To install Ansible on Ubuntu 18.04, you can follow these steps:
- Update the package index:
sudo apt-get update
- Install the software-properties-common package to allow you to use the
add-apt-repositorycommand:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
- Add the Ansible PPA (personal package archive) to your system:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
- Update the package index again:
sudo apt-get update
- Install Ansible:
sudo apt-get install ansible
- Verify the installation by checking the version of Ansible:
ansible --version
You have now successfully installed Ansible on your Ubuntu 18.04 machine and you can start using it for IT automation.
Ansible is an open-source software that automates software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment. It uses a simple, human-readable language called YAML to represent the tasks and configuration, and it uses SSH to connect to the hosts and perform the tasks. With Ansible, you can automate tasks such as software installation, configuration changes, and service management on multiple hosts at once, making it a powerful tool for IT automation.