Get Ansible to work on bare Ubuntu 16.04 without python 2.7

ansible-bootstrap-ubuntu-16.04.yml

# Add this snippet to the top of your playbook. We'll refer to this as "your-playbook.yml" 
# It will install python2 if missing (but checks first so no expensive repeated apt updates)
# [email protected]
# Assumes that you are not running as root
# Run via: "ansible-playbook --ask-become-pass your-playbook.yml"
# v1.1 by [email protected] / @louielouie

- hosts: all
  gather_facts: False
  
  tasks:
  - name: install python 2
    become: true
    raw: test -e /usr/bin/python || (apt -y update && apt install -y python-minimal)