Install and configure ansible on Ubuntu server

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    Install and configure Ansible on Ubuntu server 22.04

    Installing Ansible on Ubuntu Server 20.04 is simple and straight forward.

    Update Ubuntu repositories and Upgrade.

    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

    Install Ansible

    sudo apt install ansible

    Check Ansible version

    ansible --version

    Output:

    ansible 2.10.8
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/home/winadmin/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.10.6 (main, Mar 10 2023, 10:55:28) [GCC 11.3.0]

    Check a simple module to check if ansible is working or not. As we have not yet added / updated our inventory file, we can check with localhost.

    winadmin@ansible02:~$ ansible localhost -m ping
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "changed": false,
    "ping": "pong"
}

    Also check ansible-playbookversion

    ansible-playbook 2.10.8
  config file = None
  configured module search path = ['/home/winadmin/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible-playbook
  python version = 3.10.6 (main, Mar 10 2023, 10:55:28) [GCC 11.3.0]

    Ansible is installed successfully on the server.

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