Ansible 2.15.2 for AIX. Are you ready to test? We are ready to share it with you!

You need:
✅ IBM AIX 7.3 TL1 SP1. We are glad if you can test it with other AIX versions, but we built it using this this version.
✅ Latest Python 3.9 from AIX Toolbox for open-source applications.
✅ 5 our RPM packages with Ansible, Python-Cryptography and Jinja2:

• https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm

Download the packages in some directory and execute 𝚍𝚗𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 *𝚛𝚙𝚖.
It will install the packages and all required dependencies.

Please bear in mind:

✖️ These are not official IBM packages. They are not supported by IBM. We are not IBM.
✖️ The packages are not 100% tested. If they work in our test environment, it doesn't mean they should work in your production environment.
✖️ The packages are meant to be AIX Toolbox-compatible. But we don't know anything about IBM plans regarding AIX Toolbox and what the future will bring to us.

One more point - Ansible 2.15 requires UTF-8 locale. If you get the error:

𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚁: 𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎: 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐

check that you have the following two packages installed:

bos.loc.com.utf
bos.loc.utf.EN_US

and set LANG to en_US.UTF-8.

Source code is available under https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-srpms.tar.gz

Have fun with Ansible and AIX!

I test on 7300-00-04-2320 

Try to install aix collections with tarball

bash-5.1# /opt/freeware/bin/ansible-galaxy install -r galaxy.yml
Starting galaxy collection install process
ERROR! importlib_resources is not installed and is required

Ansible 2.15.2 for AIX. Are you ready to test? We are ready to share it with you!

You need:
✅ IBM AIX 7.3 TL1 SP1. We are glad if you can test it with other AIX versions, but we built it using this this version.
✅ Latest Python 3.9 from AIX Toolbox for open-source applications.
✅ 5 our RPM packages with Ansible, Python-Cryptography and Jinja2:

• https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm

Download the packages in some directory and execute 𝚍𝚗𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 *𝚛𝚙𝚖.
It will install the packages and all required dependencies.

Please bear in mind:

✖️ These are not official IBM packages. They are not supported by IBM. We are not IBM.
✖️ The packages are not 100% tested. If they work in our test environment, it doesn't mean they should work in your production environment.
✖️ The packages are meant to be AIX Toolbox-compatible. But we don't know anything about IBM plans regarding AIX Toolbox and what the future will bring to us.

One more point - Ansible 2.15 requires UTF-8 locale. If you get the error:

𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚁: 𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎: 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐

check that you have the following two packages installed:

bos.loc.com.utf
bos.loc.utf.EN_US

and set LANG to en_US.UTF-8.

Source code is available under https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-srpms.tar.gz

Have fun with Ansible and AIX!

Hi Aldin,

can you test it first with just single collections. Because it works for me:

# ansible-galaxy collection install enfence.powerha_aixStarting galaxy collection install processProcess install dependency mapStarting collection install processDownloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/enfence-powerha_aix-1.2.0.tar.gz to /home/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-17695110wayuha0r/tmpw2pp9p8k/enfence-powerha_aix-1.2.0-w5wd354aInstalling 'enfence.powerha_aix:1.2.0' to '/home/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/enfence/powerha_aix'enfence.powerha_aix:1.2.0 was installed successfully# ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml -fStarting galaxy collection install processProcess install dependency mapStarting collection install processDownloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/ibm-power_aix-1.6.4.tar.gz to /home/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-17695126m8c_8_k5/tmpoh3glgb_/ibm-power_aix-1.6.4-nv66b83eInstalling 'ibm.power_aix:1.6.4' to '/home/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix'Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/ibm-power_ibmi-1.9.1.tar.gz to /home/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-17695126m8c_8_k5/tmpoh3glgb_/ibm-power_ibmi-1.9.1-k8cfekg1ibm.power_aix:1.6.4 was installed successfullyInstalling 'ibm.power_ibmi:1.9.1' to '/home/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_ibmi'ibm.power_ibmi:1.9.1 was installed successfully# ansible-galaxy --versionansible-galaxy [core 2.15.2]  config file = /home/root/a/ansible.cfg  configured module search path = ['/home/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']  ansible python module location = /opt/freeware/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible  ansible collection location = /home/root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections  executable location = /opt/freeware/bin/ansible-galaxy  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

Or paste your galaxy.yml and I'll test it in my environment.

I test on 7300-00-04-2320 

Try to install aix collections with tarball

bash-5.1# /opt/freeware/bin/ansible-galaxy install -r galaxy.yml
Starting galaxy collection install process
ERROR! importlib_resources is not installed and is required

Ansible 2.15.2 for AIX. Are you ready to test? We are ready to share it with you!

You need:
✅ IBM AIX 7.3 TL1 SP1. We are glad if you can test it with other AIX versions, but we built it using this this version.
✅ Latest Python 3.9 from AIX Toolbox for open-source applications.
✅ 5 our RPM packages with Ansible, Python-Cryptography and Jinja2:

• https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm

Download the packages in some directory and execute 𝚍𝚗𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 *𝚛𝚙𝚖.
It will install the packages and all required dependencies.

Please bear in mind:

✖️ These are not official IBM packages. They are not supported by IBM. We are not IBM.
✖️ The packages are not 100% tested. If they work in our test environment, it doesn't mean they should work in your production environment.
✖️ The packages are meant to be AIX Toolbox-compatible. But we don't know anything about IBM plans regarding AIX Toolbox and what the future will bring to us.

