21.12.2021 · Ansible is an agentless automation tool that you install on a control node. From the control node, Ansible manages machines and other devices remotely (by default, over the SSH protocol). To install Ansible for use at the command line, simply install the Ansible package on one machine (which could easily be a laptop).
20.12.2016 · The docs for the apt module state that when the deb contains :// it'll try and download the package. This was added with Ansible 2.1 So, I assume you are using an ansible version before 2.1
23.02.2020 · Install a .deb file or package using ansible apt ansible apt module can be used to install the .deb packages as well additionally ansible apt can download the file from remote URL and install it as well. So here is the playbook where we are trying to install a *.deb package. But the Source of these deb files are different.
Synopsis . Manages apt packages (such as for Debian/Ubuntu). ... Requires the xz-utils package to extract the control file of the deb package to install.