So friends, one of the very first things that we have to do is we have to get a
hold of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
This is the Linux distribution that we're going to be using in order to install
Ansible.
So with that said, let's just dive in.
Now the first thing to say with respect to Red Hat Enterprise Linux is that you
can actually
run this and say for example a cloud environment, or if you so wish you could
run this as a bare
metal installation, pretty much meaning that you could just install it on your
regular hardware,
your laptop, your PC, whatever it may be, and run it just as a regular OS but WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
your laptop, your PC, whatever it may be, and run it just as a regular OS but
that is not
the way that I'm going to recommend that you begin your lab process.
Instead, I'm going to suggest that you make use of virtual machines.
Now perhaps you happen to have some type of software on your computer already,
maybe you're
using something like say VirtualBox.
And if you are, feel free to use that virtualization solution.
In my case though, my personal favorite and the software that I'm going to
recommend you
use is VMware.
So in this particular video, we're going to go through the installation of WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
So in this particular video, we're going to go through the installation of
getting VMware
available to us.
And then we're going to see how we can actually get a working copy of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
in order to perform our labbing.
So let's do with the first part of the problem and talk about VMware.
Now the first thing to say is if you happen to be using a Windows machine as
your host
computer, what you should actually search for is VMware Workstation Player.
And if we click on this link right here, notice this is the platform for
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running virtual machines
on a Windows or Linux PC.
So once again, even if your host machine happens to be a Linux machine and you
want
to run virtualization software on that machine, then just like with Windows,
you would download
VMware Workstation Player.
Now notice it says you can buy a commercial license.
We don't have to worry about that right here if we just scroll on down.
We can actually try the player for free if we so wish.
This is for non-commercial purposes for your own labbing, that type of thing.
So if you're on Windows, click this link.
If you happen to have a Linux machine as your host machine, you be click this
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one instead.
Now in my case, I happen to be using a Mac.
So we have to download VMware Fusion.
So in this case here, we click this link.
Notice it says here that VMware Fusion 13 allows support for Intel or Apple
Silicon,
meaning that if you happen to have an older MacBook with an Intel processor,
you can use
this solution.
Or if you happen to have one of these M1 or M2 MacBooks, the new ones, you can
all
also use VMware Fusion 13.
So in this case here, what I'm going to do, given that I have an M1 MacBook, I WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
So in this case here, what I'm going to do, given that I have an M1 MacBook, I
'm going
to click Register for a Personal Use License.
Now it takes us to this page here, VMware Fusion Personal Use License.
If you already have a VMware account, you can just select "I have an account."
If you haven't got that account set up, you first want to create that account
very, very
important.
So all you would do is click this link here.
And what you're going to have to do is to provide some information about
yourself, such
as your email address.
Now just be aware, you can't just put in some dummy email, make sure it is a
real email,
because you're going to have to click a verification link within that email in WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
because you're going to have to click a verification link within that email in
order to activate
that account.
So really make sure you can access that email when it pops in.
Then if you scroll on down, you can give your name, your address, job title,
that type
of thing.
Fill out the capture and agree to the terms.
And once you have done that, you will get an email in your inbox and you can
click the
link to verify your account.
Going back to this particular page, you can now select "I have an account."
So let's click this link here.
And all you would do would be to enter that email registered with this account
and pop
in your subsequent password.
So I will just log into mine right now. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
So I will just log into mine right now.
Perfect.
Now I've logged in if I just scroll on down.
Now it takes me to my license information.
Now over here, this is where the license key happens to be now, because I don't
want to
share my license with absolutely everyone that's watching this video.
I have just obscured this.
But once you have registered, you will have your own license key.
So all you want to do is to copy that particular key.
Once you have done that, we can now go and click "Manually Download."
And then simply save the download.
And when the download completes, just double click. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
And when the download completes, just double click.
Run through all the prompts in the installation wizard and when you are asked,
simply supply
and copy in your own personal license key.
And once you've done that, you will be presented with an interface quite like
this.
There on the left hand side, I've got a whole bunch of virtual machines that I
have created
prior to this course.
If you have a brand new installation, you will not expect to see these down the
left
hand side, don't worry about it.
We're going to create our own Red Hat Enterprise Linux from scratch using this
VMware software.
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So now we have access to our VMware virtualization solution.
What we now want to do is to get our hands on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux image
in order
to create that real machine.
So with that said, let's do it.
So in order to get this ISO image, we need to create a Red Hat account.
The first place I'm going to go to is to developers.retat.
So let's click this link right here.
Now in the top right, if I just click log in, what I can do is pass in my Red
Hat account
details right here.
However, if you do not already have that Red Hat account, you would just go
down to
the bottom here and register for a Red Hat account. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
the bottom here and register for a Red Hat account.
So let's just click this link here and you will have to provide some basic
login information
such as your login ID.
So choose a username, give it a password, fill in the personal information,
your first
name, last name, email that type of thing.
Then accept the terms and choose create my accounts.
Now once you actually have a valid Red Hat account, what I'm going to do is
search for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux downloads.
So if you click this link right here.
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Now this part is important if you happen to have a regular Windows machine or
an older
MacBook, basically if you happen to have an Intel processor, you can just
select download
rail at no cost right here.
In my case though, because I'm using an M1 MacBook, similarly if you happen to
be using
an M2 MacBook, the newer one, anything Apple Silicon, you're going to have to
get a very
specific version of rail and that is the ARM version, the ARM architecture.
As such, we are going to select more ways to try.
So depending on what you have at home, choose whatever one is appropriate.
In my case here, I'm going to click this link. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
In my case here, I'm going to click this link.
So if I just scroll on down right here, the one I want to get is Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
ISO for servers and workstations.
So notice in my case here, I can choose the ARM 64 button, in fact you can also
choose
the regular Intel version if you so want from this page here too.
Now when I click this particular link, if you aren't already logged in, it's
going to
prompt me to login.
This is why it is very important that we have that Red Hat account created.
So click the page, once you've logged in, you'll be presented with a download. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
So click the page, once you've logged in, you'll be presented with a download.
In my case here, I will just choose save and now I'm going to be downloading
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux with the ARM architecture.
So now whilst that download, we will soon have access to Red Hat Enterprise
Linux as well
as our virtualization solution in VMware, what we now want to do is to begin
setting
up our lab environments.