How to create and test ansible role.md

Ansible role with testing

Install ansible and tools

pipx install --include-deps yamllint
pipx install --include-deps ansible
pipx install --include-deps "ansible-lint[community,yamllint]"
pipx install --include-deps "molecule[docker]"
pipx inject --include-apps ansible ansible-lint
pipx inject --include-apps ansible molecule
pipx inject ansible docker
pipx inject ansible python-vagrant
pipx inject ansible netaddr
pipx inject ansible molecule-docker
pipx inject ansible molecule-podman
pipx inject ansible molecule-vagrant

Create role with molecule

molecule init role role_name --driver-name docker

Prepare molecule config

This is molecule/default/molecule.yml

---
dependency:
  name: galaxy
driver:
  name: docker
platforms:
  - name: instance
    image: geerlingguy/docker-ubuntu2004-ansible
    pre_build_image: true
provisioner:
  name: ansible
verifier:
  name: ansible

Make some stuff in role

Don't forget to set properly values in meta/main.yml!

Run test

molecule test

Useful links

• https://getbetterdevops.io/testing-ansible-roles-using-molecule-with-docker/
• https://molecule.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting-started.html
• https://github.com/ansible-community/toolset
• ansible/molecule#2489