Ansible Tower: Introduction and install

In this video I’ll introduce Ansible Tower and install it.

Ansible Tower is a frontend for Ansible, which serves as a central location for Ansible activities.

Installing config:
Single machine with integrated database.

Main Page: https://www.ansible.com/products/tower
Open Source (Free) Version: https://github.com/ansible/awx
Evaluation Copy: https://www.ansible.com/tower-trial
To Download Software: https://releases.ansible.com/ansible-tower

Install steps:
1) download bundle installer
2) tar -xzvf (ansible tower zip)
3) In the ‘inventory’ file in unpacked zip:
a. set admin_password (‘admin’ user’s login password)
b. set postgres password pg_password
4) Before install (if running below 4gb RAM, or if you get a ‘preflight check’ error about insufficient RAM):
a. change ram in config file:
/ansible-automation-platform-setup-bundle-1.2.0-1/roles/preflight/defaults/main.yml
5) Run setup script via sudo: ./setup.sh
Note: the above setup script takes a while to complete.
6) Navigate to hxxps://(hostname-of-install)
7) Enter in your information for licensing.
8) Ready for use.

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