How To Install ansible on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible in AlmaLinux 8. ansible is SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible on AlmaLinux 8.

What is ansible

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install ansible on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ansible.

Install ansible on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ansible using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ansible

Install ansible on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ansible using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ansible

How To Uninstall ansible on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the ansible package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ansible

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.