Docker-Ansible base image

Additional services

• Sed
• Bash
• Base64

Usage

Environnement variable

Variable	Default Value	Usage
PIP_REQUIREMENTS	requirements.txt	install python library requirements
ANSIBLE_REQUIREMENTS	requirements.yml	install ansible galaxy roles requirements
DEPLOY_KEY		pass an SSH private key to use in container
DEPLOY_HOST		pass an SSH known hosts use in container

Mitogen

To enable mitogen, add this configuration into defaults in defaults.cfg file

action_plugins = ~/.ansible/plugins/action:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/action
strategy_plugins = /opt/mitogen/ansible_mitogen/plugins/strategy
strategy = mitogen_linear

Run Playbook

docker run -it --rm \
  -v ${PWD}:/ansible \
  asapdotid/ansible-alpine:latest \
  ansible-playbook -i inventory playbook.yml

Generate Base Role structure

docker run -it --rm \
  -v ${PWD}:/ansible \
  asapdotid/ansible-alpine:latest \
  ansible-galaxy init role-name

Lint Role

docker run -it --rm asapdotid/ansible-alpine:latest \
  -v ${PWD}:/ansible ansible-playbook tests/playbook.yml --syntax-check

Run with forwarding ssh agent

docker run -it --rm \
  -v $(readlink -f $SSH_AUTH_SOCK):/ssh-agent \
  -v ${PWD}:/ansible \
  -e SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/ssh-agent \
  asapdotid/ansible-alpine:latest \
  sh

Modified entrypoint & Dockerfile

• insert SSH private key use base64 decode -d
• Dockerfile add ssh config LogLevel ERROR

Ansible Galaxy Collection

• Ansible Synchronize ansible.posix (https://galaxy.ansible.com/ansible/posix)
• Ansible Docker community.docker (https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/docker)