If there is a need to simplify the deployments of your applications, manage your infrastructure servers, etc… you can achieve it with Ansible which is one of the most popular tool for managing CI/CD tools.
Prerequisites
- Rocky Linux 8
- sudo privileges
Install Ansible on Rocky Linux
Step 1. Execute the system update command.
sudo dnf update
Step 2. To enable the EPEL repository, run:
sudo dnf install epel-release
Step 3. Install Ansible.
sudo dnf install ansible
Step 4. Verify installation.
ansible --version
Output:
ansible 2.9.23
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/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.6.8 (default, May 19 2021, 03:00:47) [GCC 8.4.1 20200928 (Red Hat 8.4.1-1)]
Uninstall Ansible on Rocky Linux
Step 1. If you decide to remove Ansible on Rocky Linux, execute:
dnf remove ansible
Conclusion
This tutorial shows you how to install the latest Ansible version on Rocky Linux 8, and if you decide to use other automation tool instead of Ansible there is a section on how to remove it depending on your needs. Feel free to leave a comment below and if you find this tutorial useful, follow our official channel on Telegram.