The purpose of this script is quickly setup a Python virtual environment for Ansible development.
Tested on Fedora 38 and Ubuntu 22.04 operating systems
Required packages
- python3
- python3-pip
Their may be APT or RPM specific packages that are necessary to install that will allow you use Python virtual environmemts.
To define specific Python virtual environments, update the PYTHON_ENVIRONMENTS list variable.
To define specific ansible or ansible-core versions, update the variables ANSIBLE_PACKAGE_VER or ANSIBLE_CORE_PACKAGE_VER.
The script will begin by creating a venv folder in the current logged in user's home directory.
Next it will check if the package manager is either APT or RPM based, then will install the required packages per the operating systems packages list that will include the REQ_PACKAGES list.
After the packages are installed from the operating system's package manager, the script which versions of Python are installed and create a virtual environment based on the version and the name that is defined PYTHON_ENVIRONMENTS list.
Once the virtual environments are created, Ansible will be install via pip with either the ansible or ansible-core package and the versions defined by the variables ANSIBLE_PACKAGE_VER or ANSIBLE_CORE_PACKAGE_VER.
Lastly the script will create a ~/.bashrc.d directory and a venv file inside of that directory, that will include aliases to activate or deactivate those specific Python virtual environments.