How to install Ansible in Fedora version 36. Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside Fedora 36 using the system repository. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
How to install Ansible in Fedora 36
Today we’re talking about How to install Ansible in Fedora 36.
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 2.12 for ansible-core and 5.7 for ansible.
See also: Ansible terminology - ansible vs ansible-core packages.
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
$ sudo "rpm -qa | grep ansible"
$ sudo dnf list ansible
execution
$ ssh [email protected]
[devops@fedora ~]$ sudo su
[root@fedora devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 36 (Thirty Six)
[root@fedora devops]# hostnamectl
Static hostname: fedora.example.com
Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm 🖴
Machine ID: 6a5acc6d28614718b9a00f1b3595bd9a
Boot ID: 34de0e3a106e4ec78870948a6fdf2018
Virtualization: oracle
Operating System: Fedora Linux 36 (Cloud Edition)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:36
Kernel: Linux 5.17.5-300.fc36.x86_64
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Vendor: innotek GmbH
Hardware Model: VirtualBox
[root@fedora devops]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Fedora Linux"
VERSION="36 (Cloud Edition)"
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=36
VERSION_CODENAME=""
PLATFORM_ID="platform:f36"
PRETTY_NAME="Fedora Linux 36 (Cloud Edition)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;38;2;60;110;180"
LOGO=fedora-logo-icon
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:36"
HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/f36/system-administrators-guide/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://ask.fedoraproject.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=36
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=36
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy"
VARIANT="Cloud Edition"
VARIANT_ID=cloud
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list available ansible
Fedora 36 - x86_64 2.8 MB/s | 81 MB 00:29
Fedora 36 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 2.5 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 822 kB/s | 2.4 MB 00:02
Fedora 36 - x86_64 - Updates 1.9 MB/s | 13 MB 00:07
Fedora Modular 36 - x86_64 - Updates 921 kB/s | 2.1 MB 00:02
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Mon 16 May 2022 07:48:42 AM UTC.
Available Packages
ansible.noarch 5.7.0-1.fc36 updates
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list available ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:14 ago on Mon 16 May 2022 07:48:42 AM UTC.
Available Packages
ansible-core.noarch 2.12.5-1.fc36 updates
[root@fedora devops]# rpm -qa | grep ansible
[root@fedora devops]# ansible --version
bash: ansible: command not found
[root@fedora devops]# dnf install ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:48 ago on Mon 16 May 2022 07:48:42 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
===================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
===================================================================================================
Installing:
ansible noarch 5.7.0-1.fc36 updates 33 M
Installing dependencies:
ansible-core noarch 2.12.5-1.fc36 updates 2.4 M
libsodium x86_64 1.0.18-9.fc36 fedora 163 k
python3-bcrypt x86_64 3.2.2-1.fc36 updates 43 k
python3-jmespath noarch 1.0.0-2.fc36 updates 44 k
python3-ntlm-auth noarch 1.5.0-4.fc35 fedora 53 k
python3-packaging noarch 21.3-2.fc36 fedora 72 k
python3-pynacl x86_64 1.4.0-5.fc36 fedora 108 k
python3-pyparsing noarch 2.4.7-10.fc36 fedora 151 k
python3-requests_ntlm noarch 1.1.0-16.fc35 fedora 18 k
python3-resolvelib noarch 0.5.5-4.fc36 fedora 31 k
python3-xmltodict noarch 0.12.0-14.fc36 fedora 22 k
Installing weak dependencies:
python3-paramiko noarch 2.10.4-1.fc36 updates 301 k
python3-pyasn1 noarch 0.4.8-8.fc36 fedora 134 k
python3-winrm noarch 0.4.1-5.fc36 fedora 80 k
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================
Install 15 Packages
Total download size: 36 M
Installed size: 328 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/15): python3-ntlm-auth-1.5.0-4.fc35.noarch.rpm 162 kB/s | 53 kB 00:00
(2/15): python3-packaging-21.3-2.fc36.noarch.rpm 196 kB/s | 72 kB 00:00
(3/15): libsodium-1.0.18-9.fc36.x86_64.rpm 402 kB/s | 163 kB 00:00
(4/15): python3-pyasn1-0.4.8-8.fc36.noarch.rpm 698 kB/s | 134 kB 00:00
(5/15): python3-pynacl-1.4.0-5.fc36.x86_64.rpm 512 kB/s | 108 kB 00:00
(6/15): python3-pyparsing-2.4.7-10.fc36.noarch.rpm 843 kB/s | 151 kB 00:00
(7/15): python3-requests_ntlm-1.1.0-16.fc35.noarch.rpm 228 kB/s | 18 kB 00:00
(8/15): python3-xmltodict-0.12.0-14.fc36.noarch.rpm 164 kB/s | 22 kB 00:00
(9/15): python3-resolvelib-0.5.5-4.fc36.noarch.rpm 190 kB/s | 31 kB 00:00
(10/15): python3-winrm-0.4.1-5.fc36.noarch.rpm 407 kB/s | 80 kB 00:00
(11/15): python3-bcrypt-3.2.2-1.fc36.x86_64.rpm 342 kB/s | 43 kB 00:00
(12/15): python3-jmespath-1.0.0-2.fc36.noarch.rpm 307 kB/s | 44 kB 00:00
(13/15): python3-paramiko-2.10.4-1.fc36.noarch.rpm 458 kB/s | 301 kB 00:00
(14/15): ansible-core-2.12.5-1.fc36.noarch.rpm 786 kB/s | 2.4 MB 00:03
(15/15): ansible-5.7.0-1.fc36.noarch.rpm 2.0 MB/s | 33 MB 00:16
