferred locale: unsupported locale setting

Solution and logs

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CHARIN KUMJUDPAI
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Hello Rita Esiele,
One more things.

Change in /etc/environment

cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ sudo -i
root@p1375-pvm1:/ # vi /etc/environment

#LANG=en_US
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
# Save it.

root@p1375-pvm1:/ # exit

cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $

cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.14.13]
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/cecuser/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /opt/freeware/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/cecuser/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /opt/freeware/bin/ansible.orig
  python version = 3.9.18 (main, Sep 19 2023, 04:57:07) [GCC 10.3.0] (/opt/freeware/bin/python3.9)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True
cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $

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CHARIN KUMJUDPAI
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 17, 2024 12:34 AM
From: CHARIN KUMJUDPAI
Subject: Ansible

Hello Rita Esiele,

Here my solution.
Problem: 
        cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ ansible version
        ERROR: Ansible could not initialize the preferred locale: unsupported locale setting

Solution and logs

cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ sudo -i

root@p1375-pvm1:/ # find  / -name "bos.loc.com.utf" -ls

find: cannot open < /proc/1638710 >

find: cannot open < /proc/2556248 >

1073773626  313 -rw-r--r--  1 root      system      320512 Mar 25  2019 /repos/aix71/TL5/BASE/installp/ppc/bos.loc.com.utf

1073745566  380 -rw-r--r--  1 root      system      389120 Mar 30  2022 /repos/aix73/TL0/installp/ppc/bos.loc.com.utf

root@p1375-pvm1:/ #

 

root@p1375-pvm1:/ # find  / -name "bos.loc.utf.EN_US" -ls

find: cannot open < /proc/1638710 >

find: cannot open < /proc/2556248 >

1073773712 5532 -rw-r--r--  1 root      system     5664768 Mar 25  2019 /repos/aix71/TL5/BASE/installp/ppc/bos.loc.utf.EN_US

1073745651 5813 -rw-r--r--  1 root      system     5952512 Mar 30  2022 /repos/aix73/TL0/installp/ppc/bos.loc.utf.EN_US

root@p1375-pvm1:/ #

 

# cd /repos/aix71/TL5/BASE/installp/ppc/

# installp -qaXgY -d . bos.loc.com.utf

# installp -qaXgY -d . bos.loc.utf.EN_US

 

 

Log and details.

 

root@p1375-pvm1:/ # cd /repos/aix71/TL5/BASE/installp/ppc/

root@p1375-pvm1:/repos/aix71/TL5/BASE/installp/ppc # installp -qaXgY -d . bos.loc.com.utf

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Pre-installation Verification...

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Verifying selections...done

Verifying requisites...done

Results...

 

SUCCESSES

---------

  Filesets listed in this section passed pre-installation verification

  and will be installed.

 

  Selected Filesets

  -----------------

  bos.loc.com.utf 7.1.5.0                     # Common Locale Support - UTF-8

 

  <<<< End of Success Section >>>>>>

 

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   BUILDDATE Verification ...

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Verifying build dates...done

FILESET STATISTICS

------------------

1  Selected to be installed, of which:

1  Passed pre-installation verification

  ----

1  Total to be installed

 

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Installing Software...

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

installp: APPLYING software for:

bos.loc.com.utf 7.1.5.0

 

 

. . . . . <<<< Copyright notice for bos.loc.com.utf >> . . . . . . .

 Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

 

 5765H4000

   Copyright International Business Machines Corp. 1993, 2017.

 

 All rights reserved.

 US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure

 restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

. . . . . <<<< End of copyright notice for bos.loc.com.utf >>. . . .

 

Finished processing all filesets.  (Total time:  1 secs).

 

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Summaries:

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

Installation Summary

--------------------

Name                        Level           Part        Event       Result

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bos.loc.com.utf             7.1.5.0         USR         APPLY       SUCCESS

 

installp:  * * *  A T T E N T I O N ! ! !

Software changes processed during this session require this system

and any of its diskless/dataless clients to be rebooted in order

for the changes to be made effective.

root@p1375-pvm1:/repos/aix71/TL5/BASE/installp/ppc # installp -qaXgY -d . bos.loc.utf.EN_US

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Pre-installation Verification...

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Verifying selections...done

Verifying requisites...done

Results...

 

SUCCESSES

---------

  Filesets listed in this section passed pre-installation verification

  and will be installed.

 

  Selected Filesets

  -----------------

  bos.loc.utf.EN_US 7.1.4.30                  # Base System Locale UTF Code ...

 

  <<<< End of Success Section >>

 

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   BUILDDATE Verification ...

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Verifying build dates...done

FILESET STATISTICS

------------------

1  Selected to be installed, of which:

1  Passed pre-installation verification

  ----

1  Total to be installed

 

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Installing Software...

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

installp: APPLYING software for:

bos.loc.utf.EN_US 7.1.4.30

 

 

. . . . . <<<< Copyright notice for bos.loc.utf.EN_US >> . . . . . . .

 Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

 

 5765H4000

   Copyright International Business Machines Corp. 1998, 2016.

 

 All rights reserved.

 US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure

 restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

. . . . . <<<< End of copyright notice for bos.loc.utf.EN_US >>. . . .

 

Finished processing all filesets.  (Total time:  1 secs).

 

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Summaries:

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

Installation Summary

--------------------

Name                        Level           Part        Event       Result

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bos.loc.utf.EN_US           7.1.4.30        USR         APPLY       SUCCESS

root@p1375-pvm1:/repos/aix71/TL5/BASE/installp/ppc #

 

 

 

root@p1375-pvm1:/repos/aix71/TL5/BASE/installp/ppc # exit

cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ ansible --version

ansible [core 2.14.13]

  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

  configured module search path = ['/home/cecuser/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']

  ansible python module location = /opt/freeware/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible

  ansible collection location = /home/cecuser/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections

  executable location = /opt/freeware/bin/ansible.orig

  python version = 3.9.18 (main, Sep 19 2023, 04:57:07) [GCC 10.3.0] (/opt/freeware/bin/python3.9)

  jinja version = 3.1.2

  libyaml = True

cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $

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CHARIN KUMJUDPAI
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Original Message:
Sent: 1/17/2024 12:43:00 AM
From: CHARIN KUMJUDPAI
Subject: RE: Ansible

Hello Rita Esiele,
One more things.

Change in /etc/environment

cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ sudo -i
root@p1375-pvm1:/ # vi /etc/environment

#LANG=en_US
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
# Save it.

root@p1375-pvm1:/ # exit

cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $

cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $ ansible --version
ansible [core 2.14.13]
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/cecuser/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /opt/freeware/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/cecuser/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /opt/freeware/bin/ansible.orig
  python version = 3.9.18 (main, Sep 19 2023, 04:57:07) [GCC 10.3.0] (/opt/freeware/bin/python3.9)
  jinja version = 3.1.2
  libyaml = True
cecuser@p1375-pvm1:/home/cecuser $

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CHARIN KUMJUDPAI
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