How to install Ansible in Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 9 Beta?

Today we're going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside RHEL 9 with the distribution tools.

I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot.

How to install Ansible in RHEL 9 Beta

  • The Ansible Core package (ansible-core) included in the RHEL 9 AppStream repository

Today we're talking about How to install Ansible in RHEL 9 Beta.

The good news is that the Ansible Core package (ansible-core) is included out-of-the-box in the RHEL 9 AppStream repository.

No more additional repository (Ansible Engine or EPEL) like previous versions for basic automation.

However, for additional support for the underlying platform and Core-maintained modules is required the Ansible Automation Platform subscription.

Link

  • [Scope of support for the Ansible Core package included in the RHEL 9 AppStream](https://access.redhat.com/articles/6325611)
  • [Using Ansible in RHEL 9](https://access.redhat.com/articles/6393321)

## Playbook

Install latest Ansible-Core in RHEL 9.

code

  • Install-Ansible-RHEL9.sh

``bash

#!/bin/bash

sudo dnf install ansible-core

`

execution

``bash

$ ssh [email protected]

Last login: Fri Jan 21 17:32:05 2022 from 192.168.0.101

[devops@localhost ~]$ sudo su

[root@localhost devops]# cat /etc/redhat-release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.0 Beta (Plow)

[root@localhost devops]# cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"

VERSION="9.0 (Plow)"

ID="rhel"

ID_LIKE="fedora"

VERSION_ID="9.0"

PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"

PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Beta (Plow)"

ANSI_COLOR="0;31"

CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos"

HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/"

DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/"

BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"

REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"

REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.0

REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"

REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.0 Beta"

[root@localhost devops]# hostnamectl

Static hostname: n/a

Transient hostname: localhost

Icon name: computer-vm

Chassis: vm

Machine ID: e095682a704549189f7f89473724bc21

Boot ID: ab4c4523b571418fad3bd0c754e6063d

Virtualization: oracle

Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Beta (Plow)

CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos

Kernel: Linux 5.14.0-39.el9.x86_64

Architecture: x86-64

Hardware Vendor: innotek GmbH

Hardware Model: VirtualBox

[root@localhost devops]# uname -a

Linux localhost.localdomain 5.14.0-39.el9.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 24 00:07:58 EST 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@localhost devops]# dnf search ansible

Updating Subscription Management repositories.

Last metadata expiration check: 1:40:46 ago on Fri 21 Jan 2022 04:15:49 PM CET.

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