How to install Ansible in CentOS 9 Stream - Ansible install
The easier way to install the latest version of Ansible and maintain up-to-date in CentOS 9 Stream using DNF and the "appstream" system repository.
December 8, 2021
How to install Ansible in CentOS Stream version 9. Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside CentO Stream version 9 using the system AppStream repository. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot
How to install Ansible in CentOS Stream 9
ansible-corein system AppStream repository- use Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux - EPEL Next additional packages for CentOS Stream
The easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside CentOS Stream version 9 is using the system AppStream repository. Another way is to use the additional EPEL Next repository. This repository is maintained by the Fedora Special Interest Group and that manages a high-quality set of additional packages for CentOS Stream, similar to Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) additional packages target for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, and Scientific Linux (SL) and Oracle Linux (OL).
See also: Ansible terminology - ansible vs ansible-core packages.
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- CentOS Stream Download
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- Introducing CentOS Stream 9
- Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)
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Install Ansible in CentOS Stream version 9 via AppStream system repository.
code
- Install-Ansible-CentOS-Stream9.sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo dnf install ansible-core
execution
$ ssh [email protected]
[devops@centos-stream ~]$ sudo su
[root@centos-stream devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Stream release 9
[root@centos-stream devops]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="CentOS Stream"
VERSION="9"
ID="centos"
ID_LIKE="rhel fedora"
VERSION_ID="9"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="CentOS Stream 9"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:centos:centos:9"
HOME_URL="https://centos.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="CentOS Stream"
[root@centos-stream devops]# hostnamectl
Static hostname: centos-stream.example.com
Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm
Machine ID: 27ac33d81e2a400cbdaf6ae0b2b82e1d
Boot ID: 4060493b76fc4cc680defa0ffe99af41
Virtualization: oracle
Operating System: CentOS Stream 9
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:9
Kernel: Linux 5.14.0-17.el9.x86_64
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Vendor: innotek GmbH
Hardware Model: VirtualBox
[root@centos-stream devops]# dnf search ansible
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
CentOS Stream 9 - BaseOS 1.2 MB/s | 1.6 MB 00:01
CentOS Stream 9 - AppStream 2.7 MB/s | 8.8 MB 00:03
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Mon 06 Dec 2021 11:55:34 AM UTC.
================================= Name & Summary Matched: ansible =================================
ansible-collection-microsoft-sql.noarch : The Ansible collection for Microsoft SQL Server
: management
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@centos-stream devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:55 ago on Mon 06 Dec 2021 11:55:34 AM UTC.
Available Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.0
Release : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 2.4 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.0-1.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@centos-stream devops]# dnf install ansible-core
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:13 ago on Mon 06 Dec 2021 11:55:34 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
===================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
===================================================================================================
Installing:
ansible-core x86_64 2.12.0-1.el9 appstream 2.4 M
Installing dependencies:
emacs-filesystem noarch 1:27.1-3.el9 appstream 9.2 k
git x86_64 2.31.1-2.el9.2 appstream 124 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 2.5 M
perl-Error noarch 1:0.17029-7.el9 appstream 42 k
perl-Git noarch 2.31.1-2.el9.2 appstream 43 k
python3-babel noarch 2.9.1-2.el9 appstream 6.0 M
python3-cffi x86_64 1.14.5-4.el9 appstream 254 k
python3-cryptography x86_64 3.4.7-5.el9 appstream 780 k
python3-jinja2 noarch 2.11.3-4.el9 appstream 249 k
python3-markupsafe x86_64 1.1.1-12.el9 appstream 35 k
python3-packaging noarch 20.9-4.el9 appstream 78 k
python3-ply noarch 3.11-13.el9 appstream 107 k
python3-pycparser noarch 2.20-5.el9 appstream 135 k
python3-pytz noarch 2021.1-4.el9 appstream 52 k
python3-resolvelib noarch 0.5.4-5.el9 appstream 34 k
sshpass x86_64 1.09-4.el9 appstream 28 k
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================
Install 18 Packages
Total download size: 16 M
Installed size: 75 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/18): emacs-filesystem-27.1-3.el9.noarch.rpm 38 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
(2/18): git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64.rpm 302 kB/s | 124 kB 00:00
(3/18): git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64.rpm 763 kB/s | 3.6 MB 00:04
(4/18): perl-Error-0.17029-7.el9.noarch.rpm 375 kB/s | 42 kB 00:00
(5/18): ansible-core-2.12.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm 450 kB/s | 2.4 MB 00:05
(6/18): perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch.rpm 182 kB/s | 43 kB 00:00