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 2.0 MB/s | 36 MB 00:18
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : python3-jmespath-1.0.0-2.fc36.noarch 1/15
Installing : python3-bcrypt-3.2.2-1.fc36.x86_64 2/15
Installing : python3-xmltodict-0.12.0-14.fc36.noarch 3/15
Installing : python3-resolvelib-0.5.5-4.fc36.noarch 4/15
Installing : python3-pyparsing-2.4.7-10.fc36.noarch 5/15
Installing : python3-packaging-21.3-2.fc36.noarch 6/15
Installing : python3-pyasn1-0.4.8-8.fc36.noarch 7/15
Installing : python3-ntlm-auth-1.5.0-4.fc35.noarch 8/15
Installing : python3-requests_ntlm-1.1.0-16.fc35.noarch 9/15
Installing : python3-winrm-0.4.1-5.fc36.noarch 10/15
Installing : libsodium-1.0.18-9.fc36.x86_64 11/15
Installing : python3-pynacl-1.4.0-5.fc36.x86_64 12/15
Installing : python3-paramiko-2.10.4-1.fc36.noarch 13/15
Installing : ansible-core-2.12.5-1.fc36.noarch 14/15
Installing : ansible-5.7.0-1.fc36.noarch 15/15
Running scriptlet: ansible-5.7.0-1.fc36.noarch 15/15
Verifying : libsodium-1.0.18-9.fc36.x86_64 1/15
Verifying : python3-ntlm-auth-1.5.0-4.fc35.noarch 2/15
Verifying : python3-packaging-21.3-2.fc36.noarch 3/15
Verifying : python3-pyasn1-0.4.8-8.fc36.noarch 4/15
Verifying : python3-pynacl-1.4.0-5.fc36.x86_64 5/15
Verifying : python3-pyparsing-2.4.7-10.fc36.noarch 6/15
Verifying : python3-requests_ntlm-1.1.0-16.fc35.noarch 7/15
Verifying : python3-resolvelib-0.5.5-4.fc36.noarch 8/15
Verifying : python3-winrm-0.4.1-5.fc36.noarch 9/15
Verifying : python3-xmltodict-0.12.0-14.fc36.noarch 10/15
Verifying : ansible-5.7.0-1.fc36.noarch 11/15
Verifying : ansible-core-2.12.5-1.fc36.noarch 12/15
Verifying : python3-bcrypt-3.2.2-1.fc36.x86_64 13/15
Verifying : python3-jmespath-1.0.0-2.fc36.noarch 14/15
Verifying : python3-paramiko-2.10.4-1.fc36.noarch 15/15
Installed:
ansible-5.7.0-1.fc36.noarch ansible-core-2.12.5-1.fc36.noarch
libsodium-1.0.18-9.fc36.x86_64 python3-bcrypt-3.2.2-1.fc36.x86_64
python3-jmespath-1.0.0-2.fc36.noarch python3-ntlm-auth-1.5.0-4.fc35.noarch
python3-packaging-21.3-2.fc36.noarch python3-paramiko-2.10.4-1.fc36.noarch
python3-pyasn1-0.4.8-8.fc36.noarch python3-pynacl-1.4.0-5.fc36.x86_64
python3-pyparsing-2.4.7-10.fc36.noarch python3-requests_ntlm-1.1.0-16.fc35.noarch
python3-resolvelib-0.5.5-4.fc36.noarch python3-winrm-0.4.1-5.fc36.noarch
python3-xmltodict-0.12.0-14.fc36.noarch
Complete!
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list available ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:47 ago on Mon 16 May 2022 07:48:42 AM UTC.
Error: No matching Packages to list
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list available ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:50 ago on Mon 16 May 2022 07:48:42 AM UTC.
Error: No matching Packages to list
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list installed ansible
Installed Packages
ansible.noarch 5.7.0-1.fc36 @updates
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list installed ansible-core
Installed Packages
ansible-core.noarch 2.12.5-1.fc36 @updates
[root@fedora devops]# rpm -qa | grep ansible
ansible-core-2.12.5-1.fc36.noarch
ansible-5.7.0-1.fc36.noarch
[root@fedora devops]# ansible --version
ansible [core 2.12.5]
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/python3.10/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.10.4 (main, Mar 25 2022, 00:00:00) [GCC 12.0.1 20220308 (Red Hat 12.0.1-0)]
jinja version = 3.0.3
libyaml = True
[root@fedora devops]#
before execution
$ ssh [email protected]
[devops@fedora ~]$ sudo su
[root@fedora devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 36 (Thirty Six)
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list available ansible
Available Packages
ansible.noarch 5.7.0-1.fc36 updates
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list available ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:14 ago on Mon 16 May 2022 07:48:42 AM UTC.
Available Packages
ansible-core.noarch 2.12.5-1.fc36 updates
[root@fedora devops]# rpm -qa | grep ansible
[root@fedora devops]# ansible --version
bash: ansible: command not found
after execution
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list available ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:47 ago on Mon 16 May 2022 07:48:42 AM UTC.
Error: No matching Packages to list
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list available ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:50 ago on Mon 16 May 2022 07:48:42 AM UTC.
Error: No matching Packages to list
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list installed ansible
Installed Packages
ansible.noarch 5.7.0-1.fc36 @updates
[root@fedora devops]# dnf list installed ansible-core
Installed Packages
ansible-core.noarch 2.12.5-1.fc36 @updates
[root@fedora devops]# rpm -qa | grep ansible
ansible-core-2.12.5-1.fc36.noarch
ansible-5.7.0-1.fc36.noarch
[root@fedora devops]# ansible --version
ansible [core 2.12.5]
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/python3.10/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.10.4 (main, Mar 25 2022, 00:00:00) [GCC 12.0.1 20220308 (Red Hat 12.0.1-0)]
jinja version = 3.0.3
libyaml = True
[root@fedora devops]#
Conclusion
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