Configure the Linux Execution Server for Ansible

To run Ansible configuration management on this Execution Server, several additional configurations are needed.

Prerequisites:

• Execution Server has the /ansible flag enabled. For details, see Example: How to Run the Configuration File

To configure the Execution Server to run Ansible:

1. Install Ansible as globally available command line utility.

   python3 -m pip install ansible
   note

   To install in an offline environment:

   1. Download the offline dependencies from here.

   2. Place them in the Quali Server offline repository:

      C:\Program Files (x86)\QualiSystems\CloudShell\Server\Config\Pypi Server Repository

   3. Run the following command:

      python3 -m pip install ansible --index-url=http://<QUALI_SERVER_IP>:8036/simple --trusted-host <QUALI_SERVER_IP>

      Replace <QUALI_SERVER_IP> with the IP of the machine containing the offline packages.

      index-url tells pip to download from local repo rather than public pypi, and trusted-host says you can trust this local server

2. Verify install by running:

   ansible --version

   

3. Install pywinrm into same python environment as global Ansible. This library is required by Ansible to connect to Windows Apps.

   python3 -m pip install pywinrm

4. Install the CentOS sshpass module to allow password authentication to Apps.

   yum install sshpass