Overview
Ansible is an IT automation tool. It can configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks such as continuous deployments or zero downtime rolling updates.
Prerequisites
- Ubuntu 18.04
Installation
01. Update the repository
$ sudo apt update
02. Install software-properties-common
$ sudo apt install software-properties-common
03. Add package repository for Ansible
$ sudo apt-add-repository --yes --update ppa:ansible/ansible
04. Install Ansible
$ sudo apt install ansible
05. Verify that Ansible has been installed
$ ansible --version