How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 9 - Ansible install
How to install and maintain up-to-date Ansible inside AlmaLinux 9 using DNF and the ”appstream” system repository.
July 12, 2022
How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux version 9.
Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside AlmaLinux 9 using the appstream system repository. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 9
ansible-coreincluded in AppStream repositoryansiblepackage not available
Today we’re talking about How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 9.
The easier way to install and maintain up-to-date Ansible inside AlmaLinux version 9 is using the ansible-core package included in the AppStream distribution repository.
Please notice that the package ansible isn’t available anymore.
It’s not necessary to use the additional EPEL package repository.
See also: Ansible terminology - ansible vs ansible-core packages.
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Let’s jump into a quick live demo of how to install the latest version of Ansible in AlmaLinux.
I’m going to install the ansible-core package in an AlmaLinux 9 using the AppStream distribution repository.
code
- Install-Ansible-AlmaLinux9.sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo yum install ansible-core
execution
$ ssh [email protected]
[devops@almalinux ~]$ sudo su
[root@almalinux devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release
AlmaLinux release 9.0 (Emerald Puma)
[root@almalinux devops]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="AlmaLinux"
VERSION="9.0 (Emerald Puma)"
ID="almalinux"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.0"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 9.0 (Emerald Puma)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:9::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/"
ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-9"
ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="9.0"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="AlmaLinux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.0"
[root@almalinux devops]# hostnamectl
Static hostname: almalinux.example.com
Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm 🖴
Machine ID: 4a8ab0349b874d1b8294222deebd0f8e
Boot ID: 3616b69bcbf8433d8d4e9eaa826dee67
Virtualization: oracle
Operating System: AlmaLinux 9.0 (Emerald Puma)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:9::baseos
Kernel: Linux 5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.x86_64
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Vendor: innotek GmbH
Hardware Model: VirtualBox
[root@almalinux devops]# uname -a
Linux almalinux.example.com 5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 17 15:53:11 EDT 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@almalinux devops]# dnf search ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 16:31:06 ago on Mon Jul 11 14:56:03 2022.
============================================================================== Name & Summary Matched: ansible ==============================================================================
ansible-collection-microsoft-sql.noarch : The Ansible collection for Microsoft SQL Server management
ansible-collection-redhat-rhel_mgmt.noarch : Ansible Collection of general system management and utility modules and other plugins
ansible-freeipa-tests.noarch : ansible-freeipa tests
ansible-pcp.noarch : Ansible Metric collection for Performance Co-Pilot
ansible-test.x86_64 : Tool for testing ansible plugin and module code
=================================================================================== Name Matched: ansible ===================================================================================
ansible-core.x86_64 : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
ansible-freeipa.noarch : Roles and playbooks to deploy FreeIPA servers, replicas and clients
[root@almalinux devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 16:31:14 ago on Mon Jul 11 14:56:03 2022.
Available Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.2
Release : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 2.0 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
URL : http://ansible.com
License : GPLv3+
Description : Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management,
: multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works
: over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed
: on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and
: are transferred to managed machines automatically.
[root@almalinux devops]# dnf install ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 16:58:16 ago on Mon Jul 11 14:56:03 2022.
Dependencies resolved.
===================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
===================================================================================================
Installing:
ansible-core x86_64 2.12.2-1.el9 appstream 2.0 M
Installing dependencies:
emacs-filesystem noarch 1:27.2-6.el9 appstream 8.4 k
git x86_64 2.31.1-2.el9.2 appstream 120 k
git-core x86_64 2.31.1-2.el9.2 appstream 3.6 M
git-core-doc noarch 2.31.1-2.el9.2 appstream 2.3 M
perl-Error noarch 1:0.17029-7.el9 appstream 41 k
perl-Git noarch 2.31.1-2.el9.2 appstream 42 k
python3-babel noarch 2.9.1-2.el9 appstream 5.8 M
python3-cffi x86_64 1.14.5-5.el9 appstream 241 k
python3-cryptography x86_64 36.0.1-1.el9_0 appstream 1.1 M
python3-jinja2 noarch 2.11.3-4.el9 appstream 229 k
python3-markupsafe x86_64 1.1.1-12.el9 appstream 32 k
python3-packaging noarch 20.9-5.el9 appstream 69 k
python3-ply noarch 3.11-14.el9 appstream 103 k
python3-pycparser noarch 2.20-6.el9 appstream 124 k
python3-pytz noarch 2021.1-4.el9 appstream 48 k
python3-resolvelib noarch 0.5.4-5.el9 appstream 29 k
python3-setuptools noarch 53.0.0-10.el9 baseos 841 k
sshpass x86_64 1.09-4.el9 appstream 27 k
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================
Install 19 Packages
Total download size: 17 M
Installed size: 80 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/19): emacs-filesystem-27.2-6.el9.noarch.rpm 428 B/s | 8.4 kB 00:20
(2/19): git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64.rpm 6.0 kB/s | 120 kB 00:20
[MIRROR] git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64.rpm: Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for http://it2.mirror.vhosting-it.com/almalinux/9/AppStream/x86_64/os/Packages/git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64.rpm [Operation too slow. Less than 1000 bytes/sec transferred the last 30 seconds]
[MIRROR] git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch.rpm: Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for http://it2.mirror.vhosting-it.com/almalinux/9/AppStream/x86_64/os/Packages/git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch.rpm [Operation too slow. Less than 1000 bytes/sec transferred the last 30 seconds]
[MIRROR] ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64.rpm: Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for http://it2.mirror.vhosting-it.com/almalinux/9/AppStream/x86_64/os/Packages/ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64.rpm [Operation too slow. Less than 1000 bytes/sec transferred the last 30 seconds]
