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Watch: How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 9 - Ansible install

Learn how to easily install and maintain Ansible on AlmaLinux 9 using the ansible-core package from the AppStream repository with this simple guide.

How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux version 9.

Today we’re going to talk about the easier way to install and maintain Ansible inside AlmaLinux 9 using the appstream system repository.

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

How to install Ansible in AlmaLinux 9

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

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

The easier way to install and maintain up-to-date Ansible inside AlmaLinux 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](/articles/ansible-terminology-ansible-vs-ansible-core-packages).

Links

  • [AlmaLinux website](https://almalinux.org/)

Playbook

Let’s jump into a quick live Playbook of how to install the latest version of Ansible in AlmaLinux.

I’m going to install the ansible-core package in an AlmaLinux 9 using the AppStream distribution repository.

code

  • Install-Ansible-AlmaLinux9.sh

``bash

#!/bin/bash

sudo yum install ansible-core

`

execution

``bash

$ ssh [email protected]

[devops@almalinux ~]$ sudo su

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

AlmaLinux release 9.0 (Emerald Puma)

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

NAME="AlmaLinux"

VERSION="9.0 (Emerald Puma)"

ID="almalinux"

ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"

VERSION_ID="9.0"

PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"

PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 9.0 (Emerald Puma)"

ANSI_COLOR="0;34"

LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"

CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:9::baseos"

HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/"

DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/"

BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/"

ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-9"

ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="9.0"

REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="AlmaLinux"

REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.0"

[root@almalinux devops]# hostnamectl

Static hostname: almalinux.example.com

Icon name: computer-vm

Chassis: vm 🖴

Machine ID: 4a8ab0349b874d1b8294222deebd0f8e

Boot ID: 3616b69bcbf8433d8d4e9eaa826dee67

Virtualization: oracle

Operating System: AlmaLinux 9.0 (Emerald Puma)

CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:9::baseos

Kernel: Linux 5.14.0-70.13.1.el9_0.x86_64

Architecture: x86-64

Hardware Vendor:

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