How to resolve the error "/etc/profile.d/lang.sh: line 19: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (C.UTF-8)" while running the Job from Ansible Automation Platform?

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Environment

  • Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform 2.x

Issue

  • The Jobs running on the target servers from Ansible Automation Platfrom UI fails with an error:

    /etc/profile.d/lang.sh: line 19: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change locale (C.UTF-8)

Resolution

  • Set the locale variables in the execution-environment.yml file while building the custom execution environment:

    append_final:
- RUN microdnf install -y glibc-langpack-en; sed -i 's/^LANG=.*/LANG="en_US.utf8"/' /etc/locale.conf; sed -i 's/^LC_ALL=.*/LC_ALL="en_US.utf8"/' /etc/locale.conf
- ENV LANG=en_US.utf8
- ENV LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8
- ENV LC_ALL=en_US.utf8

  • Follow the KCS article to create a new execution environment for Ansible Automation Platform.

Root Cause

  • The reason for this error is "C.utf8" locale directory is not available on RHEL7 and below systems which results job templates to fail. Refer the KCS for more information.

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