How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 8 - Ansible install
By Luca Berton · Published 2024-01-01 · Category: installation
How to install and maintain up-to-date Ansible inside Rocky Linux 8 using the EPEL repository.
How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux version 8. Today we're going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside Rocky Linux 8 using the EPEL repository.
How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 8
- use Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) additional packages for Enterprise Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Rocky Linux and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Linux (OL)
## Playbook
Let's jump in a quick live Playbook of how to install the latest version of Ansible in Rocky Linux.
code
- Install-Ansible-RockyLinux8.sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo dnf install epel-release
sudo dnf install ansible
ansible --versionexecution
$ ssh devops@rockylinux.example.com
[devops@rockylinux ~]$ sudo su
[root@rockylinux devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Rocky Linux release 8.4 (Green Obsidian)
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf info ansible
Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream 3.2 MB/s | 8.2 MB 00:02
Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS 3.6 MB/s | 3.5 MB 00:00
Rocky Linux 8 - Extras 27 kB/s | 10 kB 00:00
Error: No matching Packages to list
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf install epel-release
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:12 ago on Fri 19 Nov 2021 08:56:15 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
epel-release noarch 8-13.el8 extras 23 k
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================
Install 1 Package
Total download size: 23 k
Installed size: 35 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch.rpm 241 kB/s | 23 kB 00:00
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Total 65 kB/s | 23 kB 00:00
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch 1/1
Running scriptlet: epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch 1/1
Verifying : epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch 1/1
Installed:
epel-release-8-13.el8.noarch
Complete!
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf info ansible
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 2.2 MB/s | 958 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 4.4 MB/s | 11 MB 00:02
Available Packages
Name : ansible
Version : 2.9.27
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : noarch
Size : 17 M
Source : ansible-2.9.27-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : epel
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@rockylinux devops]# dnf install ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:23 ago on Fri 19 Nov 2021 08:56:41 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
===================================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
===================================================================================================
Installing:
ansible noarch 2.9.27-1.el8 epel 17 M
Upgrading:
chkconfig x86_64 1.19.1-1.el8 baseos 197 k
platform-python-pip noarch 9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0 baseos 1.7 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 558 k
python3-jinja2 noarch 2.10.1-3.el8 appstream 537 k
python3-jmespath noarch 0.9.0-11.el8 appstream 44 k
python3-markupsafe x86_64 0.23-19.el8 appstream 38 k
python3-pip noarch 9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0 appstream 19 k
python3-ply noarch 3.9-9.el8 baseos 110 k
python3-pyasn1 noarch 0.3.7-6.el8 appstream 125 k
python3-pycparser noarch 2.14-14.el8 baseos 108 k
python3-pynacl x86_64 1.3.0-5.el8 epel 100 k
python3-pytz noarch 2017.2-9.el8 appstream 53 k
python3-setuptools noarch 39.2.0-6.el8 baseos 162 k
python36 x86_64 3.6.8-38.module+el8.5.0+671+195e4563 appstream 18 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
Upgrade 2 Packages
Total download size: 26 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/21): python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch.rpm 281 kB/s | 44 kB 00:00
(2/21): python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64.rpm 880 kB/s | 38 kB 00:00
(3/21): python3-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0.noarch.rpm 436 kB/s | 19 kB 00:00
(4/21): python3-jinja2-2.10.1-3.el8.noarch.rpm 2.1 MB/s | 537 kB 00:00
(5/21): python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch.rpm 1.2 MB/s | 53 kB 00:00
(6/21): python36-3.6.8-38.module+el8.5.0+671+195e4563.x86_64.rpm 1.1 MB/s | 18 kB 00:00
(7/21): python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch.rpm 1.3 MB/s | 125 kB 00:00
(8/21): python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.1 MB/s | 237 kB 00:00
(9/21): python3-ply-3.9-9.el8.noarch.rpm 1.6 MB/s | 110 kB 00:00
(10/21): python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 108 kB 00:00
(11/21): python3-cryptography-3.2.1-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.6 MB/s | 558 kB 00:00
(12/21): python3-setuptools-39.2.0-6.el8.noarch.rpm 1.9 MB/s | 162 kB 00:00
(13/21): libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 162 kB 00:00
(14/21): python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64.rpm 1.3 MB/s | 44 kB 00:00
(15/21): python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch.rpm 942 kB/s | 289 kB 00:00
(16/21): python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.3 MB/s | 100 kB 00:00
(17/21): sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64.rpm 934 kB/s | 27 kB 00:00
(18/21): chkconfig-1.19.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm 2.2 MB/s | 197 kB 00:00
(19/21): platform-python-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0.noarch.rpm 2.4 MB/s | 1.7 MB 00:00
(20/21): python3-babel-2.5.1-7.el8.noarch.rpm 1.7 MB/s | 4.8 MB 00:02
(21/21): ansible-2.9.27-1.el8.noarch.rpm 3.9 MB/s | 17 MB 00:04
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Total 4.6 MB/s | 26 MB 00:05
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 1/23
Upgrading : platform-python-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0.noarch 2/23
