Installation

MacOS

Install homebrew

  • brew install python3

  • brew install git

  • pip3 install ansible

Linux

Install python3-pip (apt/yum)

  • pip3 install ansible

Git

  • apt-get install git

  • yum install git

  • dnf install git

Windows

Just move to Linux already! Windows can be a more complex installation
Follow the Docker CE link below to use the containerized version of this class.

Or you can use Docker Toolbox (does not require hyper-v)

WSL

However, for those more adventurous Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can work nicely (Thank you Jason)

Ensure that the registry key HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment _PSLockdownPolicy is set to 0. If it is not your installation of Docker CE will not be able to start due to Powershell code execution lockdown.

Install Windows Subsystem for Linux(WSL) here . Follow this guide to allow you to use WSL Ubuntu as your terminal for Docker.

In your newly configured WSL shell run the following commands:

  • apt install python3-pip

  • apt install git

  • pip3 install ansible

OS packages

Suggested list of packages to install:

  • Ansible

  • Ansible-Lint

  • Yamllint

  • Jmespath

  • Netmiko

  • Git

Docker

Note

If you are using the container, the above packages have been installed

Install Docker CE link
Run the Ansible container:
docker pull cwise24/ansiblelab
docker run --name ansiblec -dit cwise24/ansiblelab

To run the Ansible container’s shell:

docker exec -it ansiblec /bin/bash

This will open a shell to the container as the user ‘ansible’

Visual Studio Code

This is optional but HIGHLY recommended. Install the Docker plugin

Download VSCode

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