How to install Ansible in OracleLinux version 9.

Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside OracleLinux 9 using the appstream system repository. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.

How to install Ansible in OracleLinux 9

  • ansible-core included in AppStream repository
  • ansible package not available

Today we’re talking about How to install Ansible in OracleLinux 9.

The easier way to install and maintain up-to-date Ansible inside OracleLinux 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.

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Playbook

Let’s jump into a quick live Playbook of how to install the latest version of Ansible in OracleLinux. I’m going to install the ansible-core package in an OracleLinux 9 using the AppStream distribution repository.

code

  • Install-Ansible-OracleLinux9.sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo yum install ansible-core

execution

$ ssh [email protected]
[devops@demo ~]$ sudo su
[root@demo devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.0 (Ootpa)
[root@demo devops]# cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Oracle Linux Server"
VERSION="9.0"
ID="ol"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VARIANT="Server"
VARIANT_ID="server"
VERSION_ID="9.0"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 9.0"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:0:server"
HOME_URL="https://linux.oracle.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/oracle/oracle-linux"
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux 9"
ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.0
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux"
ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.0
[root@demo devops]# hostnamectl 
 Static hostname: demo.example.com
       Icon name: computer-vm
         Chassis: vm 🖴
      Machine ID: 71df5c9e92ab486f9e8a3f59b9bd5068
         Boot ID: ef2f06382bbe40c89fd104e8a48aa778
  Virtualization: oracle
Operating System: Oracle Linux Server 9.0           
     CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:0:server
          Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-0.30.19.el9uek.x86_64
    Architecture: x86-64
 Hardware Vendor: innotek GmbH
  Hardware Model: VirtualBox
[root@demo devops]# uname -a
Linux demo.example.com 5.15.0-0.30.19.el9uek.x86_64 #2 SMP Wed Jun 15 22:59:49 PDT 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@demo devops]# dnf search ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:16 ago on Tue 12 Jul 2022 09:06:33 AM UTC.
================================= Name & Summary Matched: ansible =================================
ansible-freeipa-tests.noarch : ansible-freeipa tests
ansible-pcp.noarch : Ansible Metric collection for Performance Co-Pilot
ansible-pcp.src : Ansible Metric collection for Performance Co-Pilot
ansible-test.x86_64 : Tool for testing ansible plugin and module code
====================================== Name Matched: ansible ======================================
ansible-core.src : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
ansible-core.x86_64 : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
ansible-freeipa.noarch : Roles and playbooks to deploy FreeIPA servers, replicas and clients
ansible-freeipa.src : Roles and playbooks to deploy FreeIPA servers, replicas and clients
[root@demo devops]# dnf list ansible
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:27 ago on Tue 12 Jul 2022 09:06:33 AM UTC.
Error: No matching Packages to list
[root@demo devops]# dnf list ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:34 ago on Tue 12 Jul 2022 09:06:33 AM UTC.
Available Packages
ansible-core.src                              2.12.2-1.el9                            ol9_appstream
ansible-core.x86_64                           2.12.2-1.el9                            ol9_appstream
[root@demo devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:45 ago on Tue 12 Jul 2022 09:06:33 AM UTC.
Available Packages
Name         : ansible-core
Version      : 2.12.2
Release      : 1.el9
Architecture : src
Size         : 8.0 M
Source       : None
Repository   : ol9_appstream
Summary      : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
URL          : http://ansible.com
License      : GPLv3+
Description  : Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management,
             : multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works
             : over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed
             : on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and
             : are transferred to managed machines automatically.
Name         : ansible-core
Version      : 2.12.2
Release      : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 3.6 M
Source       : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.src.rpm
Repository   : ol9_appstream
Summary      : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
URL          : http://ansible.com
License      : GPLv3+
Description  : Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management,
             : multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works
             : over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed
             : on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and
             : are transferred to managed machines automatically.
[root@demo devops]# dnf install ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:57 ago on Tue 12 Jul 2022 09:06:33 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package                      Architecture Version                   Repository               Size
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Installing:
 ansible-core                 x86_64       2.12.2-1.el9              ol9_appstream           3.6 M
Installing dependencies:
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 perl-Class-Struct            noarch       0.66-479.el9              ol9_appstream            32 k
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 perl-File-stat               noarch       1.09-479.el9              ol9_appstream            27 k
