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< h1 > Getting Started< a class = "headerlink" href = "#getting-started" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h1 >
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< h2 > Requirements< a class = "headerlink" href = "#requirements" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h2 >
< p > Requirements for Ansible are extremely minimal.< / p >
< p > Ansible is written for Python 2.6. If you are running Python 2.5 on an “ Enterprise Linux” variant,
your distribution can easily install 2.6 (see instructions in the next section). Newer versions
of Linux and OS X should already have 2.6.< / p >
< p > In additon to Python 2.6, you will want the following packages:< / p >
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< li > < tt class = "docutils literal" > < span class = "pre" > paramiko< / span > < / tt > < / li >
< li > < tt class = "docutils literal" > < span class = "pre" > PyYAML< / span > < / tt > < / li >
< li > < tt class = "docutils literal" > < span class = "pre" > python-jinja2< / span > < / tt > < / li >
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< p > On the managed nodes, you only need Python 2.4 or later, but if you are are running less than Python 2.6 on them, you will
also need:< / p >
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< li > < tt class = "docutils literal" > < span class = "pre" > python-simplejson< / span > < / tt > < / li >
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< p > (Note that even that’ s not quite true. Ansible’ s “ raw” module (for executing commands in a quick and dirty way) and the copy module – some of the most basic features in ansible don’ t even need that. So technically, you can use Ansible to install python-simplejson using the raw module, which then allows you to use everything else. That’ s jumping ahead though.)< / p >
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< p > These distributions don’ t have Python 2.6 by default, but it is easily installable.< / p >
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< li > If you have not already done so, < a class = "reference external" href = "http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL" > configure EPEL< / a > < / li >
< li > yum install python26 python26-PyYAML python26-paramiko python26-jinja2< / li >
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< h2 > Getting Ansible< a class = "headerlink" href = "#getting-ansible" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h2 >
< p > If you are interested in using all the latest features, you may wish to keep up to date
with the development branch of the git checkout. This also makes it easiest to contribute
back to the project.< / p >
< p > Instructions for installing from source are below.< / p >
< p > Ansible’ s release cycles are about one month long. Due to this
short release cycle, any bugs will generally be fixed in the next release versus maintaining
backports on the stable branch.< / p >
< p > You may also wish to follow the < a class = "reference external" href = "https://github.com/ansible/ansible" > Github project< / a > if
you have a github account. This is also where we keep the issue tracker for sharing
bugs and feature ideas.< / p >
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< h3 > Running From Checkout< a class = "headerlink" href = "#running-from-checkout" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h3 >
< p > Ansible is trivially easy to run from a checkout, root permissions are not required
to use it:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > $ git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
$ cd ./ansible
$ source ./hacking/env-setup< / pre >
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< p > You can optionally specify an inventory file (see < a class = "reference internal" href = "patterns.html" > < em > Inventory & Patterns< / em > < / a > ) other than /etc/ansible/hosts:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > $ echo "127.0.0.1" > ~/ansible_hosts
$ export ANSIBLE_HOSTS=~/ansible_hosts< / pre >
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< p > Now let’ s test things:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > $ ansible all -m ping --ask-pass< / pre >
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< h3 > Make Install< a class = "headerlink" href = "#make-install" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h3 >
< p > If you are not working from a distribution where Ansible is packaged yet, you can install Ansible
using “ make install” . This is done through < cite > python-distutils< / cite > :< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > $ git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
$ cd ./ansible
$ sudo make install< / pre >
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< h3 > Via RPM< a class = "headerlink" href = "#via-rpm" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h3 >
< p > RPMs for the last Ansible release are available for < a class = "reference external" href = "http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL" > EPEL< / a > 6 and currently supported
Fedora distributions.< / p >
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< div > # install the epel-release RPM if needed on CentOS, RHEL, or Scientific Linux
$ sudo yum install ansible< / div > < / blockquote >
< p > You can also use the < tt class = "docutils literal" > < span class = "pre" > make< / span > < span class = "pre" > rpm< / span > < / tt > command to
build an RPM you can distribute and install:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > $ git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
$ cd ./ansible
$ make rpm
$ sudo rpm -Uvh ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/ansible-*.noarch.rpm< / pre >
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< p > Note that if you are tracking the upstream source (i.e. git), the RPM revision will not be
bumped with every source code change. To get around this, you can use
< tt class = "docutils literal" > < span class = "pre" > rpm< / span > < span class = "pre" > -Uvh< / span > < / tt > with < tt class = "docutils literal" > < span class = "pre" > --force< / span > < / tt > when RPM tells you the package is still at the
same version. This is perfectly safe to do.< / p >
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< h3 > Debian, Gentoo, Arch, Others< a class = "headerlink" href = "#debian-gentoo-arch-others" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h3 >
< p > Gentoo eBuilds are available < a class = "reference external" href = "https://github.com/uu/ubuilds" > here< / a > < / p >
< p > Debian package recipes can be built from the source checkout, run:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > make debian< / pre >
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< p > An Arch PKGBUILD is available on < a class = "reference external" href = "https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=58621" > AUR< / a >
If you have python3 installed on Arch, you probably want to symlink python to python2:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python< / pre >
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< p > If you would like to package Ansible for Homebrew, BSD, or others,
please stop by the mailing list and say hi!< / p >
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< h3 > Tagged Releases< a class = "headerlink" href = "#tagged-releases" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h3 >
< p > Tagged releases are available as tar.gz files from the Ansible github
project page:< / p >
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< h2 > Choosing Between Paramiko and Native SSH< a class = "headerlink" href = "#choosing-between-paramiko-and-native-ssh" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h2 >
< p > By default, ansible uses paramiko to talk to managed nodes over SSH. Paramiko is fast, works
very transparently, requires no configuration, and is a good choice for most users.
