= Appendix: Installing software using the Ansible Configuration Management tool =
== Tools: ==

To run this exercise, you will need two pieces of software.  If you haven't already, get or install these now:
   i. `omni` installed on your local machine ([http://trac.gpolab.bbn.com/gcf/wiki#GettingStarted instructions]), and
   i. `ansible` installed on your local machine ([http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html#latest-release-via-yum find the instructions for your package manager here]).

== Resources: ==
   * Ansible Resources:
     - A third party [https://serversforhackers.com/an-ansible-tutorial Getting Started with Ansible walk through]
     - [http://docs.ansible.com/modules_by_category.html Ansible Module Documentation]

== Instructions ==
=== 2.  Establish the Environment ===
   a. To run this exercise, you will need an account and two pieces of software.  If you haven't already, get or install these now:
      i. a GENI Portal account ([SignMeUp instructions]),
      ii. `omni` installed and configured on your local machine ([http://trac.gpolab.bbn.com/gcf/wiki#GettingStarted instructions]), and
      iii. `ansible` installed on your local machine ([http://docs.ansible.com/intro_installation.html#latest-release-via-yum find the instructions for your package manager here]).
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Windows users should do the following steps

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                   Windows users should follow the instructions for setting up a <a href="http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GENIExperimenter/Tutorials/AnsibleHelloGENI/StandaloneSetup">separate GENI node for running Ansible</a>.
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   a. Download the webpages and scripts needed for the HelloGENI exercise.
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Use `wget` to download the tarball of files onto your local machine and use `tar` to uncompress it:
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