- For Ansible to work of the box, the python symlink MUST be at /usr/bin/python.

- name: Symlink python

  with_items:

      - python

      - python2

      - /usr/bin/python

      - /usr/local/bin/python2

  ignore_errors: '{{ ansible_check_mode }}'

  file:

      path: '/usr/local/bin/{{ item }}'

      path: '{{ item }}'

      src: /usr/local/bin/python2.7

      state: link

      owner: root