How to configure passwordless privileged execution in Ansible Automation Platform without using 'NOPASSWD' in sudoers file?

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Issue

  • How to configure Ansible Credential to run privileged commands (sudo) without specifying a password and not using NOPASSWD
  • Due to security restrictions, NOPASSWD clause cannot be used in sudoers files as well as a static password cannot be set in users accounts.
  • How to setup Ansible Automation Platform to work using ssh-agent in order to run sudo commands without password prompting.

Environment

  • Ansible Automation Platform 2.4
  • Ansible Automation Platform 2.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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