How to install Ansible in CentOS 8 Stream - Ansible install
By Luca Berton · Published 2024-01-01 · Category: installation
Learn the easiest way to install and maintain Ansible on CentOS Stream 8 using the EPEL Next repository, managed by the Fedora Special Interest Group.
How to install Ansible in CentOS Stream version 8. Today we're going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside CentOS Stream 8 using the EPEL Next repository. I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot
How to install Ansible in CentOS Stream 8
• use Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) Next additional packages for CentOS StreamThe easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside CentOS Stream version 8 is using the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) Next additional repository. This repository is maintained by the Fedora Special Interest Group and manages a high-quality set of additional packages for CentOS Stream. It's very similar to Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) additional packages target for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Scientific Linux (SL), and Oracle Linux (OL).
## Playbook
Let's jump in a quick live Playbook of how to install Ansible in CentOS Stream version 8.
code
• install-Ansible-CentOS-Stream8.sh#!/bin/bash
$ sudo yum install epel-next-release
$ sudo yum install ansible
execution
output# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Stream release 8
# yum install epel-next-release
Last metadata expiration check: 0:17:42 ago on Tue 19 Oct 2021 08:38:09 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
epel-next-release noarch 8-11.el8 extras 11 k
Installing dependencies:
epel-release noarch 8-11.el8 extras 24 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 2 Packages
Total download size: 35 k
Installed size: 38 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch.rpm 398 kB/s | 24 kB 00:00
(2/2): epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch.rpm 57 kB/s | 11 kB 00:00
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Total 108 kB/s | 35 kB 00:00
warning: /var/cache/dnf/extras-4caecf8d6e840d19/packages/epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 8483c65d: NOKEY
CentOS Stream 8 - Extras 1.6 MB/s | 1.6 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0x8483C65D:
Userid : "CentOS (CentOS Official Signing Key) <security@centos.org>"
Fingerprint: 99DB 70FA E1D7 CE22 7FB6 4882 05B5 55B3 8483 C65D
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-centosofficial
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 1/2
Installing : epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch 2/2
Running scriptlet: epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch 2/2
Verifying : epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch 1/2
Verifying : epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 2/2
Installed:
epel-next-release-8-11.el8.noarch epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch
Complete!
# yum install ansible
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 939 kB/s | 955 kB 00:01
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - Next - x86_64 2.7 MB/s | 1.3 MB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 3.8 MB/s | 10 MB 00:02
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
===================================================================================================
Installing:
ansible noarch 2.9.25-1.el8 epel 17 M
Installing dependencies:
libsodium x86_64 1.0.18-2.el8 epel 162 k
python3-babel noarch 2.5.1-7.el8 appstream 4.8 M
python3-bcrypt x86_64 3.1.6-2.el8.1 epel 44 k
python3-cffi x86_64 1.11.5-5.el8 baseos 237 k
python3-cryptography x86_64 3.2.1-5.el8 baseos 559 k
python3-jinja2 noarch 2.10.1-3.el8 appstream 538 k
python3-jmespath noarch 0.9.0-11.el8 appstream 45 k
python3-markupsafe x86_64 0.23-19.el8 appstream 39 k
python3-pip noarch 9.0.3-19.el8 appstream 20 k
python3-ply noarch 3.9-9.el8 baseos 111 k
python3-pyasn1 noarch 0.3.7-6.el8 appstream 126 k
python3-pycparser noarch 2.14-14.el8 baseos 109 k
python3-pynacl x86_64 1.3.0-5.el8 epel 100 k
python3-pytz noarch 2017.2-9.el8 appstream 54 k
python3-setuptools noarch 39.2.0-6.el8 baseos 163 k
python36 x86_64 3.6.8-37.module_el8.5.0+771+e5d9a225 appstream 19 k
sshpass x86_64 1.06-9.el8 epel 27 k
Installing weak dependencies:
python3-paramiko noarch 2.4.3-1.el8 epel 289 k
Enabling module streams:
python36 3.6
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================
Install 19 Packages
Total download size: 24 M
Installed size: 127 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/19): python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch.rpm 507 kB/s | 45 kB 00:00
(2/19): python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64.rpm 848 kB/s | 39 kB 00:00
(3/19): python3-jinja2-2.10.1-3.el8.noarch.rpm 2.0 MB/s | 538 kB 00:00
(4/19): python3-pip-9.0.3-19.el8.noarch.rpm 148 kB/s | 20 kB 00:00
(5/19): python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch.rpm 1.5 MB/s | 54 kB 00:00
(6/19): python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch.rpm 2.0 MB/s | 126 kB 00:00
(7/19): python36-3.6.8-37.module_el8.5.0+771+e5d9a225.x86_64.rpm 728 kB/s | 19 kB 00:00
(8/19): python3-cryptography-3.2.1-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 2.6 MB/s | 559 kB 00:00
(9/19): python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.0 MB/s | 237 kB 00:00
(10/19): python3-ply-3.9-9.el8.noarch.rpm 2.6 MB/s | 111 kB 00:00
(11/19): python3-setuptools-39.2.0-6.el8.noarch.rpm 3.3 MB/s | 163 kB 00:00
(12/19): python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch.rpm 1.0 MB/s | 109 kB 00:00
(13/19): libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.6 MB/s | 162 kB 00:00
(14/19): python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64.rpm 1.0 MB/s | 44 kB 00:00
(15/19): python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch.rpm 1.8 MB/s | 289 kB 00:00
(16/19): python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.3 MB/s | 100 kB 00:00
(17/19): sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.2 MB/s | 27 kB 00:00
(18/19): python3-babel-2.5.1-7.el8.noarch.rpm 2.3 MB/s | 4.8 MB 00:02
(19/19): ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch.rpm 4.5 MB/s | 17 MB 00:03
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Total 4.8 MB/s | 24 MB 00:05
