1- Install Ansible on windows/Bash , Linux (VMware-Virtualbox ) , Cygwin

Owned by Jean-luc KRIKER
Last updated: Feb 19, 2019
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Use a container ( + PyEZ)

Install juniper/pyez-ansible Docker image



https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos-pyez/topics/task/installation/junos-pyez-server-installing.html



Ubuntu Desktop 17.1:  ( JLK in VMware )
Ubuntu Desktop 17.1:  ( JLK in VMware ) 
apt-get install ansible
apt-get install python-pip
ansible --version
#pip install ansible --upgrade

apt-get install openssh-server  #( to enable SSH )
apt-get install openssh-client build-essential
apt-get install libffi-dev libxslt-dev libssl-dev
apt-get install git
pip install jxmlease
sudo pip install junos-eznc

pip install junos-eznc # ( for access to junos )
#ansible-galaxy will download and "install" the role, "init" will only create the intrastucture of a new role
ansible-galaxy install Juniper.junos # ( for access to junos )
>>> quick test: #ansible localhost -m setup
MobaXterm 9.4
MobaXterm 9.4 
PATH=/drives/c/cygwin64/bin/:$PATH
replace alias:  alias python='ToolNotIncluded python'  >>> alias python='/drives/c/cygwin64/bin/python2.7.exe'
apt-get install python-paramiko gcc-g++ wget openssh curl python python-devel python-setuptools python-crypto openssl openssl-devel libffi-devel gcc-g++ python2-openssl gcc-core make
apt-get install python  #will be 2.7
Cygwin: 
Cygwin:  
    https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/
culr -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py

python get-pip.py

pip install ansible
Windows 10 bash ( ubuntu)

https://www.how2shout.com/how-to/how-to-install-ansible-on-windows-10.html

Windows 10 bash ( ubuntu)
1- run bash as root ( in a normal cmd.exe type  "lxrun /setdefaultuser root /y") original user was:  onmylaptop
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/user-support

2- update and install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible   #did not work#  ping google.com to check internet connection
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ansible

check:
ansible --version

3- Install the python library: PyEZ , jxmlease , nnclient
pip install junos-eznc
pip install ncclient
pip install jxmlease

jlk@jkriker-T460:~$ pip list
ansible (2.7.7)
junos-eznc (2.2.0)
jxmlease (1.0.1)
paramiko (2.4.2)


4- Install the ansible role: Juniper.junos

jlk@jkriker-T460:/etc/ansible/roles$ ansible-galaxy install Juniper.junos
- downloading role 'junos', owned by Juniper
- downloading role from https://github.com/Juniper/ansible-junos-stdlib/archive/2.1.0.tar.gz
- extracting Juniper.junos to /home/jlk/.ansible/roles/Juniper.junos
- Juniper.junos (2.1.0) was installed successfully

5- Usage:
ansible windows -m win_ping


7- change ( or mount this directory )
cd /mnt/c/Users/jkriker/Documents/GitHub/


Basic test
ansible --version