(7/18): python3-cffi-1.14.5-4.el9.x86_64.rpm 655 kB/s | 254 kB 00:00
(8/18): git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch.rpm 473 kB/s | 2.5 MB 00:05
(9/18): python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch.rpm 410 kB/s | 249 kB 00:00
(10/18): python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64.rpm 194 kB/s | 35 kB 00:00
(11/18): python3-packaging-20.9-4.el9.noarch.rpm 321 kB/s | 78 kB 00:00
(12/18): python3-cryptography-3.4.7-5.el9.x86_64.rpm 640 kB/s | 780 kB 00:01
(13/18): python3-ply-3.11-13.el9.noarch.rpm 397 kB/s | 107 kB 00:00
(14/18): python3-pycparser-2.20-5.el9.noarch.rpm 533 kB/s | 135 kB 00:00
(15/18): python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch.rpm 313 kB/s | 52 kB 00:00
(16/18): sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64.rpm 236 kB/s | 28 kB 00:00
(17/18): python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch.rpm 236 kB/s | 34 kB 00:00
(18/18): python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm 730 kB/s | 6.0 MB 00:08
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 1.2 MB/s | 16 MB 00:14
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 1/18
Installing : git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 2/18
Installing : sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64 3/18
Installing : python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch 4/18
Installing : python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch 5/18
Installing : python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch 6/18
Installing : python3-ply-3.11-13.el9.noarch 7/18
Installing : python3-pycparser-2.20-5.el9.noarch 8/18
Installing : python3-cffi-1.14.5-4.el9.x86_64 9/18
Installing : python3-cryptography-3.4.7-5.el9.x86_64 10/18
Installing : python3-packaging-20.9-4.el9.noarch 11/18
Installing : python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64 12/18
Installing : python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch 13/18
Installing : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 14/18
Installing : emacs-filesystem-1:27.1-3.el9.noarch 15/18
Installing : perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 16/18
Installing : git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 17/18
Installing : ansible-core-2.12.0-1.el9.x86_64 18/18
Running scriptlet: ansible-core-2.12.0-1.el9.x86_64 18/18
Verifying : ansible-core-2.12.0-1.el9.x86_64 1/18
Verifying : emacs-filesystem-1:27.1-3.el9.noarch 2/18
Verifying : git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 3/18
Verifying : git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 4/18
Verifying : git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 5/18
Verifying : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 6/18
Verifying : perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 7/18
Verifying : python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch 8/18
Verifying : python3-cffi-1.14.5-4.el9.x86_64 9/18
Verifying : python3-cryptography-3.4.7-5.el9.x86_64 10/18
Verifying : python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch 11/18
Verifying : python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64 12/18
Verifying : python3-packaging-20.9-4.el9.noarch 13/18
Verifying : python3-ply-3.11-13.el9.noarch 14/18
Verifying : python3-pycparser-2.20-5.el9.noarch 15/18
Verifying : python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch 16/18
Verifying : python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch 17/18
Verifying : sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64 18/18
Installed products updated.
Installed:
ansible-core-2.12.0-1.el9.x86_64 emacs-filesystem-1:27.1-3.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-1.14.5-4.el9.x86_64 python3-cryptography-3.4.7-5.el9.x86_64
python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64
python3-packaging-20.9-4.el9.noarch python3-ply-3.11-13.el9.noarch
python3-pycparser-2.20-5.el9.noarch python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch
python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64
Complete!
[root@centos-stream devops]# ansible --version
ansible [core 2.12.0]
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 = 3.9.8 (main, Nov 8 2021, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.2.1 20211019 (Red Hat 11.2.1-6)]
jinja version = 2.11.3
libyaml = True
[root@centos-stream devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:00 ago on Mon 06 Dec 2021 11:55:34 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.0
Release : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 9.3 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.0-1.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.
[root@centos-stream devops]#
before execution
# dnf info ansible-core
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:55 ago on Mon 06 Dec 2021 11:55:34 AM UTC.
Available Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.0
Release : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 2.4 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.0-1.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@centos-stream devops]#
after execution
# dnf info ansible-core
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:00 ago on Mon 06 Dec 2021 11:55:34 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.0
Release : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 9.3 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.0-1.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.
[root@centos-stream devops]#
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