How to install Ansible on Ubuntu 18.04 for IT automation

To install Ansible on Ubuntu 18.04, follow these steps:

1. Update the package manager index:
   sudo apt update
2. Install the software-properties-common package, which provides the add-apt-repository command:
   sudo apt install software-properties-common
3. Add the Ansible PPA (personal package archive) to your system:
   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
4. Update the package manager index again:
   sudo apt update
5. Install Ansible:
   sudo apt install ansible

You can verify the installation by running the ansible --version command, which should display the version of Ansible that you have installed.

Ansible is an open-source automation platform that can be used for IT tasks such as configuration management, application deployment, and cloud provisioning. It allows you to define the desired state of your infrastructure and applications, and then automatically enacts the necessary changes to reach that state.