The SDM framework based on configuration management system Ansible and the version control system Git. Another dependency is the python package netaddr. This page descripes how to install these tools.
Ansible have to installed on the control node which based on an UNIX/Linux operating system. It is not possible to install Ansible on Microsoft Windows. For detailed instructions on installing Ansible on various UNIX/Linux systems, see the Ansible documentation.
Git is one of the most widely used version control systems and is usally shipped as a core compentent of the most UNIX/Linux distributions. This makes it possible to install Git with distribution-specific package management tools. Here are some examples:
$ sudo pacman -S git
$ sudo apt install git
$ sudo pkg install git
$ sudo dnf install git
On CentOS and RHEL (Version < 8):
$ sudo yum install git
$ sudo zypper install git
The Python package netaddr is needed for IP address calculations. It can be installed with the package installer of Python (pip) in this way:
$ pip install --user netaddr
But the package is also often shipped as a component of the most UNIX/Linux distributions and is installable with the distribution-specific package management tools. Here are some examples:
For Python 2:
$ sudo pacman -S python2-netaddr
For Python 3:
$ sudo pacman -S python-netaddr
For Python 2:
$ sudo apt install python-netaddr
For Python 3:
$ sudo apt install python3-netaddr
For Python 3:
$ sudo pkg intall py37-netaddr
For Python 2 (Fedora only):
$ sudo dnf install python2-netaddr
For Python 3:
$ sudo dnf install python3-netaddr
On CentOS and RHEL (Version < 8):
For Python 2:
$ sudo yum install python-netaddr
$ sudo zypper install python-netaddr
Hint: It is recommended to use only Python 3, because Python 2 is marked as obsolete and will no longer receive support from April 2020.
If you like to manage Microsoft Windows nodes via WinRM you also need the Python module pywinrm. It can be installed in the same way as netaddr (see above):
$ pip install --user pywinrm
Some UNIX/Linux distributions also shipped it. Here are some examples:
$ sudo pacman -S python-pywinrm
$ apt install python3-winrm
Hint: On Ubuntu the package is included in the universe sub-repository.
$ sudo pkg intall py37-pywinrm
$ sudo dnf install python3-winrm
On CentOS and RHEL (Version < 8):
$ sudo yum install python2-winrm
$ sudo zypper install python3-winrm
For more information about managing Microsoft Windows nodes with Ansible, see the Ansible Documentation / Windows Guide.