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Ansible Quick Start Guide
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Ansible Quick Start Guide

by Mohamed Alibi
September 2018
Beginner to intermediate
214 pages
5h 53m
English
Packt Publishing
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Prerequisites

In this respect, Ansible is awesome. For a Linux package installation, all you need is Python 2 (version 2.6 or higher) or Python 3 (version 3.5 or higher). For source installation, we may need the development suite, such as the build-essential package for the Debian family, or the Development Tools group package for the Red Hat family.

Most package managers of Linux operating systems will automatically download the appropriate Python version and its dependencies when asked to install Ansible.

As for Mac OS X, having Homebrew and Xcode installed should do the job. Bear in mind that these are a requirement needed to install the Ansible package.

Before using Ansible Mac OS X, you need to run a command as a root user to allow yourself ...
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ISBN: 9781789532937