Ansible

• Download and install Miniconda:

curl -OL https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh

• • You will be prompted several times during the installation process. Review the terms and conditions and select “yes” for each prompt.
• Restart your shell session for the changes to your PATH to take effect.

exec bash -l

• Create a new virtual environment for Ansible:

conda create -n ansible-dev python=3

• Activate the new environment:

conda activate ansible-dev

• Check your Python version:

python --version

Ubuntu 18.04

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

• Verify that Ansible is installed:

ansible --version

Configure Ansible

By default, Ansible’s configuration file location is /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg. In most cases, the default configurations are enough to get you started using Ansible. In this example, you will use Ansible’s default configurations.

• To view a list of all current configs available to your control node, use the ansible-config command line utility.

ansible-config list

Create an Ansible Inventory

Ansible keeps track of its managed nodes using an inventory file located in /etc/ansible/hosts. In the inventory file, you can group your managed nodes and use these groups to target specific hosts that make up your infrastructure