Ansible is an open-source software that helps in automating configuration management, application deployment, and many other IT tasks. In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Ansible on macOS.
Before we start, you should have administrative privileges on the macOS machine.
Homebrew is a package manager for macOS. It allows you to install, update, and remove software packages easily. If you haven't installed Homebrew yet, you can do it by running the following command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Once you have installed Homebrew, you can install Ansible by running the following command:
brew install ansible
This command will download and install Ansible on your macOS machine.
After the installation is complete, you can verify that Ansible is installed correctly by running the following command:
ansible --version
This will display the version number of Ansible installed on your system.
In this tutorial, we have discussed how to install Ansible on macOS. Ansible is a powerful tool that can help you automate many IT tasks. Now that you have installed Ansible, you can start using it to automate your tasks.
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