(3/19): ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64.rpm 35 kB/s | 2.0 MB 00:58
(4/19): perl-Error-0.17029-7.el9.noarch.rpm 234 kB/s | 41 kB 00:00
(5/19): git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch.rpm 58 kB/s | 2.3 MB 00:40
(6/19): perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch.rpm 23 kB/s | 42 kB 00:01
(7/19): git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64.rpm 91 kB/s | 3.6 MB 00:40
(8/19): python3-cffi-1.14.5-5.el9.x86_64.rpm 408 kB/s | 241 kB 00:00
(9/19): python3-cryptography-36.0.1-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm 1.8 MB/s | 1.1 MB 00:00
(10/19): python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64.rpm 225 kB/s | 32 kB 00:00
(11/19): python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch.rpm 775 kB/s | 229 kB 00:00
(12/19): python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch.rpm 595 kB/s | 69 kB 00:00
(13/19): python3-ply-3.11-14.el9.noarch.rpm 598 kB/s | 103 kB 00:00
(14/19): python3-pycparser-2.20-6.el9.noarch.rpm 706 kB/s | 124 kB 00:00
(15/19): python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch.rpm 270 kB/s | 48 kB 00:00
(16/19): python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch.rpm 207 kB/s | 29 kB 00:00
(17/19): sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64.rpm 154 kB/s | 27 kB 00:00
(18/19): python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm 2.1 MB/s | 5.8 MB 00:02
(19/19): python3-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9.noarch.rpm 161 kB/s | 841 kB 00:05
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 249 kB/s | 17 MB 01:08
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : python3-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9.noarch 1/19
Installing : git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 2/19
Installing : git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 3/19
Installing : sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64 4/19
Installing : python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch 5/19
Installing : python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch 6/19
Installing : python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch 7/19
Installing : python3-ply-3.11-14.el9.noarch 8/19
Installing : python3-pycparser-2.20-6.el9.noarch 9/19
Installing : python3-cffi-1.14.5-5.el9.x86_64 10/19
Installing : python3-cryptography-36.0.1-1.el9_0.x86_64 11/19
Installing : python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch 12/19
Installing : python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64 13/19
Installing : python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch 14/19
Installing : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 15/19
Installing : emacs-filesystem-1:27.2-6.el9.noarch 16/19
Installing : perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 17/19
Installing : git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 18/19
Installing : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64 19/19
Running scriptlet: ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64 19/19
Verifying : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64 1/19
Verifying : emacs-filesystem-1:27.2-6.el9.noarch 2/19
Verifying : git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 3/19
Verifying : git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 4/19
Verifying : git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 5/19
Verifying : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 6/19
Verifying : perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 7/19
Verifying : python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch 8/19
Verifying : python3-cffi-1.14.5-5.el9.x86_64 9/19
Verifying : python3-cryptography-36.0.1-1.el9_0.x86_64 10/19
Verifying : python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch 11/19
Verifying : python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64 12/19
Verifying : python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch 13/19
Verifying : python3-ply-3.11-14.el9.noarch 14/19
Verifying : python3-pycparser-2.20-6.el9.noarch 15/19
Verifying : python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch 16/19
Verifying : python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch 17/19
Verifying : sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64 18/19
Verifying : python3-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9.noarch 19/19
Installed:
ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64 emacs-filesystem-1:27.2-6.el9.noarch
git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64
git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch
perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch
python3-cffi-1.14.5-5.el9.x86_64 python3-cryptography-36.0.1-1.el9_0.x86_64
python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64
python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch python3-ply-3.11-14.el9.noarch
python3-pycparser-2.20-6.el9.noarch python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch
python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch python3-setuptools-53.0.0-10.el9.noarch
sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64
Complete!
[root@almalinux devops]# ansible --version
ansible [core 2.12.2]
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /bin/ansible
python version = 3.9.10 (main, Feb 9 2022, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.2.1 20220127 (Red Hat 11.2.1-9)]
jinja version = 2.11.3
libyaml = True
before execution
# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 16:31:14 ago on Mon Jul 11 14:56:03 2022.
Available Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.2
Release : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 2.0 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
URL : http://ansible.com
License : GPLv3+
Description : Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management,
: multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works
: over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed
: on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and
: are transferred to managed machines automatically.
after execution
# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 17:00:09 ago on Mon Jul 11 14:56:03 2022.
Installed Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.2
Release : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 9.3 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : appstream
Summary : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
URL : http://ansible.com
License : GPLv3+
Description : Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management,
: multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works
: over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed
: on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and
: are transferred to managed machines automatically.
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