Requirements

Ansible-cmdb requires Python v2.7+ / 3.0+.

In theory, it should work on any system that can run Python, including BSD, Linux, Windows, Solaris and MacOS. In practice, ansible-cmdb is developed on Ubuntu 16.04 and tested on the latest stable versions of Debian, Ubuntu and Centos.

Installation

Ansible-cmdb can be installed using pip, the Python package manager. There are also stand-alone packages for various Linux distributions. Alternatively, you can use brew or plain old make install.

Through Pip

For installation via Pip:

Install pip for your distribution if you don't have it yet.

Install Ansible-cmdb through Pip:

sudo pip install ansible-cmdb

You can also upgrade Ansible-cmdb through Pip:

sudo pip install --upgrade ansible-cmdb

Through distribution packages

Get the package for your distribution from the Releases page (Not required for MacOS X install)

For Debian / Ubuntu systems:

sudo dpkg -i ansible-cmdb*.deb

Support for all other package managers (RPM, etc) has been dropped. Please use the pip method instead, or install from tar.gz.

For other systems

For MacOS X systems:

brew install ansible-cmdb

For Other systems:

tar -vxzf ansible-cmdb*.tar.gz
cd ansible-cmdb*
sudo make install

Installation from Git repository:

git clone https://github.com/fboender/ansible-cmdb.git
cd ansible-cmdb
sudo bash -c ". build.sla && install"