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Install Ansible with Pipx #84

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Install Ansible using pipx instead of Linux package manager
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Prepend ~/.local/bin to path if not present (needed on Ubuntu to find…
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Install pipx in a virtual environment to avoid PEP 668 issues
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Pin ansible-core version 2.15.3 to avoid deprecation warnings and bre…
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Pin ansible-core 2.15.13, force installation
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28 changes: 23 additions & 5 deletions installer/install_scripts/ansible-installer.sh
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Expand Up @@ -219,6 +219,24 @@ install_tool() {
fi
}

install_ansible() {
# install pipx package in a Python virtual environment (PEP 668 mitigation)
python3 -m venv .ansenv
source .ansenv/bin/activate

python3 -m pip install pipx

pipx ensurepath --prepend

# install ansible and ansible-core via pipx
pipx install ansible ansible-core==2.15.13 --force

deactivate

# prepend ~/.local/bin to path if not present
[[ ":$PATH:" != *":$HOME/.local/bin:"* ]] && PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:${PATH}"
}

echo "ansible_installer version $ansible_installer_version" >&2

#FIXME We no longer need these choices, remove the following block
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status "Installing needed tools" #================
install_tool python3 "python3"
install_tool pip3 "python3-pip" #Note, oracle linux does not come with pip at all. The "python3-pip-wheel" package does not include pip.
install_tool venv "python3-venv"
python3 -m pip -V ; retcode="$?"
if [ "$retcode" != 0 ]; then
fail "Unable to run python3's pip, exiting."
Expand All @@ -281,7 +300,8 @@ else
install_tool wget "wget"
install_tool curl "curl"
install_tool sha256sum "coreutils"
install_tool ansible "ansible ansible-core"

install_ansible
fi


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fi
fi

ansible-galaxy collection install community.docker --force



# install requisite ansible collections
ansible-galaxy collection install community.general community.docker --force

popd > /dev/null
3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions installer/install_scripts/install_rita.sh
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Expand Up @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ source ./scripts/helper.sh

./scripts/ansible-installer.sh

# prepend ~/.local/bin to path if not present
[[ ":$PATH:" != *":$HOME/.local/bin:"* ]] && PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:${PATH}"


status "Installing rita via ansible on $install_target" #================
if [ "$install_target" = "localhost" -o "$install_target" = "127.0.0.1" -o "$install_target" = "::1" ]; then
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