AlmaLinux 8 Docker Container for Ansible Testing

This is a Docker test container for Ansible testing on AlmaLinux 8. Based on docker-almalinux8-ansible from gillico.

Tags

• latest - Latest stable release of AlmaLinux 8.8, Ansible 2.15.1, Ansible 6.17.2, Python 3.9.16

Build

To build this docker container you can do the following.

• Install Docker Engine, see here for details.
• Clone this repository.
  • $ git clone https://github.com/nodespacehosting/docker-almalinux8-ansible.git
• Change to the repositories directory.
  • $ cd docker-almalinux8-ansible
• Run the command
  • $ docker build -t almalinux8-ansible .

Usage

This container is intended to be used for automated Ansible linting and syntax checking using CI/CD pipelines. It is not intended to be used as a general purpose container, although it can be used for that purpose if you so desire.

An example of how to use this container using GitLab CI/CD is shown below.

---
image: nodespace/docker-almalinux8-ansible

before_script:
  - dnf update -y
  - git submodule update --init
  - pip3 install --upgrade pip
  - pip3 install --upgrade ansible-lint
  - ansible --version
  - ansible-lint --version

stages:
  - ansible-lint
  - ansible-syntax-check

ansible-lint:
  stage: ansible-lint
  script:
    - ansible-lint *.yml

ansible-syntax-check:
  stage: ansible-syntax-check
  script:
    - ansible-playbook --inventory inventory --syntax-check *.yml

Keep in mind that this is just an example and you will need to modify it to suit your needs.

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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