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 perl-Pod-Simple              noarch       1:3.42-4.el9              ol9_appstream           272 k
 perl-Pod-Usage               noarch       4:2.01-4.el9              ol9_appstream            48 k
 perl-Scalar-List-Utils       x86_64       4:1.56-461.el9            ol9_appstream            83 k
 perl-SelectSaver             noarch       1.02-479.el9              ol9_appstream            21 k
 perl-Socket                  x86_64       4:2.031-4.el9             ol9_appstream            62 k
 perl-Storable                x86_64       1:3.21-460.el9            ol9_appstream           100 k
 perl-Symbol                  noarch       1.08-479.el9              ol9_appstream            24 k
 perl-Term-ANSIColor          noarch       5.01-461.el9              ol9_appstream            54 k
 perl-Term-Cap                noarch       1.17-460.el9              ol9_appstream            27 k
 perl-TermReadKey             x86_64       2.38-11.el9               ol9_appstream            42 k
 perl-Text-ParseWords         noarch       3.30-460.el9              ol9_appstream            17 k
 perl-Text-Tabs+Wrap          noarch       2013.0523-460.el9         ol9_appstream            29 k
 perl-Time-Local              noarch       2:1.300-7.el9             ol9_appstream            41 k
 perl-constant                noarch       1.33-461.el9              ol9_appstream            28 k
 perl-if                      noarch       0.60.800-479.el9          ol9_appstream            23 k
 perl-interpreter             x86_64       4:5.32.1-479.el9          ol9_appstream            86 k
 perl-lib                     x86_64       0.65-479.el9              ol9_appstream            24 k
 perl-libs                    x86_64       4:5.32.1-479.el9          ol9_appstream           2.7 M
 perl-mro                     x86_64       1.23-479.el9              ol9_appstream            38 k
 perl-overload                noarch       1.31-479.el9              ol9_appstream            55 k
 perl-overloading             noarch       0.02-479.el9              ol9_appstream            22 k
 perl-parent                  noarch       1:0.238-460.el9           ol9_appstream            15 k
 perl-podlators               noarch       1:4.14-460.el9            ol9_appstream           135 k
 perl-subs                    noarch       1.03-479.el9              ol9_appstream            21 k
 perl-vars                    noarch       1.05-479.el9              ol9_appstream            23 k
 python3-babel                noarch       2.9.1-2.el9               ol9_appstream           6.6 M
 python3-jinja2               noarch       2.11.3-4.el9              ol9_appstream           330 k
 python3-markupsafe           x86_64       1.1.1-12.el9              ol9_appstream            52 k
 python3-packaging            noarch       20.9-5.el9                ol9_appstream           117 k
 python3-pytz                 noarch       2021.1-4.el9              ol9_appstream            74 k
 python3-pyyaml               x86_64       5.4.1-6.el9               ol9_baseos_latest       258 k
 python3-resolvelib           noarch       0.5.4-5.el9               ol9_appstream            59 k
 sshpass                      x86_64       1.09-4.el9                ol9_appstream            33 k
Transaction Summary
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Install  61 Packages
Total download size: 25 M
Installed size: 92 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
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  Installing       : python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch                                     57/61 
  Installing       : python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64                                  58/61 
  Installing       : python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch                                      59/61 
  Installing       : python3-pyyaml-5.4.1-6.el9.x86_64                                       60/61 
  Installing       : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64                                        61/61 
  Running scriptlet: ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64                                        61/61 
  Verifying        : python3-pyyaml-5.4.1-6.el9.x86_64                                        1/61 
  Verifying        : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64                                         2/61 
  Verifying        : git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64                                                3/61 
  Verifying        : git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64                                           4/61 
  Verifying        : git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch                                       5/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Carp-1.50-460.el9.noarch                                            6/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Class-Struct-0.66-479.el9.noarch                                    7/61 
  Verifying        : perl-DynaLoader-1.47-479.el9.x86_64                                      8/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Encode-4:3.08-462.el9.x86_64                                        9/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Errno-1.30-479.el9.x86_64                                          10/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch                                       11/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Exporter-5.74-461.el9.noarch                                       12/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Fcntl-1.13-479.el9.x86_64                                          13/61 
  Verifying        : perl-File-Basename-2.85-479.el9.noarch                                  14/61 
  Verifying        : perl-File-Find-1.37-479.el9.noarch                                      15/61 
  Verifying        : perl-File-Path-2.18-4.el9.noarch                                        16/61 
