{"id":6205,"date":"2025-08-07T02:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T02:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=6205"},"modified":"2026-02-21T07:48:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:48:45","slug":"ansible-tower-install-and-setup-quick-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/ansible-tower-install-and-setup-quick-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Ansible Tower Install and Setup Quick Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To install\u00a0<strong>Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.8.6<\/strong>\u00a0(using\u00a0<code>ansible-tower-setup-3.8.6-2.tar.gz<\/code>), your environment must meet a set of hardware, software, and system prerequisites. Below are the summarized requirements specific to this Tower version and its installer bundle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">TASK &#091;fail <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> unsupported distribution] ***************************************\nfatal: &#091;localhost]: FAILED! =&gt; {<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"changed\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">false<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"msg\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"AlmaLinux 8.10 is not a supported OS for an Ansible Automation Platform installation. Supported OSes include Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7+, CentOS Linux 7.7+, and CentOS Stream 8.\"<\/span>}\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hardware Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>CPU:<\/strong>\u00a0Minimum 4 cores (more recommended for large setups)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>RAM:<\/strong>\u00a0Minimum 8 GB (16 GB recommended for production\/large setups)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Storage:<\/strong>\u00a0Minimum 20 GB of dedicated disk space for Tower service nodes (more if you expect logs and data to grow)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Network:<\/strong>\u00a0Stable network connection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supported Operating Systems<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>RHEL 8.2 or later 64-bit (x86)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RHEL 7.7 or later 64-bit (x86)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CentOS 7.7 or later<\/strong>\u00a064-bit (x86)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ansible.com\/ansible-tower\/latest\/html\/installandreference\/requirements_refguide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As of mid-2024 and beyond, <strong>CentOS 8 is officially End-of-Life (EOL)<\/strong>, and <strong>all CentOS 8 repositories (including EPEL, PowerTools, etc.) have been archived or removed<\/strong>. This makes it nearly impossible (and <strong>not recommended for production<\/strong>) to install Ansible Tower or any other modern enterprise software directly on CentOS 8, because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Official <strong>YUM repositories are no longer available<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Security updates and new packages are <strong>not provided<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red Hat and the Ansible team do <strong>not support EOL platforms<\/strong> for new releases of Tower (now called <strong>Automation Controller<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">AWS - RHEL<span class=\"hljs-number\">-8.10<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.0<\/span>_HVM<span class=\"hljs-number\">-20260529<\/span>-x86_64<span class=\"hljs-number\">-1792<\/span>-Hourly2-GP3\nits working <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">with<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">this<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Software Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ansible:<\/strong>\u00a0Version 2.9 or newer must be installed on the target host before installing Tower.<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ansible.com\/ansible-tower\/2.3.0\/html\/installandreference\/prerequisites_refguide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Python:<\/strong>\u00a0Python 3.6 or higher is required.<a href=\"https:\/\/infotechys.com\/install-ansible-tower-on-rhel-9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>PostgreSQL:<\/strong>\u00a0Required and will be installed by the setup; use PostgreSQL 10 for 3.x series.<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.redhat.com\/en\/documentation\/red_hat_ansible_automation_platform\/1.2\/html\/installing_and_upgrading_private_automation_hub\/system_requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Web Browser:<\/strong>\u00a0Current supported version of Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome for Tower web UI.<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.redhat.com\/en\/documentation\/red_hat_ansible_automation_platform\/1.2\/html\/installing_and_upgrading_private_automation_hub\/system_requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Other:<\/strong>\u00a0The installer will set up dependencies such as Django, NGINX, and others automatically.<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ansible.com\/ansible-tower\/3.3.1\/html\/installandreference\/requirements_refguide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">System and Access Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Root Privileges:<\/strong>\u00a0You must have root access (sudo privileges) for installation and configuration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Standalone VM\/Instance:<\/strong>\u00a0Install Tower on a dedicated VM or cloud instance. Avoid co-locating with other applications except monitoring\/logging.<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ansible.com\/ansible-tower\/latest\/html\/installandreference\/requirements_refguide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Do Not Install in Python Virtual Environment:<\/strong>\u00a0Tower is a full application, not just a library; it cannot be installed in a venv.<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ansible.com\/ansible-tower\/latest\/html\/installandreference\/requirements_refguide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Subscriptions:<\/strong>\u00a0For version 3.8 and later, you must supply a valid Red Hat subscription or manifest during installation, even if you are upgrading.<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ansible.com\/ansible-tower\/latest\/html\/installandreference\/requirements_refguide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Repository Access:<\/strong>\u00a0Red Hat\/CentOS repositories (BaseOS and AppStream) should be enabled. EPEL\/extras may be required for some prerequisites.<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.ansible.com\/ansible-tower\/2.3.0\/html\/installandreference\/prerequisites_refguide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The latest stable release of Ansible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 GB RAM minimum (4+ GB RAM recommended)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 GB RAM (minimum and recommended for Vagrant trial installations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 GB RAM is recommended per 100 forks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20 GB hard disk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>64-bit support required (kernel and runtime)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follwoing ports should be not used<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the root user, for Ubuntu 14.04\/12.2 LTS 64-bit<br> apt-get install software-properties-common<br> apt-add-repository ppa:ansible\/ansible<br> apt-get install ansible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>pg_port=&#8217;5432&#8242;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>rabbitmq_port=5672<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>http(nginx)=80 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>https(nginx)=443 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Download Ansible Tower Package<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\"><span class=\"hljs-comment\"># Location - https:\/\/releases.ansible.com\/ansible-tower\/setup\/<\/span>\n$ wget https:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/releases.ansible.com\/ansible-tower\/setup\/ansible-tower-setup-3.5.1-1.tar.gz<\/span>\n$ tar -zxvf ansible-tower-setup<span class=\"hljs-number\">-3.5<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.1<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-1.<\/span>tar.gz\n$ cd ansible-tower-setup<span class=\"hljs-number\">-3.5<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.1<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">-1<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>Configure inventory file with entries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>vi inventory<br> admin_password=&#8217;admin123&#8242;<br> pg_password=&#8217;db-passwrord-123&#8242;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start a Ansible tower Installation Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\">$ .\/setup.sh<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Verify Ansible tower setup by Access http:\/\/ip-add:80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Ansible Tower<\/strong><\/p>\n<cite><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><span><code class=\"hljs\">$ ansible-tower-service restart\nansible-tower-service status\n$ ansible-tower-service stop\n$ ansible-tower-service start\n<\/code><\/span><\/pre>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to download Ansible Tower Trial License file?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-31-1024x407.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-31-1024x407.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-31-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-31-768x305.png 768w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-31-1536x610.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-31.png 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-32-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-32-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-32-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-32-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-32.png 1357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_77559\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_92208\"  width=\"760\" height=\"427\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_77559\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"epyt-gallery-list\"><div>Sorry, there was a YouTube error.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To install\u00a0Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.8.6\u00a0(using\u00a0ansible-tower-setup-3.8.6-2.tar.gz), your environment must meet a set of hardware, software, and system prerequisites. Below are the summarized requirements specific to this Tower version and its installer bundle: Hardware Requirements Supported Operating Systems Software Prerequisites System and Access Requirements Other Requirements Follwoing ports should be not used As the root user,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5038],"tags":[639,5449,1122,237,5141],"class_list":["post-6205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ansible","tag-ansible","tag-devopsschool","tag-guide","tag-install","tag-tower"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6205"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59354,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6205\/revisions\/59354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}