Ansible Content Creator With ansible-creator

A Tool to Streamline Ansible Collection Creation Integrated in VSCode

Introduction

Ansible, the open-source automation platform, has become an integral part of many IT environments, simplifying complex tasks through the creation and management of Ansible Collections. To further enhance the user experience, the Ansible team has introduced a new tool — ansible-creator. In this article, we’ll explore ansible-creator and its capabilities, focusing on its installation and basic usage.

Installing ansible-creator

Before diving into ansible-creator, users need to ensure that it is installed on their system. The installation process involves the use of Python’s package manager, pip. If pip is not installed, users can install it with the following command:

sudo easy_install pip

Once pip is installed, ansible-creator can be installed using the following commands:

pip3 install ansible-creator

Getting Started: After a successful installation, users can verify the version and check the available commands by using the following commands: