I thank you very much for your message.
That meams that now all the members of our teams will be able to work with Ansible.
Original Message:
Sent: Wed November 15, 2023 09:29 AM
From: Niklas V.
Subject: ansible-galaxy collection installation path / How to change it in the ansible.conf ?
You can add a ansible.cfg file in your project with the following content to specify any path you want in your system. This makes it easy to use different collection versions in different projects.
[defaults]collections_paths = /your/custom/path
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Niklas
System Engineer UNIX and Linux on Power
Original Message:
Sent: Wed November 15, 2023 09:23 AM
From: christophe derouet
Subject: ansible-galaxy collection installation path / How to change it in the ansible.conf ?
Hello,
I am very happy because i was able to install the ibm.power_hmc collection.
root@apaai001:/home/ansible #
root@apaai001:/home/ansible # ansible-galaxy collection install /tmp/derouet/ibm-power_hmc-1.8.1.tar.gz -p /home/ansible/collection/
Starting galaxy collection install process
[WARNING]: The specified collections path '/home/ansible/collection' is not part of the configured Ansible collections paths
'/home/derouet/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections'. The installed collection will not be picked up in an Ansible run, unless within a playbook-adjacent collections
directory.
Process install dependency map
Starting collection install process
Installing 'ibm.power_hmc:1.8.1' to '/home/ansible/collection/ansible_collections/ibm/power_hmc'
ibm.power_hmc:1.8.1 was installed successfully
root@apaai001:/home/ansible #
But i understand i have to absolutely update the "configured Ansible collections" paths.
Of course i will take time to find the solution in the documentation, but maybe you have an idea ?
I thank you very much for your help,
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christophe derouet
Original Message:
Sent: Mon November 13, 2023 09:01 AM
From: christophe derouet
Subject: ansible-galaxy collection installation path / How to change it in the ansible.conf ?
Hello,
I would like to update the ansible configuration file.
I would like to change "/home/derouet" to "/home/ansible/", how can i do this update please ?
I thank you very much for your help,
root@apaai001:/opt/freeware/etc/ansible # ansible --version
ansible [core 2.14.2]
config file = /opt/freeware/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/derouet/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /opt/freeware/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/derouet/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /opt/freeware/bin/ansible.orig
python version = 3.9.17 (main, Jul 5 2023, 06:17:22) [GCC 10.3.0] (/opt/freeware/bin/python3.9)
jinja version = 3.1.2
libyaml = True
root@apaai001:/opt/freeware/etc/ansible #
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christophe derouet
Original Message:
Sent: Wed October 25, 2023 10:00 AM
From: christophe derouet
Subject: ansible-galaxy collection installation path / How to change it in the ansible.conf ?
Hello,
I have a question about ansible-galaxy collection installation path.
I ran the installation a first time, but in the wrong path... '/home/derouet/ is not a good choice...
root@apaai001:/tmp/derouet #
root@apaai001:/tmp/derouet # /opt/freeware/bin/ansible-galaxy collection install /tmp/derouet/ibm-power_aix-1.6.4.tar.gz
Starting galaxy collection install process
Process install dependency map
Starting collection install process
Installing 'ibm.power_aix:1.6.4' to '/home/derouet/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix'
ibm.power_aix:1.6.4 was installed successfully
root@apaai001:/tmp/derouet #
I ran the installation a second time, in the right path ! Is /home/ansible/ really a good choice ?
root@apaai001:/tmp/derouet #
root@apaai001:/tmp/derouet # /opt/freeware/bin/ansible-galaxy collection install /tmp/derouet/ibm-power_aix-1.6.4.tar.gz -p /home/ansible/collection/
Starting galaxy collection install process
[WARNING]: The specified collections path '/home/ansible/collection' is not part of the configured Ansible collections paths
'/home/derouet/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections'. The installed collection will not be picked up in an Ansible run, unless within a playbook-adjacent collections
directory.
Process install dependency map
Starting collection install process
Installing 'ibm.power_aix:1.6.4' to '/home/ansible/collection/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix'
ibm.power_aix:1.6.4 was installed successfully
root@apaai001:/tmp/derouet #
I understand i have to update the ansible.cfg file.
But when i have a look at it i can only see the "ssh connection" needed parameters... Nothing about '/home/derouet/'...
root@apaai001:/opt/freeware/etc/ansible # cat ansible.cfg
# Since Ansible 2.12 (core):
# To generate an example config file (a "disabled" one with all default settings, commented out):
# $ ansible-config init --disabled > ansible.cfg
#
# Also you can now have a more complete file by including existing plugins:
# ansible-config init --disabled -t all > ansible.cfg
# For previous versions of Ansible you can check for examples in the 'stable' branches of each version
# Note that this file was always incomplete and lagging changes to configuration settings
# for example, for 2.9: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/examples/ansible.cfg
### derouet 24 oct 2023 ajout [ssh_connection] ###
[ssh_connection]
ssh_args = -o ForwardAgent=yes -o ControlPersist=30m -o ServerAliveInterval=45 -o ServerAliveCountMax=10
root@apaai001:/opt/freeware/etc/ansible #
I understand i have to use COLLECTIONS_PATHS parameter.
But when having a look to the details below i can see both "configured module search path" and "ansible collection location"
root@apaai001:/opt/freeware/etc/ansible # ansible --version
ansible [core 2.14.2]
config file = /opt/freeware/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/home/derouet/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /opt/freeware/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /home/derouet/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /opt/freeware/bin/ansible.orig
python version = 3.9.17 (main, Jul 5 2023, 06:17:22) [GCC 10.3.0] (/opt/freeware/bin/python3.9)
jinja version = 3.1.2
libyaml = True
root@apaai001:/opt/freeware/etc/ansible #
So what is the best solution to update the ansible configuration file from "/home/derouet" to "/home/ansible/" ?
I do not kwow if "/home/ansible" is the right place to store ansible-galaxy collections... What could be a better choice ?
I thank you very much for your help,
Have a nice day,
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christophe derouet
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