Ansible Quick Start for Mint 18.x
Hello Mint User! This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on How to Install and Getting-Started with Ainsible Automation Platform on Linux Mint 18.x Sarah/Serena/Sonya/Sylvia LTS GNU/Linux Systems.
Ansible is an Agent-less IT Automation Tool developed in 2012 by Michael DeHaan, a former Red Hat associate.
Ansible is a radically simple IT Automation Engine that Automates Cloud provisioning, Configuration management, Application deployment, Intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs.
Ansible Works Connecting over SSH to Servers and Executing YAML Scripts (Playbooks) containing all the Tasks to Perform.

Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
How to Enable Ansible PPA for Mint
Ansible Installation on Mint.
sudo apt install ansible
How to Getting-Started with Ansible for Mint Linux