Install Python with C2 Platform Windows Role

Example of installing Python 3.13 using the C2 Platform’s Windows Ansible collection c2platform.wincore.
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Projects: c2platform/phx/ansible, c2platform.wincore

The following example is part of the PHX inventory project c2platform/phx/ansible, located in the file group_vars/win_devtop/python.yml. It utilizes the win_resources variable from the C2 Platform Ansible collection c2platform.wincore to download and install Python.

 group_vars/win_devtop/python.yml

 2px_python_path: "{{ px_apps_dir }}/Python313"
 3win_resources:
 4  1_python:
 5    - name: Download Python
 6      type: win_get_url
 7      url: https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.13.3/python-3.13.3-amd64.exe
 8      dest: "{{ px_download_temp_dir['path'] }}/python-3.13.3-amd64.exe"
 9      checksum: be3264daeb8c5e08365492dd02908cfa
10      checksum_algorithm: md5
11    - name: Install Python
12      type: win_package
13      path: "{{ px_download_temp_dir['path'] }}/python-3.13.3-amd64.exe"
14      arguments: '/quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 TargetDir="{{ px_python_path | c2platform.core.replace_slashes }}"'
15      # product_id: Python 3.13.3 Core Interpreter (64-bit) # TODO should work but does not work!?
16      creates_path: "{{ px_python_path }}"

Verification

To verify the installation, connect to the target Windows machine and check the Python and pip versions.

vagrant ssh pxd-win-devtop

C:\Users\vagrant>python --version
Python 3.13.3

C:\Users\vagrant>pip --version
pip 25.0.1 from D:\Apps\Python313\Lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.13)

Last modified August 27, 2025: phx dev save C2-633 (3b38443)