AC_MSG_ERROR([SSH client is required])
fi
+dnl Ansible client (required).
+dnl Actually the ansible command line tool is not used, but we do use
+dnl the Python library. XXX Should check for that instead.
+AC_PATH_PROG([ANSIBLE],[ansible],[no])
+if test "x$ANSIBLE" = "xno"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([ansible is required])
+fi
+
dnl Wake-on-LAN client (optional).
AC_PATH_PROG([WOL],[wol],[no])