Configuring the Ansible Insider/CLI Wrapper on Ansible Server

  1. Connect to the Ansible server using any ssh Client (PuTTY) on port 22.
    Figure 1. Configuring Ansible Inside / CLI Wrapper on Ansible Server
  2. Login using the username and password.
    Figure 2. Configuring Ansible Inside / CLI Wrapper on Ansible Server (Cont.)
  3. Enter Command.
    sudo su -
  4. Enter the password if asked. Now you are logged in as the root user.
    Figure 3. Configuring Ansible Inside / CLI Wrapper on Ansible Server (Cont.)
  5. Below are the installation steps, Enter the following commands in terminal:
    - yum install python39
- python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
- pip3 install virtualenv
- git clone https://github.com/ansible/ansible-sdk.git 
- cd ansible-sdk
    Figure 4. Configuring Ansible Inside / CLI Wrapper on Ansible Server (Cont.)
  6. Create a new file setup.py using vim or cat and paste the following lines of code.
    #! /usr/bin/env python
from setuptools import setup
setup ()
    Figure 5. Configuring Ansible Inside / CLI Wrapper on Ansible Server (Cont.)
  7. Create a new file setup.cfg using vim or cat and paste the following lines of code:
    [metadata]
name = ansible-sdk
author = Ansible, Inc.
author_email = info@ansible.com
summary = "Consistent Ansible SDK for Python"
home_page = https://ansible-sdk.readthedocs.io 
project_urls =
Source = https://github.com/ansible/ansible-sdk 
description_file = README.md
description_content_type = text/markdown
license_files = LICENSE.md
version = attr: ansible_sdk.__version__
 
[options]
install_requires =
ansible-core
ansible-runner
receptorctl
python_requires = >=3.9
 
[files]
packages = ansible_sdk
 
[flake8]
# W503 - Line break occurred before a binary operator
ignore=W503
max-line-length=160
    Figure 6. Configuring Ansible Inside / CLI Wrapper on Ansible Server (Cont.)
  8. Enter the below Commands to setup the Python virtual environment.
    virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate
  9. To Install the ansible dependencies, use the following in the same env:
    pip3.9 install ansible-core
pip3.9 install ansible-runner
pip3.9 install receptorctl
pip3.9 install -e .