Step-by-step guide to install Ansible on Arch Linux. Covers package installation, pip install, version management, and first playbook setup.
Here is how to install Ansible on Arch Linux in 2026.
sudo pacman -Syu ansibleansible --version
ansible-playbook --versionpython -m venv ~/ansible-venv
source ~/ansible-venv/bin/activate
pip install ansiblemkdir -p ~/.ansible
cat > ~/.ansible.cfg << 'EOF'
[defaults]
inventory = ./inventory
host_key_checking = False
interpreter_python = auto_silent
EOF
ansible localhost -m ping
ansible-galaxy collection install community.general ansible.posix
My notes from Ansible Automates London 2023 at CodeNode: the ROI keynote, a live Lightspeed demo, Event-Driven Ansible rulebooks, Builder 3.0 and mesh.
Notes from the November 2024 Ansible London meetup: Ansible-Lockdown and goss for compliance, Hetzner Cloud IaC, and a Dell RAG talk.
Notes from the n8n meetup in Amsterdam on 3 December 2025: a multi-agent marketing workflow shown on Dutch TV, and a Hack my Chat demo of the Guardrails node.
Notes from a no-code and AI builders evening at StartDock Amsterdam on 3 November 2025: the Excel-users argument and a marketing automation founder's playbook.
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