Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python

Ubuntu

First, make sure that your system is up to date, and add the Ansible channel. Finally, install the Ansible package itself, as shown in the following snippet:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:Ansible/Ansible
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install Ansible

For more installation flavors, you can check the official Ansible website (http://docs.Ansible.com/Ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html?#installing-the-control-machine).

You can validate your installation by running Ansible --version to check the installed version:

The Ansible configuration ...