Ansible - Installation

• ansible-galaxy - client tool for Ansible Galaxy, can download roles
• ansible - community package with extra stuff, similar to original ansible
• ansible-core / ansible-base - just the core package

Needed Python versions:

• Python 3.8 for control node ( 2.11 )
• Python 2.6 or 3.5 for managed nodes

Also needed:

• libselinux-python if you have selinux

Use raw mode to install python:

ansible myhost --become -m raw -a "yum install -y python2"

Install using Pip:

pip install ansible

Install on Red Hat systems:

sudo dnf install ansible    # Fedora
sudo yum install ansible   # RHEL

Ubuntu installation:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository --yes --update ppa:ansible/ansible
sudo apt install ansible

Install on Arch Linux:

pacman -S ansible

Install Ansible core from github:

git clone https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
cd ./ansible
source ./hacking/env-setup
source ./hacking/env-setup.fish