diff --git a/website/content/blog/2019-11-22_ara-is-now-packaged-for-fedora/index.md b/website/content/blog/2019-11-22_ara-is-now-packaged-for-fedora/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2d071a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/blog/2019-11-22_ara-is-now-packaged-for-fedora/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +--- +author: "David Moreau Simard" +categories: + - news +tags: + - ansible +date: 2019-11-22 +title: "ARA is now packaged for Fedora !" +slug: ara-is-now-packaged-for-fedora +type: post +--- + +We are happy to announce that ARA has successfully been included in +[Fedora](https://getfedora.org/) ! + +The latest version ([1.2.0](https://ara.recordsansible.org/blog/2019/11/06/announcing-the-release-of-ara-records-ansible-1.2/)) +is available for Fedora 30, Fedora 31 as well as Rawhide (Fedora 32). + +You can find the source for the packaging files on [src.fedoraproject.org](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/ara/tree/master) +and the builds on [koji.fedoraproject.org](https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=24394). + +Contributions to improve the packaging are welcome ! + +## How to get started + +If you are using Ansible from Fedora packages, you can start recording playbooks +with ARA easily: + +``` +# Install ARA's Ansible plugins and the API server dependencies +dnf install ara ara-server + +# Configure Ansible to load the ARA callback plugin +export ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_PLUGINS=$(python3 -m ara.setup.callback_plugins) + +# Run your playbooks as usual +ansible-playbook playbook.yml + +# Start the embedded server +ara-manage runserver + +# That's it ! +``` + +You can see what it looks like in this small recording: + + + +If you'd like to see the built-in web interface looks like, you can find a live +demo on [api.demo.recordsansible.org](https://api.demo.recordsansible.org). + +## Want to contribute, chat or need help ? + +If you would like to help with packaging ARA for other distributions, please +reach out ! + +The project community hangs out on [IRC and Slack](https://ara.recordsansible.org/community/).