One more point - Ansible 2.15 requires UTF-8 locale. If you get the error:

𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚁: 𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎: 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐

check that you have the following two packages installed:

bos.loc.com.utf
bos.loc.utf.EN_US

and set LANG to en_US.UTF-8.

Source code is available under https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-srpms.tar.gz

Have fun with Ansible and AIX!

i am curious...how do you get recent python3-cryprography built, as there is no rust compiler available for aix?

Hi Aldin,

can you test it first with just single collections. Because it works for me:

# ansible-galaxy collection install enfence.powerha_aixStarting galaxy collection install processProcess install dependency mapStarting collection install processDownloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/enfence-powerha_aix-1.2.0.tar.gz to /home/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-17695110wayuha0r/tmpw2pp9p8k/enfence-powerha_aix-1.2.0-w5wd354aInstalling 'enfence.powerha_aix:1.2.0' to '/home/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/enfence/powerha_aix'enfence.powerha_aix:1.2.0 was installed successfully# ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml -fStarting galaxy collection install processProcess install dependency mapStarting collection install processDownloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/ibm-power_aix-1.6.4.tar.gz to /home/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-17695126m8c_8_k5/tmpoh3glgb_/ibm-power_aix-1.6.4-nv66b83eInstalling 'ibm.power_aix:1.6.4' to '/home/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_aix'Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/ibm-power_ibmi-1.9.1.tar.gz to /home/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-17695126m8c_8_k5/tmpoh3glgb_/ibm-power_ibmi-1.9.1-k8cfekg1ibm.power_aix:1.6.4 was installed successfullyInstalling 'ibm.power_ibmi:1.9.1' to '/home/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/ibm/power_ibmi'ibm.power_ibmi:1.9.1 was installed successfully# ansible-galaxy --versionansible-galaxy [core 2.15.2]  config file = /home/root/a/ansible.cfg  configured module search path = ['/home/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']  ansible python module location = /opt/freeware/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ansible  ansible collection location = /home/root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections  executable location = /opt/freeware/bin/ansible-galaxy  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

Or paste your galaxy.yml and I'll test it in my environment.

I test on 7300-00-04-2320 

Try to install aix collections with tarball

bash-5.1# /opt/freeware/bin/ansible-galaxy install -r galaxy.yml
Starting galaxy collection install process
ERROR! importlib_resources is not installed and is required

Ansible 2.15.2 for AIX. Are you ready to test? We are ready to share it with you!

You need:
✅ IBM AIX 7.3 TL1 SP1. We are glad if you can test it with other AIX versions, but we built it using this this version.
✅ Latest Python 3.9 from AIX Toolbox for open-source applications.
✅ 5 our RPM packages with Ansible, Python-Cryptography and Jinja2:

• https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm

Download the packages in some directory and execute 𝚍𝚗𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 *𝚛𝚙𝚖.
It will install the packages and all required dependencies.

Please bear in mind:

✖️ These are not official IBM packages. They are not supported by IBM. We are not IBM.
✖️ The packages are not 100% tested. If they work in our test environment, it doesn't mean they should work in your production environment.
✖️ The packages are meant to be AIX Toolbox-compatible. But we don't know anything about IBM plans regarding AIX Toolbox and what the future will bring to us.

One more point - Ansible 2.15 requires UTF-8 locale. If you get the error:

𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚁: 𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎: 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐

check that you have the following two packages installed:

bos.loc.com.utf
bos.loc.utf.EN_US

and set LANG to en_US.UTF-8.

Source code is available under https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-srpms.tar.gz

Have fun with Ansible and AIX!

I test on 7300-00-04-2320 

Try to install aix collections with tarball

bash-5.1# /opt/freeware/bin/ansible-galaxy install -r galaxy.yml
Starting galaxy collection install process
ERROR! importlib_resources is not installed and is required

Ansible 2.15.2 for AIX. Are you ready to test? We are ready to share it with you!

You need:
✅ IBM AIX 7.3 TL1 SP1. We are glad if you can test it with other AIX versions, but we built it using this this version.
✅ Latest Python 3.9 from AIX Toolbox for open-source applications.
✅ 5 our RPM packages with Ansible, Python-Cryptography and Jinja2:

• https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-cryptography-41.0.2-1.aix7.3.ppc.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm
• https://dl.power-devops.com/python3.9-jinja2-3.1.2-1.aix7.3.noarch.rpm

Download the packages in some directory and execute 𝚍𝚗𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 *𝚛𝚙𝚖.
It will install the packages and all required dependencies.

Please bear in mind:

✖️ These are not official IBM packages. They are not supported by IBM. We are not IBM.
✖️ The packages are not 100% tested. If they work in our test environment, it doesn't mean they should work in your production environment.
✖️ The packages are meant to be AIX Toolbox-compatible. But we don't know anything about IBM plans regarding AIX Toolbox and what the future will bring to us.

One more point - Ansible 2.15 requires UTF-8 locale. If you get the error:

𝙴𝚁𝚁𝙾𝚁: 𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎: 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐

check that you have the following two packages installed:

bos.loc.com.utf
bos.loc.utf.EN_US

and set LANG to en_US.UTF-8.

Source code is available under https://dl.power-devops.com/ansible-2.15.2-srpms.tar.gz

Have fun with Ansible and AIX!