However, it does not support some advanced SSH features that folks will want to use.< / p >
< p > Starting in version 0.5, if you want to leverage more advanced SSH features (such as Kerberized SSH or jump hosts),
pass the flag “ – connection=ssh” to any ansible command, or set the
ANSIBLE_TRANSPORT environment variable to ‘ ssh’ . This will cause Ansible to use openssh
tools instead.< / p >
< p > If ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS are not set, ansible will try to use some sensible ControlMaster options
by default. You are free to override this environment variable, but should still pass ControlMaster
options to ensure performance of this transport. With ControlMaster in use, both transports
are roughly the same speed. Without CM, the binary ssh transport is signficantly slower.< / p >
< p > If none of this makes sense to you, the default paramiko option is probably fine.< / p >
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< h2 > Your first commands< a class = "headerlink" href = "#your-first-commands" title = "Permalink to this headline" > ¶< / a > < / h2 >
< p > Now that you’ ve installed Ansible, it’ s time to test it.< / p >
< p > Edit (or create) /etc/ansible/hosts and put one or more remote systems in it, for
which you have your SSH key in < tt class = "docutils literal" > < span class = "pre" > authorized_keys< / span > < / tt > :< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > 192.168.1.50
aserver.example.org
bserver.example.org< / pre >
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< p > Set up SSH agent to avoid retyping passwords:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > ssh-agent bash
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa< / pre >
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< p > (Depending on your setup, you may wish to ansible’ s – private-key-file option to specify a pem file instead)< / p >
< p > Now ping all your nodes:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > ansible all -m ping< / pre >
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< p > If you want to access machines remotely as a different user than root, you will want to
specify the ‘ -u’ option to ansible. If you would like to access sudo mode, there are also flags to do that:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > # as bruce
ansible all -m ping -u bruce
# as bruce, sudoing to root
ansible all -m ping -u bruce --sudo
# as bruce, sudoing to batman
ansible all -m ping -u bruce --sudo --sudo-user batman< / pre >
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< p > Now run a live command on all of your nodes:< / p >
< div class = "highlight-python" > < pre > ansible all -a "/bin/echo hello"< / pre >
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< p > Congratulations. You’ ve just contacted your nodes with Ansible. It’ s
now time to read some of the more real-world < a class = "reference internal" href = "examples.html" > < em > Command Line< / em > < / a > , and explore
what you can do with different modules, as well as the Ansible
< a class = "reference internal" href = "playbooks.html" > < em > Playbooks< / em > < / a > language. Ansible is not just about running commands, it
also has powerful configuration management and deployment features. There’ s more to
explore, but you already have a fully working infrastructure!< / p >
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< p class = "first admonition-title" > See also< / p >
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< dt > < a class = "reference internal" href = "examples.html" > < em > Command Line< / em > < / a > < / dt >
< dd > Examples of basic commands< / dd >
< dt > < a class = "reference internal" href = "playbooks.html" > < em > Playbooks< / em > < / a > < / dt >
< dd > Learning ansible’ s configuration management language< / dd >
< dt > < a class = "reference external" href = "http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-project" > Mailing List< / a > < / dt >
< dd > Questions? Help? Ideas? Stop by the list on Google Groups< / dd >
< dt > < a class = "reference external" href = "http://irc.freenode.net" > irc.freenode.net< / a > < / dt >
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