Network Automation - Ansible

Downloads

ansible.cfg

https://github.com/jodyjhoughton/Network-Automation/blob/master/ansible.cfg

hosts

https://github.com/jodyjhoughton/Network-Automation/blob/master/hosts

group_vars

https://github.com/jodyjhoughton/Network-Automation/tree/master/group_vars

Update Hosts

apt -y update && apt -y upgrade

Cleanup Python

consoldate python to latest

Update-alternatives --config python

check version

python --version

Check installed versions

which python && ls -la /etc/python

Check install paths and Change or add aliases for new version

/etc/python*

echo <<EOF> $HOME/.bashrc
alias py=python3.6
alias python=python3.6
alias pip=pip3
<EOF>

validate, both should should show current versions

which py which pip

upgrade pip

pip install --upgrade pip

Install Python Virtualenv & Python Virtualenv Wrapper

pip install virtualenv && pip install virtualenvwrapper

Validate which virtualenv

Add Virtualenv Wrapper Variables to .bashrc

cd ~
set .bashrc variables
echo <<EOF> .bash_profile
Press shift+I to add the next two lines to your .bash_profile
export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
source /usr/local/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh
load virtualenvwrapper for python (after custom PATHs)
venvwrap="virtualenvwrapper.sh"
/usr/bin/which -s $venvwrap
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
venvwrap=`/usr/bin/which $venvwrap`
source $venvwrap
fi
<EOF>

Choose your .bashrc file as 'source'

source .bashrc

Create virtualenv directory, and cd to it

This will be where all the virtualenv's live cd .virtualenvs

Create the virtualenv you want to start working in once this is created. Use 'deactivate' to exit and 'workon' to activate

mkvirtualenv labv2
deactivate labv2
workon labv2

validate path

pwd && ls -la

validate pip

(labv2) root@ansible2020:/ which pip && which python && which ansible

/root/.virtualenvs/labv2/bin/pip

/root/.virtualenvs/labv2/bin/python

/root/.virtualenvs/labv2/bin/ansible

validate python (labv2) root@ansible2020:/pip --version && python --version && ansible --version

pip 20.2.2 from /root/.virtualenvs/labv2/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip (python 3.6)
Python 3.6.9
ansible 2.9.12
  config file = /root/.virtualenvs/labv2/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /root/.virtualenvs/labv2/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /root/.virtualenvs/labv2/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.6.9 (default, Jul 17 2020, 12:50:27) [GCC 8.4.0]

Install ansible

apt -y update
apt -y install software-properties-common
apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
apt -y update
apt -y install ansible
sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev
git clone https://github.com/ansible/ansible.git

--JJH