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1. Quick Start

You can expect the Quick Start process to take less than thirty minutes. At the end of the Quick Start, you will have a functioning Tower application that you can use to launch more sophisticated playbooks.

To begin, you must install Tower and you must choose a target system where the initial playbook deploys. This first playbook executes simple Ansible tasks, while teaching you how to use Tower, as well as ensuring its proper setup. This can be any sort of system manageable by Ansible, as described at: http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html.

Note

Ansible Tower is available as a Basic license, Enterprise license, or Premium license. These licenses vary in price, support-levels, and features. Enterprise and Premium license users will have access to some extended Tower features that Basic users will not have available. For more information about licenses and features, refer to Licensing, Updates, and Support in the Tower Installation and Reference Guide.

This Quick Start Guide covers setting up with a Basic license in mind. Features only available to Enterprise or Premium license users are noted as you go along.