Upgrading : chkconfig-1.19.1-1.el8.x86_64 3/23
Installing : python36-3.6.8-38.module+el8.5.0+671+195e4563.x86_64 4/23
Running scriptlet: python36-3.6.8-38.module+el8.5.0+671+195e4563.x86_64 4/23
Installing : python3-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0.noarch 5/23
Installing : sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64 6/23
Installing : libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64 7/23
Installing : python3-ply-3.9-9.el8.noarch 8/23
Installing : python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch 9/23
Installing : python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 10/23
Installing : python3-cryptography-3.2.1-5.el8.x86_64 11/23
Installing : python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64 12/23
Installing : python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 13/23
Installing : python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch 14/23
Installing : python3-babel-2.5.1-7.el8.noarch 15/23
Installing : python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch 16/23
Installing : python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch 17/23
Installing : python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 18/23
Installing : python3-jinja2-2.10.1-3.el8.noarch 19/23
Installing : python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch 20/23
Installing : ansible-2.9.27-1.el8.noarch 21/23
Cleanup : platform-python-pip-9.0.3-19.el8.rocky.noarch 22/23
Cleanup : chkconfig-1.13-2.el8.x86_64 23/23
Running scriptlet: chkconfig-1.13-2.el8.x86_64 23/23
Verifying : python3-babel-2.5.1-7.el8.noarch 1/23
Verifying : python3-jinja2-2.10.1-3.el8.noarch 2/23
Verifying : python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch 3/23
Verifying : python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 4/23
Verifying : python3-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0.noarch 5/23
Verifying : python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch 6/23
Verifying : python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch 7/23
Verifying : python36-3.6.8-38.module+el8.5.0+671+195e4563.x86_64 8/23
Verifying : python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 9/23
Verifying : python3-cryptography-3.2.1-5.el8.x86_64 10/23
Verifying : python3-ply-3.9-9.el8.noarch 11/23
Verifying : python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch 12/23
Verifying : python3-setuptools-39.2.0-6.el8.noarch 13/23
Verifying : ansible-2.9.27-1.el8.noarch 14/23
Verifying : libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64 15/23
Verifying : python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64 16/23
Verifying : python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch 17/23
Verifying : python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 18/23
Verifying : sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64 19/23
Verifying : chkconfig-1.19.1-1.el8.x86_64 20/23
Verifying : chkconfig-1.13-2.el8.x86_64 21/23
Verifying : platform-python-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0.noarch 22/23
Verifying : platform-python-pip-9.0.3-19.el8.rocky.noarch 23/23
Upgraded:
chkconfig-1.19.1-1.el8.x86_64 platform-python-pip-9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0.noarch
Installed:
ansible-2.9.27-1.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-9.0.3-20.el8.rocky.0.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 python36-3.6.8-38.module+el8.5.0+671+195e4563.x86_64
sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64
Complete!
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf info ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:55 ago on Fri 19 Nov 2021 08:56:41 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
Name : ansible
Version : 2.9.27
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : noarch
Size : 96 M
Source : ansible-2.9.27-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : epel
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@rockylinux devops]# ansible --version
ansible 2.9.27
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, May 19 2021, 03:00:47) [GCC 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1)]
[root@rockylinux devops]# yum --showduplicates list ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:07 ago on Fri 19 Nov 2021 08:56:41 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
ansible.noarch 2.9.27-1.el8 @epel
Available Packages
ansible.noarch 2.9.27-1.el8 epel
[root@rockylinux devops]#before execution
$ ssh devops@rockylinux.example.com
[devops@rockylinux ~]$ sudo su
[root@rockylinux devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Rocky Linux release 8.4 (Green Obsidian)
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf info ansible
Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream 3.2 MB/s | 8.2 MB 00:02
Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS 3.6 MB/s | 3.5 MB 00:00
Rocky Linux 8 - Extras 27 kB/s | 10 kB 00:00
Error: No matching Packages to list
after execution
$ ssh devops@rockylinux.example.com
[devops@rockylinux ~]$ sudo su
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf info ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:55 ago on Fri 19 Nov 2021 08:56:41 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
Name : ansible
Version : 2.9.27
Release : 1.el8
Architecture : noarch
Size : 96 M
Source : ansible-2.9.27-1.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : epel
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@rockylinux devops]# ansible --version
ansible 2.9.27
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, May 19 2021, 03:00:47) [GCC 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1)]
[root@rockylinux devops]# yum --showduplicates list ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:07 ago on Fri 19 Nov 2021 08:56:41 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
ansible.noarch 2.9.27-1.el8 @epel
Available Packages
ansible.noarch 2.9.27-1.el8 epel
[root@rockylinux devops]#See also: How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 9 - Ansible install
Conclusion
Now you know how to install the latest version of Ansible in Rocky Linux using the EPEL repository.
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