10. Get the Tower Installation Program¶

Using the link provided in the email you received based on your interest in Ansible Tower, download and extract the Tower installation tarball.

Note

To obtain a trial version of Ansible Tower, visit: http://www.ansible.com/tower-trial

For pricing information, visit: http://www.ansible.com/pricing

To download the latest version of Tower directly (note, you must also obtain a license before using this), visit: http://releases.ansible.com/awx/setup/ansible-tower-setup-latest.tar.gz

Once extracted, cd into the setup directory using a command line console. In the following commands, replace the string VERSION with the version of Tower that you are installing ( e.g., “2.3.0”).

root@localhost:~$ tar xvzf ansible-tower-setup-latest.tar.gz
root@localhost:~$ cd ansible-tower-setup-VERSION

10.1. Using Vagrant/Amazon AMI Images¶

If you use the Vagrant box or Amazon AMI Tower images provided by Ansible, you can find the auto-generated admin password by connecting to the image and reading it from the message of the day (MOTD) shown at login.

For Vagrant images, connect via:: vagrant ssh
For Amazon AMI images, connect via:: ssh root@<your amazon instance>

You must use the SSH key that you configured the instance to accept at launch time.

10.2. Using the Bundled Tower Installation Program¶

Beginning in Ansible Tower version 2.3.0, Tower installations can now be performed using a bundled installation program. The bundled installation program is meant for customers who cannot, or would prefer not to, install Tower (and its dependencies) from online repositories. Access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Centos repositories is still needed.

To download the latest version of the bundled Tower installation program directly (note, you must also obtain a license before using this), visit: https://releases.ansible.com/ansible-tower/setup-bundle/

Note

The bundled installer for Ansible Tower 2.3.0 only supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS at this time. Ubuntu support has not yet been added.

Next, select the installation program which matches your distribution (el6 or el7):

ansible-tower-setup-bundle-latest.el6.tar.gz
ansible-tower-setup-bundle-latest.el7.tar.gz

Note

Red Hat Enterprise Linux customers must enable the following repositories which are disabled by default:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 users must enable the extras repository.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 users must enable the optional repository.