  Verifying        : perl-File-Temp-1:0.231.100-4.el9.noarch                                 17/61 
  Verifying        : perl-File-stat-1.09-479.el9.noarch                                      18/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Getopt-Long-1:2.52-4.el9.noarch                                    19/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Getopt-Std-1.12-479.el9.noarch                                     20/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch                                          21/61 
  Verifying        : perl-HTTP-Tiny-0.076-460.el9.noarch                                     22/61 
  Verifying        : perl-IO-1.43-479.el9.x86_64                                             23/61 
  Verifying        : perl-IPC-Open3-1.21-479.el9.noarch                                      24/61 
  Verifying        : perl-MIME-Base64-3.16-4.el9.x86_64                                      25/61 
  Verifying        : perl-POSIX-1.94-479.el9.x86_64                                          26/61 
  Verifying        : perl-PathTools-3.78-461.el9.x86_64                                      27/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Pod-Escapes-1:1.07-460.el9.noarch                                  28/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Pod-Perldoc-3.28.01-461.el9.noarch                                 29/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Pod-Simple-1:3.42-4.el9.noarch                                     30/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Pod-Usage-4:2.01-4.el9.noarch                                      31/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Scalar-List-Utils-4:1.56-461.el9.x86_64                            32/61 
  Verifying        : perl-SelectSaver-1.02-479.el9.noarch                                    33/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Socket-4:2.031-4.el9.x86_64                                        34/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Storable-1:3.21-460.el9.x86_64                                     35/61 
  Verifying        : perl-Symbol-1.08-479.el9.noarch                                         36/61 
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  Verifying        : python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch                                   60/61 
  Verifying        : sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64                                               61/61
Installed:
  ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.x86_64                 git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64                       
  git-core-2.31.1-2.el9.2.x86_64                   git-core-doc-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch              
  perl-Carp-1.50-460.el9.noarch                    perl-Class-Struct-0.66-479.el9.noarch           
  perl-DynaLoader-1.47-479.el9.x86_64              perl-Encode-4:3.08-462.el9.x86_64               
  perl-Errno-1.30-479.el9.x86_64                   perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch               
  perl-Exporter-5.74-461.el9.noarch                perl-Fcntl-1.13-479.el9.x86_64                  
  perl-File-Basename-2.85-479.el9.noarch           perl-File-Find-1.37-479.el9.noarch              
  perl-File-Path-2.18-4.el9.noarch                 perl-File-Temp-1:0.231.100-4.el9.noarch         
  perl-File-stat-1.09-479.el9.noarch               perl-Getopt-Long-1:2.52-4.el9.noarch            
  perl-Getopt-Std-1.12-479.el9.noarch              perl-Git-2.31.1-2.el9.2.noarch                  
  perl-HTTP-Tiny-0.076-460.el9.noarch              perl-IO-1.43-479.el9.x86_64                     
  perl-IPC-Open3-1.21-479.el9.noarch               perl-MIME-Base64-3.16-4.el9.x86_64              
  perl-POSIX-1.94-479.el9.x86_64                   perl-PathTools-3.78-461.el9.x86_64              
  perl-Pod-Escapes-1:1.07-460.el9.noarch           perl-Pod-Perldoc-3.28.01-461.el9.noarch         
  perl-Pod-Simple-1:3.42-4.el9.noarch              perl-Pod-Usage-4:2.01-4.el9.noarch              
  perl-Scalar-List-Utils-4:1.56-461.el9.x86_64     perl-SelectSaver-1.02-479.el9.noarch            
  perl-Socket-4:2.031-4.el9.x86_64                 perl-Storable-1:3.21-460.el9.x86_64             
  perl-Symbol-1.08-479.el9.noarch                  perl-Term-ANSIColor-5.01-461.el9.noarch         
  perl-Term-Cap-1.17-460.el9.noarch                perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64             
  perl-Text-ParseWords-3.30-460.el9.noarch         perl-Text-Tabs+Wrap-2013.0523-460.el9.noarch    
  perl-Time-Local-2:1.300-7.el9.noarch             perl-constant-1.33-461.el9.noarch               
  perl-if-0.60.800-479.el9.noarch                  perl-interpreter-4:5.32.1-479.el9.x86_64        
  perl-lib-0.65-479.el9.x86_64                     perl-libs-4:5.32.1-479.el9.x86_64               
  perl-mro-1.23-479.el9.x86_64                     perl-overload-1.31-479.el9.noarch               
  perl-overloading-0.02-479.el9.noarch             perl-parent-1:0.238-460.el9.noarch              
  perl-podlators-1:4.14-460.el9.noarch             perl-subs-1.03-479.el9.noarch                   
  perl-vars-1.05-479.el9.noarch                    python3-babel-2.9.1-2.el9.noarch                
  python3-jinja2-2.11.3-4.el9.noarch               python3-markupsafe-1.1.1-12.el9.x86_64          
  python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarch              python3-pytz-2021.1-4.el9.noarch                
  python3-pyyaml-5.4.1-6.el9.x86_64                python3-resolvelib-0.5.4-5.el9.noarch           
  sshpass-1.09-4.el9.x86_64
Complete!
[root@demo devops]# ansible --version
ansible [core 2.12.2]
  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
  ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
  executable location = /bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.10 (main, Feb  9 2022, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.2.1 20220127 (Red Hat 11.2.1-9.4.0.1)]
  jinja version = 2.11.3
  libyaml = True

