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Running Ansible on Windows 10

Install Ansible As previous blog have mention about Windows Subsystem for Linux, and we have Ubuntu environment. It's as simple as installing pip, then installing ansible: 1. Open a bash prompt (press windows button + R, type 'bash' and hit enter) bash 2. Install pip sudo apt-get -y install python-pip python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev 3. Install ansible sudo pip install ansible Using Ansible As this point, 'which ansible' should show the path to Ansible which ansible ansible version should show you ansible's version ansible --verison

Windows 10's Subsystem for Linux

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Every since I heard about the new "Beta" Windows Subsystem for Linux, which basically installs an Ubuntu LTS release inside of Windows 10. I've been meaning to give it a spin, and see if can be a worthy replacement for Cygwin. Before installing any Linux distros for WSL ( Windows Subsystem for Linux), you must ensure that the " Windows Subsystem for Linux " optional is enabled. 1, Open PowerShell as Administrator and run: Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux 2. Restart your computer when prompted. Install your Linux Distribution of Choice To download and install your preferred distro(s), you have three choices: 1. Download and install from the Microsoft Store (see below) 2. Download and install from the Command-Line/Script ( read the manual installation instruction ) 3. Download and manually unpack and install (for Windows Server - instructions here ) Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and l