ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pynetbox'

[igorjip]

Hello!
I'm trying to do query to Netbox from Ansible.
But I received error :
"msg": "An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin 'netbox.netbox.nb_lookup'. Error was a <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleError'>, original message: pynetbox must be installed to use this plugin. pynetbox must be installed to use this plugin"
and when I saw debug, I saw
"import pynetbox
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pynetbox".
Pynetbox installed
ansible-01:~/myenv00$ pip list
Package Version

---

certifi 2025.1.31
charset-normalizer 3.4.1
idna 3.10
packaging 24.2
pip 23.0.1
pynetbox 7.4.1
requests 2.32.3
setuptools 66.1.1
urllib3 2.3.0

---

My yml-file

• name: "Test NetBox modules"
  connection: local
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false

  vars:
  ansible_python_interpreter: bin/python3
  tasks:

  • name: Obtain list of devices from NetBox
    debug:
    msg: "Device {{ item.value.display_name }} (ID: {{ item.key }}) was manufactured by {{ item.value.device_type.manufacturer.name }}"
    loop: "{{ query( 'netbox.netbox.nb_lookup','devices', api_endpoint='http://10.1.50.3', token='11111111111111111111') }}"

---

my debug

---

ansible-01:~/myenv00$ ansible-playbook pb_create_device_w_primary_ip.yml -vvvvvvv
ansible-playbook [core 2.14.18]
config file = /home/test/myenv00/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/test/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/test/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
python version = 3.11.2 (main, Nov 30 2024, 21:22:50) [GCC 12.2.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
jinja version = 3.1.2
libyaml = True
Using /home/test/myenv00/ansible.cfg as config file
setting up inventory plugins
host_list declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user
script declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
auto declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user
yaml declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user
ini declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
Skipping due to inventory source not existing or not being readable by the current user
toml declined parsing /etc/ansible/hosts as it did not pass its verify_file() method
[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
[WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all'
Loading callback plugin default of type stdout, v2.0 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/plugins/callback/default.py
Attempting to use 'default' callback.
Skipping callback 'default', as we already have a stdout callback.
Attempting to use 'junit' callback.
Attempting to use 'minimal' callback.
Skipping callback 'minimal', as we already have a stdout callback.
Attempting to use 'oneline' callback.
Skipping callback 'oneline', as we already have a stdout callback.
Attempting to use 'tree' callback.

PLAYBOOK: pb_create_device_w_primary_ip.yml ******************************************************************************************************************************************
Positional arguments: pb_create_device_w_primary_ip.yml
verbosity: 7
remote_user: test
connection: smart
timeout: 10
become_method: sudo
tags: ('all',)
inventory: ('/etc/ansible/hosts',)
forks: 5
1 plays in pb_create_device_w_primary_ip.yml

PLAY [Test NetBox modules] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Obtain list of devices from NetBox] ********************************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/test/myenv00/pb_create_device_w_primary_ip.yml:15
Loading collection netbox.netbox from /home/test/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox
[WARNING]: Collection netbox.netbox does not support Ansible version 2.14.18
exception during Jinja2 execution: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/test/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox/plugins/lookup/nb_lookup.py", line 121, in
import pynetbox
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pynetbox'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible/template/init.py", line 816, in _lookup
ran = instance.run(loop_terms, variables=self._available_variables, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/test/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox/plugins/lookup/nb_lookup.py", line 393, in run
raise_from(
File "", line 3, in raise_from
ansible.errors.AnsibleError: pynetbox must be installed to use this plugin
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {
"msg": "An unhandled exception occurred while running the lookup plugin 'netbox.netbox.nb_lookup'. Error was a <class 'ansible.errors.AnsibleError'>, original message: pynetbox must be installed to use this plugin. pynetbox must be installed to use this plugin"

Help me please.
Have any idea?

[mjbear]

@igorjip
The formatting is tougher to follow when not in code fences

Are you using pip globally or with a Python virtual environment?

If you're using a Python virtual environment, did you activate it?