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. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
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)
Today we’re talking about How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 8. The easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside Rocky Linux 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), 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 --version
execution
$ ssh [email protected]
[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.
===================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
===================================================================================================
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 [email protected]
[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 [email protected]
[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]#
Conclusion
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