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Introduction
Automation needs a boost of work in a limited time. Obtain the most of your investment with an enterprise automation platform that delivers agility and flexibility. No matter where you are on your automation journey with ansible tower.
Ansible Tower (previously ‘AWX’) is a web-based that makes Ansible easy to use. It will be the center for all of your automation tasks. The tower is free for usage for up to 10 nodes and comes bundled with fantastic support from Ansible.
It can be installed in many ways. OpenShift based deployments are limited to the only Tower. Deployment from Automation Hub on OpenShift is not possible. Deployed on Automation Hub. You can check more detail, refer to OpenShift Deployment and Configuration.
Ansible Tower is an excellent tool that does what the CLI tasks. It will complement but not replace, the tasks of automating the main tasks graphically, especially the monitoring dashboard tasks. It also greatly reduces the intimidation factor for those new to Ansible by introducing a much easier-to-understand visual tool. But for playbook creation, Ansible’s CLI is still your best option.
- Supported Operating Systems:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 or later 64-bit (x86)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 or later 64-bit (x86)
- CentOS 7.7 or later 64-bit (x86)
- CentOS 8.2 or later 64-bit (x86)
Installing repository required
Install Epel repository
[root@tower ~]# dnf install epel-release -y
Last metadata expiration check: 0:08:57 ago on Sun 08 Aug 2021 02:24:01 AM EDT.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
epel-release noarch 8-11.el8 extras 24 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 24 k
Installed size: 35 k
Downloading Packages:
epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch.rpm 200 kB/s | 24 kB 00:00
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Total 22 kB/s | 24 kB 00:01
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 1/1
Running scriptlet: epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 1/1
Verifying : epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch 1/1
Installed:
epel-release-8-11.el8.noarch
Complete!
[root@tower ~]#
Install commands required for Tower Installation
[root@tower ~]# dnf -y install ansible vim curl
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 565 kB/s | 927 kB 00:01
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 283 kB/s | 10 MB 00:36
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Sun 08 Aug 2021 02:37:19 AM EDT.
Package vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-15.el8.x86_64 is already installed.
Package curl-7.61.1-18.el8.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
ansible noarch 2.9.23-1.el8 epel 17 M
Installing dependencies:
libsodium x86_64 1.0.18-2.el8 epel 162 k
python3-babel noarch 2.5.1-5.el8 appstream 4.8 M
python3-bcrypt x86_64 3.1.6-2.el8.1 epel 44 k
python3-cffi x86_64 1.11.5-5.el8 baseos 237 k
python3-cryptography x86_64 3.2.1-4.el8 baseos 559 k
python3-jinja2 noarch 2.10.1-2.el8_0 appstream 538 k
python3-jmespath noarch 0.9.0-11.el8 appstream 45 k
python3-markupsafe x86_64 0.23-19.el8 appstream 39 k
python3-pyasn1 noarch 0.3.7-6.el8 appstream 126 k
python3-pycparser noarch 2.14-14.el8 baseos 109 k
python3-pynacl x86_64 1.3.0-5.el8 epel 100 k
python3-pytz noarch 2017.2-9.el8 appstream 54 k
sshpass x86_64 1.06-9.el8 epel 27 k
Installing weak dependencies:
python3-paramiko noarch 2.4.3-1.el8 epel 289 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 15 Packages
Total download size: 24 M
Installed size: 126 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/15): python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch.rpm 200 kB/s | 45 kB 00:00
(2/15): python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64.rpm 846 kB/s | 39 kB 00:00
(3/15): python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 126 kB 00:00
(4/15): python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch.rpm 1.2 MB/s | 54 kB 00:00
(5/15): python3-jinja2-2.10.1-2.el8_0.noarch.rpm 1.2 MB/s | 538 kB 00:00
(6/15): python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 1.5 MB/s | 237 kB 00:00
(7/15): python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch.rpm 1.2 MB/s | 109 kB 00:00
(8/15): python3-cryptography-3.2.1-4.el8.x86_64.rpm 2.3 MB/s | 559 kB 00:00
(9/15): libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64.rpm 169 kB/s | 162 kB 00:00
(10/15): python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64.rpm 357 kB/s | 44 kB 00:00
(11/15): python3-babel-2.5.1-5.el8.noarch.rpm 2.4 MB/s | 4.8 MB 00:01
(12/15): python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch.rpm 480 kB/s | 289 kB 00:00
(13/15): sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64.rpm 225 kB/s | 27 kB 00:00
(14/15): python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64.rpm 99 kB/s | 100 kB 00:01
(15/15): ansible-2.9.23-1.el8.noarch.rpm 77 kB/s | 17 MB 03:44
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Total 108 kB/s | 24 MB 03:46
warning: /var/cache/dnf/epel-6519ee669354a484/packages/ansible-2.9.23-1.el8.noarch.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 2f86d6a1: NOKEY
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 1.6 MB/s | 1.6 kB 00:00
Importing GPG key 0x2F86D6A1:
