How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 9 - Ansible install — Video Tutorial

How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux version 9. Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside AlmaLinux 9 using the appstream system repository. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot. How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 9 - `ansible-core` included in AppStream repository - `ansible` package not available Today we’re talking about How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 9. The easier way to install and maintain up-to-date Ansible inside AlmaLinux 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](/articles/ansible-terminology-ansible-vs-ansible-core-packages). Links - [AlmaLinux website](https://almalinux.org/) Playbook Let’s jump into a quick live Playbook of how to install the latest version of Ansible in AlmaLinux. I’m going to install the `ansible-core` package in an AlmaLinux 9 using the AppStream distribution repository. code - Install-Ansible-AlmaLinux9.sh ```bash #!/bin/bash sudo yum install ansible-core ``` execution ```bash $ ssh devops@almalinux.example.com [devops@almalinux ~]$ sudo su [root@almalinux devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release AlmaLinux release 9.0 (Emerald Puma) [root@almalinux devops]# cat /etc/os-release NAME="AlmaLinux" VERSION="9.0 (Emerald Puma)" ID="almalinux" ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora" VERSION_ID="9.0" PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9" PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 9.0 (Emerald Puma)" ANSI_COLOR="0;34" LOGO="fedora-logo-icon" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:9::baseos" HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/" DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-9" ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="9.0" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="AlmaLinux" REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.0" [root@almalinux devops]# hostnamectl Static hostname: almalinux.example.com Icon name: computer-vm Chassis: vm 🖴 Machine ID: 4a8ab0349b874d1b8294222deebd0f8e Boot ID: 3616b69bcbf8433d8d4e9eaa826dee67 Virtualization: oracle Operating System: AlmaLinux 9.0 (Emerald Puma) CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux: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@almalinux devops]# uname -a Linux almalinux.example.com 5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 17 15:53:11 EDT 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@almalinux devops]# dnf search ansible Last metadata expiration check: 16:31:06 ago on Mon Jul 11 14:56:03 2022. ============================================================================== Name & Summary Matched: ansible ============================================================================== ansi