# Could a newest Ansible 2.17 install on RHEL9.3 or 9.4? **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** rhel, ansible-core\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-a-newest-ansible-2-17-install-on-rhel9-3-or-9-4/7178 "2024-07-09T10:18:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![U1ROU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/u1rou/32/4183_2.png) [@U1ROU](https://forum.ansible.com/u/U1ROU)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-a-newest-ansible-2-17-install-on-rhel9-3-or-9-4/7178/1 "2024-07-09T10:18:11Z")
We would like to install newest softwares, Ansible 2.17 on RHEL9.4 because RHEL’s full support is up to 9. But I can only find the information below. Are there any information about that compatibility? **Updates to using Ansible Core in Red Hat Enterprise Linux** > **[Updates to using Ansible Core in Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/updates-using-ansible-core-in-rhel)** > > Automation is a key aspect of operating system management, which is why Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) includes a number of features related to automation. This automation provided in RHEL is enabled by the Ansible Core package (ansible-core), which... ---
**Author:** ![kurokobo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/kurokobo/32/182_2.png) [@kurokobo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kurokobo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-a-newest-ansible-2-17-install-on-rhel9-3-or-9-4/7178/2 "2024-07-10T15:55:33Z")
AFAIK, this is the requirements for the control node; _any UNIX-like machine with Python installed_ > **Control node requirements** > For your control node (the machine that runs Ansible), you can use nearly any UNIX-like machine with Python installed. This includes Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu, macOS, BSDs, and Windows under a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distribution. > [Installing Ansible — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#intro-installation-guide) However, there are requirements regarding the version of Python. The latest Ansible 2.17 requires Python 3.10 - 3.12 for the control node. Refer to the support matrix: [Releases and maintenance — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix) In practice, Ansible is tested on several representative OSes before being released. It seems that version 2.17.1 has been tested on RHEL 9.3: [ansible/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml at v2.17.1 · ansible/ansible · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.17.1/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml) ---
**Author:** ![Denney-tech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/denney-tech/32/1556_2.png) [@Denney-tech](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Denney-tech)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-a-newest-ansible-2-17-install-on-rhel9-3-or-9-4/7178/3 "2024-07-10T18:55:39Z")
You will need to use pip (or pipx) to install ansible-core\>=2.15.0 on RHEL 9, and as @kurokobo mentioned, you need at least python3.10 (RHEL 9 comes with python3.9 out of the box). My own RHEL 9.4 sandbox uses the following basic installation steps: Run as root: ```bash umask 0022 dnf install -y python3.12-pip-wheel pip3.12 install pipx>=1.5.0 --user pipx --global install ansible --python=python3.12 --include-deps --system-site-packages pipx --global inject ansible --include-deps --include-apps ansible-lint ansible-builder ansible-navigator ansible-rulebook ansible-policy pipx --global ensurepath ``` This installs the majority of ansible-\* tools into a pipx managed venv, can be upgraded with `pipx --global upgrade ansible`, and is usable by all users. Feel free to play around with pipx. You may not need/want all users to have access, so exclude the `--global` option, or you may only want `pipx install ansible-core --include-deps --system-site-packages` to get `ansible-core` without any of collections distributed with `ansible`. I don’t think `pipx --global ensurepath` updates $PATH for all users though, so you might have to update separately. ---
**Author:** ![U1ROU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/u1rou/32/4183_2.png) [@U1ROU](https://forum.ansible.com/u/U1ROU)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-a-newest-ansible-2-17-install-on-rhel9-3-or-9-4/7178/4 "2024-07-11T05:37:39Z")
@kurokobo -san, Thank you for your information. Especially, information that which version of RHEL is tested with Ansible are valuable one !! ---
**Author:** ![U1ROU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/u1rou/32/4183_2.png) [@U1ROU](https://forum.ansible.com/u/U1ROU)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-a-newest-ansible-2-17-install-on-rhel9-3-or-9-4/7178/5 "2024-07-11T05:44:23Z")
@Denney-tech -san, Thank you for your detailed information!! I can image the point of installation more specifically!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/could-a-newest-ansible-2-17-install-on-rhel9-3-or-9-4/7178/6 "2024-08-10T05:44:43Z")
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