Userid : "Fedora EPEL (8) <[email protected]>"
Fingerprint: 94E2 79EB 8D8F 25B2 1810 ADF1 21EA 45AB 2F86 D6A1
From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64 1/15
Installing : libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64 2/15
Installing : python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch 3/15
Installing : python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 4/15
Installing : python3-cryptography-3.2.1-4.el8.x86_64 5/15
Installing : python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64 6/15
Installing : python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 7/15
Installing : python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch 8/15
Installing : python3-babel-2.5.1-5.el8.noarch 9/15
Installing : python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch 10/15
Installing : python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch 11/15
Installing : python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 12/15
Installing : python3-jinja2-2.10.1-2.el8_0.noarch 13/15
Installing : python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch 14/15
Installing : ansible-2.9.23-1.el8.noarch 15/15
Running scriptlet: ansible-2.9.23-1.el8.noarch 15/15
Verifying : python3-babel-2.5.1-5.el8.noarch 1/15
Verifying : python3-jinja2-2.10.1-2.el8_0.noarch 2/15
Verifying : python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch 3/15
Verifying : python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 4/15
Verifying : python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch 5/15
Verifying : python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch 6/15
Verifying : python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64 7/15
Verifying : python3-cryptography-3.2.1-4.el8.x86_64 8/15
Verifying : python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch 9/15
Verifying : ansible-2.9.23-1.el8.noarch 10/15
Verifying : libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64 11/15
Verifying : python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64 12/15
Verifying : python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch 13/15
Verifying : python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 14/15
Verifying : sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64 15/15
Installed:
ansible-2.9.23-1.el8.noarch libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64 python3-babel-2.5.1-5.el8.noarch python3-bcrypt-3.1.6-2.el8.1.x86_64 python3-cffi-1.11.5-5.el8.x86_64
python3-cryptography-3.2.1-4.el8.x86_64 python3-jinja2-2.10.1-2.el8_0.noarch python3-jmespath-0.9.0-11.el8.noarch python3-markupsafe-0.23-19.el8.x86_64 python3-paramiko-2.4.3-1.el8.noarch
python3-pyasn1-0.3.7-6.el8.noarch python3-pycparser-2.14-14.el8.noarch python3-pynacl-1.3.0-5.el8.x86_64 python3-pytz-2017.2-9.el8.noarch sshpass-1.06-9.el8.x86_64
Complete!
[root@tower ~]#
Download latest Ansible tower package
Command to be executed will download the latest tower setup packages.
# curl -k -O https://releases.ansible.com/ansible-tower/setup/ansible-tower-setup-latest.tar.gzExtract ansible Ansible tower installer
After downloading packages needs to be extracted to inflate the required binaries.
# tar zxvf ansible-tower-setup-latest.tar.gz
ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2/
ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2/collections/
ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2/collections/ansible_collections/
ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/
ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/galaxy_collection/
ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/galaxy_collection/roles/
......Change directory to the installation dir.
# cd ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2/
ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2]#Change value of below variables from inventory file
[tower]
localhost ansible_connection=local
[automationhub]
[database]
[all:vars]
admin_password='redhat'
pg_host=''
pg_port=''
pg_database='awx'
pg_username='awx'
pg_password='redhat'
pg_sslmode='prefer' # set to 'verify-full' for client-side enforced SSL
# Automation Hub Configuration
#
automationhub_admin_password='redhat'
automationhub_pg_host=''
automationhub_pg_port=''
automationhub_pg_database='automationhub'
automationhub_pg_username='automationhub'
automationhub_pg_password='redhat'
automationhub_pg_sslmode='prefer'
# By default if the automation hub package and its dependencies
# are installed they won't get upgraded when running the installer
# even if newer packages are available. One needs to run the ./setup.sh
# script with the following set to True.
Generate a ssh key
Ssh key is required to install the packages and requirements
[root@tower ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2]# ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa):
Created directory '/root/.ssh'.
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:icw2+OCID7Nh81Ow54YvK1VuvWaWt5NSlvuVHTtUoT0 [email protected]
The key's randomart image is:
+---[RSA 3072]----+
| . |
| o .|
| . E.|
| . = . . o|
| B B S . o |
| . = O o + + o|
|=oo B . = o o + |
|.Bo+ o B = . .|
|. oo*.+ o.+. |
+----[SHA256]-----+
[root@tower ansible-tower-setup-3.8.3-2]#Start installation
Execute the script from the installation directory
# ./setup.shNow access the tower from browser
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