Installing Ansible on CentOS 8

Ansible is an open-source automation tool that simplifies the process of managing and deploying software applications. It also helps in configuring systems and orchestrating tasks across multiple servers. Ansible uses a simple and easy-to-understand YAML-based language for writing automation playbooks.

To install Ansible on CentOS 8, you can follow the steps below:

# sudo dnf update -y

# sudo dnf install epel-release -y

# sudo dnf install ansible -y

1. Update the system packages:
2. Install the EPEL repository:
3. Install Ansible:

Once the installation is complete, you can verify if Ansible is installed successfully by running the following command:

# ansible --version

This will display the version of Ansible installed on your CentOS 8 system.

Ansible is now ready to use. You can start writing your playbooks and executing them using Ansible's command line interface.