How to install Ansible in Fedora version 34. Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside Fedora 34 using the default repository. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
How to install Ansible in Fedora 34
Today we’re talking about How to install Ansible in Fedora 34. The good news is that Ansible is included in the default repository so you could install it simply with your usual package manager. You could expect the latest version of Ansible in the updates repository. At the moment is available the latest 2.9.
Playbook
Let’s jump in a quick live Playbook of how to install the latest version of Ansible in Fedora.
code
- install-Ansible-Fedora.sh
#!/bin/bash
$ sudo dnf list available ansible
$ sudo dnf install ansible
execution
output
# cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 34 (Thirty Four)
# dnf list available ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:15:48 ago on Thu 21 Oct 2021 06:02:41 AM UTC.
Available Packages
ansible.noarch 2.9.25-1.fc34 updates
# dnf install ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:16:00 ago on Thu 21 Oct 2021 06:02:41 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
ansible noarch 2.9.25-1.fc34 updates 15 M
Installing dependencies:
libsodium x86_64 1.0.18-7.fc34 fedora 165 k
python3-bcrypt x86_64 3.1.7-7.fc34 fedora 44 k
python3-jmespath noarch 0.10.0-1.fc34 updates 46 k
python3-ntlm-auth noarch 1.5.0-2.fc34 fedora 53 k
python3-pynacl x86_64 1.4.0-2.fc34 fedora 110 k
python3-requests_ntlm noarch 1.1.0-14.fc34 fedora 18 k
python3-xmltodict noarch 0.12.0-11.fc34 fedora 23 k
sshpass x86_64 1.09-1.fc34 fedora 27 k
Installing weak dependencies:
python3-paramiko noarch 2.7.2-4.fc34 fedora 287 k
python3-pyasn1 noarch 0.4.8-4.fc34 fedora 133 k
python3-winrm noarch 0.4.1-2.fc34 fedora 79 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 12 Packages
Total download size: 16 M
Installed size: 100 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/12): libsodium-1.0.18-7.fc34.x86_64.rpm 3.4 MB/s | 165 kB 00:00
(2/12): python3-jmespath-0.10.0-1.fc34.noarch.rpm 692 kB/s | 46 kB 00:00
(3/12): python3-ntlm-auth-1.5.0-2.fc34.noarch.rpm 511 kB/s | 53 kB 00:00
(4/12): python3-paramiko-2.7.2-4.fc34.noarch.rpm 1.3 MB/s | 287 kB 00:00
(5/12): python3-bcrypt-3.1.7-7.fc34.x86_64.rpm 112 kB/s | 44 kB 00:00
(6/12): python3-pyasn1-0.4.8-4.fc34.noarch.rpm 1.3 MB/s | 133 kB 00:00
(7/12): python3-requests_ntlm-1.1.0-14.fc34.noarch.rpm 473 kB/s | 18 kB 00:00
(8/12): python3-pynacl-1.4.0-2.fc34.x86_64.rpm 886 kB/s | 110 kB 00:00
(9/12): python3-winrm-0.4.1-2.fc34.noarch.rpm 1.1 MB/s | 79 kB 00:00
(10/12): sshpass-1.09-1.fc34.x86_64.rpm 923 kB/s | 27 kB 00:00
(11/12): python3-xmltodict-0.12.0-11.fc34.noarch.rpm 196 kB/s | 23 kB 00:00
(12/12): ansible-2.9.25-1.fc34.noarch.rpm 3.3 MB/s | 15 MB 00:04
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Total 3.4 MB/s | 16 MB 00:04
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : sshpass-1.09-1.fc34.x86_64 1/12
Installing : python3-xmltodict-0.12.0-11.fc34.noarch 2/12
Installing : python3-pyasn1-0.4.8-4.fc34.noarch 3/12
Installing : python3-ntlm-auth-1.5.0-2.fc34.noarch 4/12
Installing : python3-requests_ntlm-1.1.0-14.fc34.noarch 5/12
Installing : python3-winrm-0.4.1-2.fc34.noarch 6/12
Installing : python3-bcrypt-3.1.7-7.fc34.x86_64 7/12
Installing : libsodium-1.0.18-7.fc34.x86_64 8/12
Installing : python3-pynacl-1.4.0-2.fc34.x86_64 9/12
Installing : python3-paramiko-2.7.2-4.fc34.noarch 10/12
Installing : python3-jmespath-0.10.0-1.fc34.noarch 11/12
Installing : ansible-2.9.25-1.fc34.noarch 12/12
Running scriptlet: ansible-2.9.25-1.fc34.noarch 12/12
Verifying : ansible-2.9.25-1.fc34.noarch 1/12
Verifying : python3-jmespath-0.10.0-1.fc34.noarch 2/12
Verifying : libsodium-1.0.18-7.fc34.x86_64 3/12
Verifying : python3-bcrypt-3.1.7-7.fc34.x86_64 4/12
Verifying : python3-ntlm-auth-1.5.0-2.fc34.noarch 5/12
Verifying : python3-paramiko-2.7.2-4.fc34.noarch 6/12
Verifying : python3-pyasn1-0.4.8-4.fc34.noarch 7/12
Verifying : python3-pynacl-1.4.0-2.fc34.x86_64 8/12
Verifying : python3-requests_ntlm-1.1.0-14.fc34.noarch 9/12
Verifying : python3-winrm-0.4.1-2.fc34.noarch 10/12
Verifying : python3-xmltodict-0.12.0-11.fc34.noarch 11/12
Verifying : sshpass-1.09-1.fc34.x86_64 12/12
Installed:
ansible-2.9.25-1.fc34.noarch libsodium-1.0.18-7.fc34.x86_64
python3-bcrypt-3.1.7-7.fc34.x86_64 python3-jmespath-0.10.0-1.fc34.noarch
python3-ntlm-auth-1.5.0-2.fc34.noarch python3-paramiko-2.7.2-4.fc34.noarch
python3-pyasn1-0.4.8-4.fc34.noarch python3-pynacl-1.4.0-2.fc34.x86_64
python3-requests_ntlm-1.1.0-14.fc34.noarch python3-winrm-0.4.1-2.fc34.noarch
python3-xmltodict-0.12.0-11.fc34.noarch sshpass-1.09-1.fc34.x86_64
Complete!
# ansible --version
ansible 2.9.25
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
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.9.2 (default, Feb 20 2021, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.0.0 20210210 (Red Hat 11.0.0-0)]
#
Conclusion
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