before execution

[root@demo devops]# dnf list ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:34 ago on Tue 12 Jul 2022 09:06:33 AM UTC.
Available Packages
ansible-core.src                              2.12.2-1.el9                            ol9_appstream
ansible-core.x86_64                           2.12.2-1.el9                            ol9_appstream
[root@demo devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:09:45 ago on Tue 12 Jul 2022 09:06:33 AM UTC.
Available Packages
Name         : ansible-core
Version      : 2.12.2
Release      : 1.el9
Architecture : src
Size         : 8.0 M
Source       : None
Repository   : ol9_appstream
Summary      : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
URL          : http://ansible.com
License      : GPLv3+
Description  : Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management,
             : multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works
             : over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed
             : on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and
             : are transferred to managed machines automatically.
Name         : ansible-core
Version      : 2.12.2
Release      : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 3.6 M
Source       : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.src.rpm
Repository   : ol9_appstream
Summary      : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
URL          : http://ansible.com
License      : GPLv3+
Description  : Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management,
             : multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works
             : over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed
             : on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and
             : are transferred to managed machines automatically.

after execution

[root@demo devops]# dnf list ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:10:51 ago on Tue 12 Jul 2022 09:06:33 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
ansible-core.x86_64                           2.12.2-1.el9                           @ol9_appstream
Available Packages
ansible-core.src                              2.12.2-1.el9                           ol9_appstream 
[root@demo devops]# dnf info ansible-core
Last metadata expiration check: 0:11:07 ago on Tue 12 Jul 2022 09:06:33 AM UTC.
Installed Packages
Name         : ansible-core
Version      : 2.12.2
Release      : 1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 9.3 M
Source       : ansible-core-2.12.2-1.el9.src.rpm
Repository   : @System
From repo    : ol9_appstream
Summary      : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
URL          : http://ansible.com
License      : GPLv3+
Description  : Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management,
             : multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works
             : over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed
             : on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and
             : are transferred to managed machines automatically.
Available Packages
Name         : ansible-core
Version      : 2.12.2
Release      : 1.el9
Architecture : src
Size         : 8.0 M
Source       : None
Repository   : ol9_appstream
Summary      : SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system
URL          : http://ansible.com
License      : GPLv3+
Description  : Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management,
             : multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works
             : over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed
             : on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and
             : are transferred to managed machines automatically.

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