Install Ansible on AlmaLinux 8 Easily with EPEL — Video Tutorial

How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux version 8. Today we're going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside AlmaLinux 8 using the EPEL repository. I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot. How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 8 - use Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) additional packages for Enterprise Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), AlmaLinux and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Linux (OL) Today we're talking about how to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 8. The easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside AlmaLinux 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), AlmaLinux and Scientific Linux (SL), Oracle Linux (OL). Links - [AlmaLinux website](https://almalinux.org/) - [AlmaLinux wiki EPEL](https://wiki.almalinux.org/repos/Extras.html) ## Playbook Install latest Ansible release in AlmaLinux 8. code - Install-Ansible-AlmaLinux8.sh ```bash #!/bin/bash sudo yum install epel-release sudo yum install ansible ``` execution ```bash $ ssh devops@almalinux.example.com [devops@almalinux ~]$ sudo su [root@almalinux devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release AlmaLinux release 8.5 (Arctic Sphynx) [root@almalinux devops]# cat /etc/os-release NAME="AlmaLinux" VERSION="8.5 (Arctic Sphynx)" ID="almalinux" ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora" VERSION_ID="8.5" PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8" PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 8.5 (Arctic Sphynx)" ANSI_COLOR="0;34" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:8::baseos" HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/" DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-8" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="8.5" [root@almalinux devops]# hostnamectl Static hostname: almalinux.example.com Icon name: computer-vm Chassis: vm Machine ID: 2125d84a5a894596a126819adab153e8 Boot ID: 6a16f6345f3442e78a3c4814e24f479c Virtualization: oracle Operating System: AlmaLinux 8.5 (Arctic Sphynx) CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:8::baseos Kernel: Linux 4.18.0-348.2.1.el8_5.x86_64 Architecture: x86-64 [root@almalinux devops]# uname -a Linux almalinux.example.com 4.18.0-348.2.1.el8_5.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Nov 15 09:17:08 EST 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@almalinux devops]# dnf install epel-release Last metadata expiration check: 0:50:44 ago on Tue 07 Dec 2021 09:26:05 AM UTC. Dependencies resolved. =================================================================================================== Package Architecture Version Repository Size =================================================================================================== Installing: epel-release noarch