warning: /var/cache/dnf/epel-6c12381928511f32/packages/ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 2f86d6a1: NOKEY
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 1.6 MB/s | 1.6 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0x2F86D6A1:
Userid : "Fedora EPEL (8) <epel@fedoraproject.org>"
Fingerprint: 94E2 79EB 8D8F 25B2 1810 ADF1 21EA 45AB 2F86 D6A1
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : python3-setuptools-39.2.0-6.el8.noarch 1/19
Installing : python36-3.6.8-37.module_el8.5.0+771+e5d9a225.x86_64 2/19
Running scriptlet: python36-3.6.8-37.module_el8.5.0+771+e5d9a225.x86_64 2/19
Installing : python3-pip-9.0.3-19.el8.noarch 3/19
Installing : sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64 4/19
Installing : libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64 5/19
Installing : python3-ply-3.9-9.el8.noarch 6/19
Installing : python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch 7/19
Installing : python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 8/19
Installing : python3-cryptography-3.2.1-5.el8.x86_64 9/19
Installing : python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64 10/19
Installing : python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 11/19
Installing : python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch 12/19
Installing : python3-babel-2.5.1-7.el8.noarch 13/19
Installing : python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch 14/19
Installing : python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch 15/19
Installing : python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 16/19
Installing : python3-jinja2-2.10.1-3.el8.noarch 17/19
Installing : python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch 18/19
Installing : ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch 19/19
Running scriptlet: ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch 19/19
Verifying : python3-babel-2.5.1-7.el8.noarch 1/19
Verifying : python3-jinja2-2.10.1-3.el8.noarch 2/19
Verifying : python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch 3/19
Verifying : python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 4/19
Verifying : python3-pip-9.0.3-19.el8.noarch 5/19
Verifying : python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch 6/19
Verifying : python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch 7/19
Verifying : python36-3.6.8-37.module_el8.5.0+771+e5d9a225.x86_64 8/19
Verifying : python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 9/19
Verifying : python3-cryptography-3.2.1-5.el8.x86_64 10/19
Verifying : python3-ply-3.9-9.el8.noarch 11/19
Verifying : python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch 12/19
Verifying : python3-setuptools-39.2.0-6.el8.noarch 13/19
Verifying : ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch 14/19
Verifying : libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64 15/19
Verifying : python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64 16/19
Verifying : python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch 17/19
Verifying : python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 18/19
Verifying : sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64 19/19
Installed:
ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64
python3-babel-2.5.1-7.el8.noarch python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64
python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 python3-cryptography-3.2.1-5.el8.x86_64
python3-jinja2-2.10.1-3.el8.noarch python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch
python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch
python3-pip-9.0.3-19.el8.noarch python3-ply-3.9-9.el8.noarch
python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch
python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch
python3-setuptools-39.2.0-6.el8.noarch python36-3.6.8-37.module_el8.5.0+771+e5d9a225.x86_64
sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64
Complete!
[root@centos-stream devops]# ansible --version
ansible 2.9.25
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/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /bin/ansible
python version = 3.6.8 (default, Jan 27 2021, 01:17:18) [GCC 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1)]
See also: How to install Ansible in CentOS 9 Stream - Ansible install
Conclusion
Now you know how to install the latest version of Ansible in CentOS Stream using the EPEL Next repository.
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Post-Installation Setup
After installing Ansible on CentOS 8 Stream, configure your environment:
# Verify installation
ansible --version
# Create inventory file
mkdir -p ~/ansible
cat > ~/ansible/inventory.ini << EOF
[local]
localhost ansible_connection=local
[webservers]
# Add your servers here
# web01 ansible_host=192.168.1.10
EOF
# Create ansible.cfg
cat > ~/ansible/ansible.cfg << EOF
[defaults]
inventory = ~/ansible/inventory.ini
remote_user = ansible
host_key_checking = False
[privilege_escalation]
become = True
become_method = sudo
EOF
# Test connection
ansible localhost -m ansible.builtin.ping
CentOS 8 Stream End of Life Notice
> Important: CentOS 8 Stream reached end of life on May 31, 2024. Consider migrating to: > - CentOS Stream 9 — latest CentOS Stream release > - AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky Linux 9 — RHEL-compatible alternatives > - RHEL 9 — with free developer subscription
See also: How to install Ansible in CentOS 8 - Ansible install
Installing via pip (Alternative)
# Install pip
sudo dnf install -y python3-pip
# Install Ansible
python3 -m pip install --user ansible
# Add to PATH if needed
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
FAQ
Is CentOS 8 Stream still supported?
No. CentOS 8 Stream reached end of life on May 31, 2024. Migrate to CentOS Stream 9, AlmaLinux 9, Rocky Linux 9, or RHEL 9.
Which Ansible version is available via EPEL on CentOS 8 Stream?
EPEL for CentOS 8 provides ansible-core. For the latest version, use pip.
Can I run Ansible from CentOS 8 Stream to manage other OS versions?
Yes. Ansible runs on the control node (CentOS 8 Stream) and manages remote hosts running any supported OS via SSH.
Should I migrate to CentOS Stream 9?
Yes, if you want to stay on the CentOS track. CentOS Stream 9 is actively maintained and has ansible-core in AppStream.
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