How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 9 - Ansible install
By Luca Berton · Published 2024-01-01 · Category: installation
Install Ansible on Rocky Linux 9 with this updated 2026 guide. Step-by-step instructions using EPEL repository and pip.
How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux version 9.
Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside Rocky Linux 9 using the appstream system repository. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.See also: How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 8 - Ansible install
How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 9
•ansible-core included in AppStream repository
• ansible package not available
Today we’re talking about How to install Ansible in Rocky Linux 9.
The easier way to install and maintain up-to-date Ansible inside Rocky Linux version 9 is using the ansible-core package included in the AppStream distribution repository.
Please notice that the package ansible isn’t available anymore.
It’s not necessary to use the additional EPEL package repository.
See also: Ansible terminology - ansible vs ansible-core packages.
Links
• Rocky Linux 9.0 Available NowSee also: Run RHEL 9.2 on Mac Using VMware Fusion: A Step-by-Step Guide
Playbook
Let’s jump into a quick live Playbook of how to install the latest version of Ansible in Rocky Linux.
I’m going to install the ansible-core package in an Rocky Linux 9 using the AppStream distribution repository.
code
• Install-Ansible-RockyLinux9.sh#!/bin/bash
sudo dnf install ansible-core
execution
ansible-pilot $ ssh devops@rockylinux.example.com
Last login: Tue Jul 19 11:17:44 2022 from 192.168.43.5
[devops@rockylinux ~]$ sudo su
[root@rockylinux devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Rocky Linux release 9.0 (Blue Onyx)
[root@rockylinux devops]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="9.0 (Blue Onyx)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.0"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 9.0 (Blue Onyx)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:9::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky-Linux-9"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.0"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.0"
[root@rockylinux devops]# hostnamectl
Static hostname: rockylinux.example.com
Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm 🖴
Machine ID: 26419e43cdb741a2a2068070219bf8d9
Boot ID: bed36d9812744b248bc8f674343c83c9
Virtualization: oracle
Operating System: Rocky Linux 9.0 (Blue Onyx)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:9::baseos
Kernel: Linux 5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.x86_64
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Vendor: innotek GmbH
Hardware Model: VirtualBox
[root@rockylinux devops]# uname -a
Linux rockylinux.example.com 5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 25 21:01:57 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf search ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 1:08:16 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
================================= Name & Summary Matched: ansible =================================
ansible-collection-microsoft-sql.noarch : The Ansible collection for Microsoft SQL Server
: management
ansible-collection-redhat-rhel_mgmt.noarch : Ansible Collection of general system management and
: utility modules and other plugins
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
==================================== Summary Matched: ansible =====================================
rhc-worker-playbook.x86_64 : Python worker for Red Hat connector that launches Ansible Runner
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:08:24 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
Available Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.2
Release : 1.el9.rocky.0.1
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 2.0 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1.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@rockylinux devops]# dnf list ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:08:31 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
Available Packages
ansible-core.x86_64 2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1 appstream
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf install ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:08:45 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
===================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
===================================================================================================
Installing:
ansible-core x86_64 2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1 appstream 2.0 M
Installing dependencies:
emacs-filesystem noarch 1:27.2-6.el9 appstream 8.4 k
git x86_64 2.31.1-2.el9.2 appstream 120 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 2.3 M
perl-Error noarch 1:0.17029-7.el9 appstream 41 k
perl-Git noarch 2.31.1-2.el9.2 appstream 43 k
python3-babel noarch 2.9.1-2.el9 appstream 5.8 M
python3-cffi x86_64 1.14.5-5.el9 appstream 241 k
python3-cryptography x86_64 36.0.1-1.el9_0 appstream 1.1 M
python3-jinja2 noarch 2.11.3-4.el9 appstream 229 k
python3-markupsafe x86_64 1.1.1-12.el9 appstream 32 k
python3-packaging noarch 20.9-5.el9 appstream 69 k
python3-ply noarch 3.11-14.el9 appstream 103 k
python3-pycparser noarch 2.20-6.el9 appstream 124 k
python3-pytz noarch 2021.1-4.el9 appstream 48 k
python3-pyyaml x86_64 5.4.1-6.el9 baseos 191 k
python3-resolvelib noarch 0.5.4-5.el9 appstream 29 k
sshpass x86_64 1.09-4.el9 appstream 27 k
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================
Install 19 Packages
Total download size: 16 M
Installed size: 77 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/19): python3-pyyaml-5.4.1-6.el9.x86_64.rpm 275 kB/s | 191 kB 00:00
(2/19): python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch.rpm 328 kB/s | 229 kB 00:00
(3/19): python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch.rpm 554 kB/s | 69 kB 00:00
(4/19): python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch.rpm 304 kB/s | 29 kB 00:00
(5/19): python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch.rpm 157 kB/s | 48 kB 00:00
(6/19): python3-pycparser-2.20-6.el9.noarch.rpm 724 kB/s | 124 kB 00:00
(7/19): python3-ply-3.11-14.el9.noarch.rpm 555 kB/s | 103 kB 00:00
(8/19): python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64.rpm 321 kB/s | 32 kB 00:00
(9/19): perl-Error-0.17029-7.el9.noarch.rpm 372 kB/s | 41 kB 00:00
(10/19): sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64.rpm 211 kB/s | 27 kB 00:00
(11/19): python3-cffi-1.14.5-5.el9.x86_64.rpm 692 kB/s | 241 kB 00:00
