diff --git a/ansible_install.yaml b/ansible_install.yaml
index 7b5d3d13d..64186eadc 100644
--- a/ansible_install.yaml
+++ b/ansible_install.yaml
@@ -25,20 +25,10 @@
 
     - name: Set transport to ssh in ansible.cfg
       ini_file: dest=/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg section=defaults option=transport value=ssh
-      when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" or (ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 6)  or (ansible_os_family == "Suse" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 10)
       
-    - name: Set transport to smart in ansible.cfg
-      ini_file: dest=/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg section=defaults option=transport value=smart
-      when: (ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 6) or (ansible_os_family == "Suse" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 10)
-
     - name: Change ssh_args to set ControlPersist to 15 min in ansible.cfg
       ini_file: dest=/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg section=ssh_connection option=ssh_args value="-o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=900s"
-      when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" or (ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 7) or (ansible_os_family == "Suse" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 12)
-      
-    - name: Change ssh_args to remove ControlPersist in REL 6 and older in ansible.cfg
-      ini_file: dest=/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg section=ssh_connection option=ssh_args value=""
-      when: (ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 7) or (ansible_os_family == "Suse" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 12)
-      
+
     - name: Activate SSH pipelining in ansible.cfg
       ini_file: dest=/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg section=ssh_connection option=pipelining value=True
 
@@ -49,16 +39,12 @@
       when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
 
     - name: Apt install requirements Ubuntu/Debian
-      apt: name=gcc,python-dev,python-pysqlite2,openssh-client,sshpass,libssl-dev,libffi-dev
+      apt: name=gcc,python3-dev,openssh-client,sshpass,libssl-dev,libffi-dev
       when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
 
     - name: Debian/Ubuntu install python-pip with apt
-      apt: name=python-pip install_recommends=no
-      when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and not (ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 20)
-
-    - name: Install pip in in Ubuntu 20+
-      shell: wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && python2 get-pip.py warn=false creates=/usr/local/bin/pip2 chdir=/tmp
-      when: ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 20
+      apt: name=python3-pip install_recommends=no
+      when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
 
     - name: Apt install requirements Debian
       apt: name=default-libmysqlclient-dev
@@ -77,28 +63,45 @@
       when: ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 20
 
     - name: Yum install requirements RH
-      yum: name=python-pip,python-distribute,gcc,python-devel,wget,openssh-clients,sshpass,libffi-devel,openssl-devel,mysql-devel,sqlite-devel
+      yum: name=python3-pip,gcc,python3-devel,wget,openssh-clients,sshpass,libffi-devel,openssl-devel,mysql-devel
       when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_distribution != "Fedora"
 
     - name: Yum install requirements Fedora
-      yum: name=python-pip,redhat-rpm-config,gcc,python-devel,wget,openssh-clients,sshpass,libffi-devel,openssl-devel,mysql-devel,sqlite-devel
+      yum: name=python3-pip,redhat-rpm-config,gcc,python3-devel,wget,openssh-clients,sshpass,libffi-devel,openssl-devel,mysql-devel
       when: ansible_distribution == "Fedora"
 
-    - name: Install last pip version
+    # Version over 21 does not work with python 3.5 or older
+    - name: Upgrade pip in py3.5
+      pip:
+        name: pip>18.0,<21.0
+        executable: pip3
+      when: ansible_python_version is version('3.6', '<')
+
+    - name: Upgrade pip in py3.6 +
       pip:
-        name: pip>=9.0.3
-        executable: pip
+        name: pip>18.0
+        executable: pip3
+      when: ansible_python_version is version('3.6', '>=')
 
     - name: Install setuptools with pip
-      pip: executable=pip name=setuptools,six extra_args="-I"
+      pip: executable=pip3 name=setuptools,six extra_args="-I"
+
+    - name: Install cryptography
+      pip:
+        name: cryptography<3.3
+        executable: pip3
+
+    - name: Install pyOpenSSL
+      pip:
+        name: pyOpenSSL>20.0
+        executable: pip3
 
     - name: Install pip libraries
-      pip: executable=pip name=pycrypto,pyOpenSSL,mysqlclient,msrest,msrestazure,azure-common,azure-mgmt-storage,azure-mgmt-compute,azure-mgmt-network,azure-mgmt-resource,azure-mgmt-dns,xmltodict
-      
-    - name: Install IM dependencies for CentOS 6
-      pip: name=pysqlite version=2.7.0
-      when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_distribution_major_version == "6"
+      pip: executable=pip3 name=msrest,msrestazure,azure-common,azure-mgmt-storage,azure-mgmt-compute,azure-mgmt-network,azure-mgmt-resource,azure-mgmt-dns
+
+    - name: Install pip libraries
+      pip: executable=pip3 name=mysqlclient,xmltodict,cheroot,pymongo
 
     - name: Install IM
-      pip: executable=pip name=IM
+      pip: executable=pip3 name=IM