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How to install Ansible in Fedora 36 - Ansible install

By Luca Berton · Published 2024-01-01 · Category: installation

How to install and maintain the latest version of Ansible inside Fedora 36 using the system repository with a practical Playbook.

How to install Ansible in Fedora 36 - Ansible install

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 devops@fedora.example.com
[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 devops@fedora.example.com
[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]#

code with ❤️ in GitHub

See also: How to Run Linux Fedora Workstation 39 on an Apple Mac

Conclusion

Now you know how to install the latest version of Ansible in Fedora using the system repository and the DNF package manager.

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