Lab Information
During the weekly meeting, the Nautilus DevOps team discussed about the automation and configuration management solutions that they want to implement. While considering several options, the team has decided to go with Ansible for now due to its simple setup and minimal pre-requisites. The team wanted to start testing using Ansible, so they have decided to use jump host as an Ansible controller to test different kind of tasks on rest of the servers.
Install ansible version 4.7.0 on Jump host using pip3 only. Make sure Ansible binary is available globally on this system, i.e all users on this system are able to run Ansible commands.
Lab Solutions
🧭 Part 1: Lab Step-by-Step Guidelines
Objective
On the Jump Host, install:
Ansible version 4.7.0
Using pip3 only, and ensure the ansible command is globally available for all users.
1️⃣ Login to Jump Host
ssh thor@jump_host.stratos.xfusioncorp.com
Password:
mjolnir123
2️⃣ Switch to Root
Installing globally requires root privileges.
sudo -i
3️⃣ Verify pip3 Exists
pip3 --version
4️⃣ Install Ansible 4.7.0 Using pip3
pip3 install ansible==4.7.0
This installs Ansible system-wide.
5️⃣ Verify Installation
ansible --version
find / -name ansible 2>/dev/null
# Create a global symlink and to make it available everywhere, run:
ln -s /usr/local/bin/ansible /usr/bin/ansible
ansible --version
6️⃣ Confirm Global Access
Switch back to thor:
exit
Run:
ansible --version
If it prints the version, Ansible is globally accessible.
🧠 Part 2: Simple Explanation (Beginner Friendly)
What the lab is testing
This lab tests:
Skill Tool
Python package installation pip3
Infrastructure automation Ansible
What is Ansible?
Ansible is a configuration management and automation tool.
It allows you to run commands on multiple servers from one machine.
Example workflow:
Jump Host (Controller)
↓
stapp01
stapp02
stapp03
stdb01
One command can configure all servers at once.
Why the Jump Host becomes the Controller
The lab states:
Jump host → Ansible controller
This means all automation commands will run from the jump host.
Why we use pip3
Ansible can be installed in two ways:
Method Example
OS package manager yum install ansible
Python package manager pip3 install ansible
The lab specifically requires:
pip3 only
So we must use:
pip3 install ansible==4.7.0
Why install globally
The lab requires:
All users should run ansible
Installing as root ensures the binary goes into:
/usr/local/bin/ansible
Which is available system-wide.
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