(12/19): emacs-filesystem-27.2-6.el9.noarch.rpm 57 kB/s | 8.4 kB 00:00
(13/19): perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch.rpm 334 kB/s | 43 kB 00:00
(14/19): python3-cryptography-36.0.1-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm 916 kB/s | 1.1 MB 00:01
(15/19): python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch.rpm 1.1 MB/s | 5.8 MB 00:05
(16/19): git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch.rpm 699 kB/s | 2.3 MB 00:03
(17/19): git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64.rpm 349 kB/s | 120 kB 00:00
(18/19): git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 3.6 MB 00:02
(19/19): ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1.x86_64.rpm 1.7 MB/s | 2.0 MB 00:01
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 2.2 MB/s | 16 MB 00:07
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 1/19
Installing : git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 2/19
Installing : emacs-filesystem-1:27.2-6.el9.noarch 3/19
Installing : sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64 4/19
Installing : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 5/19
Installing : git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 6/19
Installing : perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 7/19
Installing : python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64 8/19
Installing : python3-ply-3.11-14.el9.noarch 9/19
Installing : python3-pycparser-2.20-6.el9.noarch 10/19
Installing : python3-cffi-1.14.5-5.el9.x86_64 11/19
Installing : python3-cryptography-36.0.1-1.el9_0.x86_64 12/19
Installing : python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch 13/19
Installing : python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch 14/19
Installing : python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch 15/19
Installing : python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch 16/19
Installing : python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch 17/19
Installing : python3-pyyaml-5.4.1-6.el9.x86_64 18/19
Installing : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1.x86_64 19/19
Running scriptlet: ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1.x86_64 19/19
Verifying : python3-pyyaml-5.4.1-6.el9.x86_64 1/19
Verifying : python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch 2/19
Verifying : python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch 3/19
Verifying : python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch 4/19
Verifying : python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch 5/19
Verifying : python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch 6/19
Verifying : python3-pycparser-2.20-6.el9.noarch 7/19
Verifying : python3-ply-3.11-14.el9.noarch 8/19
Verifying : python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64 9/19
Verifying : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 10/19
Verifying : python3-cffi-1.14.5-5.el9.x86_64 11/19
Verifying : sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64 12/19
Verifying : emacs-filesystem-1:27.2-6.el9.noarch 13/19
Verifying : python3-cryptography-36.0.1-1.el9_0.x86_64 14/19
Verifying : perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 15/19
Verifying : git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch 16/19
Verifying : git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 17/19
Verifying : git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64 18/19
Verifying : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1.x86_64 19/19
Installed:
ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1.x86_64 emacs-filesystem-1:27.2-6.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-1.14.5-5.el9.x86_64 python3-cryptography-36.0.1-1.el9_0.x86_64
python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64
python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch python3-ply-3.11-14.el9.noarch
python3-pycparser-2.20-6.el9.noarch python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch
python3-pyyaml-5.4.1-6.el9.x86_64 python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch
sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64
Complete!
[root@rockylinux devops]# ansible --version
ansible [core 2.12.2]
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 = 3.9.10 (main, Feb 9 2022, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.2.1 20220127 (Red Hat 11.2.1-9)]
jinja version = 2.11.3
libyaml = True
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf list ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:09:53 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
ansible-core.x86_64 2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1 @appstream
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:10:05 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.2
Release : 1.el9.rocky.0.1
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 9.3 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1.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@rockylinux devops]#
before execution
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf list ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:08:31 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
Available Packages
ansible-core.x86_64 2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1 appstream
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:08:24 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
Available Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.2
Release : 1.el9.rocky.0.1
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 2.0 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1.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@rockylinux devops]#
after execution
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf list ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:09:53 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
ansible-core.x86_64 2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1 @appstream
[root@rockylinux devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 1:10:05 ago on Tue 19 Jul 2022 10:15:38 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
Name : ansible-core
Version : 2.12.2
Release : 1.el9.rocky.0.1
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 9.3 M
Source : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.rocky.0.1.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@rockylinux devops]#
Conclusion
Now you know how to install the latest version of Ansible in Rocky Linux using the AppStream repository.
See also: How to install Ansible in RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 with Ansible Engine - Ansible install
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