How to install Ansible in CentOS version 8. Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside CentOS 8 using the EPEL repository. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
How to install Ansible in CentOS 8
- use Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) additional packages for Enterprise Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Linux (OL)
Today we’re talking about How to install Ansible in CentOS 8. The easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside CentOS version 8 is using the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) additional repository. This repository is maintained by the Fedora Special Interest Group and manages a high-quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Linux (OL).
Playbook
Let’s jump in a quick live Playbook of how to install the latest and a specific version of Ansible in CentOS.
code
- install_ansible_EPEL.sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install ansible
execution
output
# yum install epel-release
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:59 ago on Mon 18 Oct 2021 01:41:22 PM UTC.
Package epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Upgrading:
epel-release noarch 8-13.el8 epel 23 k
Transaction Summary
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Upgrade 1 Package
Total download size: 23 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch.rpm 363 kB/s | 23 kB 00:00
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Total 39 kB/s | 23 kB 00:00
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Running scriptlet: epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch 1/1
Upgrading : epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch 1/2
warning: /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-playground.repo created as /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-playground.repo.rpmnew
warning: /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing-modular.repo created as /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing-modular.repo.rpmnew
warning: /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo created as /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo.rpmnew
Cleanup : epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 2/2
Running scriptlet: epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 2/2
Verifying : epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch 1/2
Verifying : epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 2/2
Upgraded:
epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch
Complete!
# yum install ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:12 ago on Mon 18 Oct 2021 01:41:22 PM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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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 2.5.1-5.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 3.2.1-4.el8 baseos 559 k
python3-jinja2 noarch 2.10.1-2.el8_0 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-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-pyyaml x86_64 3.12-12.el8 baseos 193 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
Transaction Summary
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Install 16 Packages
Total download size: 24 M
Installed size: 127 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/16): python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch.rpm 314 kB/s | 45 kB 00:00
(2/16): python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64.rpm 267 kB/s | 39 kB 00:00
(3/16): python3-jinja2-2.10.1-2.el8_0.noarch.rpm 1.6 MB/s | 538 kB 00:00
(4/16): python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch.rpm 1.5 MB/s | 126 kB 00:00
(5/16): python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch.rpm 1.2 MB/s | 54 kB 00:00
(6/16): python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.0 MB/s | 237 kB 00:00
(7/16): python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch.rpm 1.5 MB/s | 109 kB 00:00
(8/16): python3-pyyaml-3.12-12.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.7 MB/s | 193 kB 00:00
(9/16): python3-cryptography-3.2.1-4.el8.x86_64.rpm 990 kB/s | 559 kB 00:00
(10/16): libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.1 MB/s | 162 kB 00:00
(11/16): python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64.rpm 995 kB/s | 44 kB 00:00
(12/16): python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch.rpm 1.7 MB/s | 289 kB 00:00
(13/16): python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.1 MB/s | 100 kB 00:00
(14/16): sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.0 MB/s | 27 kB 00:00
(15/16): python3-babel-2.5.1-5.el8.noarch.rpm 2.4 MB/s | 4.8 MB 00:02
(16/16): ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch.rpm 4.7 MB/s | 17 MB 00:03
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Total 4.9 MB/s | 24 MB 00:04
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64 1/16
Installing : libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64 2/16
Installing : python3-pyyaml-3.12-12.el8.x86_64 3/16
Installing : python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch 4/16
Installing : python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 5/16
Installing : python3-cryptography-3.2.1-4.el8.x86_64 6/16
Installing : python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64 7/16
Installing : python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 8/16
Installing : python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch 9/16
Installing : python3-babel-2.5.1-5.el8.noarch 10/16
Installing : python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch 11/16
Installing : python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch 12/16
Installing : python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 13/16
Installing : python3-jinja2-2.10.1-2.el8_0.noarch 14/16
Installing : python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch 15/16
Installing : ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch 16/16
Running scriptlet: ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch 16/16
Verifying : python3-babel-2.5.1-5.el8.noarch 1/16
Verifying : python3-jinja2-2.10.1-2.el8_0.noarch 2/16
Verifying : python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch 3/16
Verifying : python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 4/16
Verifying : python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch 5/16
Verifying : python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch 6/16
Verifying : python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 7/16
Verifying : python3-cryptography-3.2.1-4.el8.x86_64 8/16
Verifying : python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch 9/16
Verifying : python3-pyyaml-3.12-12.el8.x86_64 10/16
Verifying : ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch 11/16
Verifying : libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64 12/16
Verifying : python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64 13/16
Verifying : python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch 14/16
Verifying : python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 15/16
Verifying : sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64 16/16
Installed:
ansible-2.9.25-1.el8.noarch libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64
python3-babel-2.5.1-5.el8.noarch python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64
python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 python3-cryptography-3.2.1-4.el8.x86_64
python3-jinja2-2.10.1-2.el8_0.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-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-pyyaml-3.12-12.el8.x86_64 sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64
Complete!
# 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 = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.6.8 (default, Mar 19 2021, 05:13:41) [GCC 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1)]
Conclusion
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