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Contributing

New roles, playbooks, and modules are always welcome.

Contributions must meet a minimum criteria:

  • Must have a Molecule scenario/test
  • Must be idempotent
  • Must pass Ansible linter (run ./scripts/runLint.sh script)

Table of Contents:

Prerequisites

  • git
  • Docker CE
  • Python >= 3.6
    • Creating a Python venv is highly recommended!
  • Python modules listed in ci-requirements.txt
    • Can be installed using pip install -r ci-requirements.txt
  • Repository cloned to .../ansible_collections/<collection_namespace>/<collection_name>

Dev Environment

We use Molecule for testing our roles and have written converge playbooks and tests for all roles. We have developed a molecule image that can be used for development. Follow the instructions on Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/spmdevops/molecule

The Dockerfile that was used to create this image is located in the root directory.

Creating a new role

The role must have a minimum of

  • README.md file describing its functionality and requirements
  • meta/main.yml file with the authorship and license information for Ansible Galaxy
  • tasks/main.yml file with the tasks

This structure can be generated from the provided skeleton structure using

ansible-galaxy role init --init-path ./roles --role-skeleton ./skeleton_role awesome_role

Note: Role names are limited to contain only lowercase alphanumeric characters, plus _ and must begin with a letter.

Molecule Tests

To meet the acceptance requirements, the role must have a reasonable Molecule scenario defined.

In the molecule/ directory, copy the default scenario, and update the converge.yml and verify.yml playbooks to run/check your new role

These playbooks may be run using the molecule [converge|verify] -s scenario_name command, similar to Chef's Test-Kitchen framework

Python venv

Using a python virtual environment is recommended for running molecule tests locally. Create it in the collection root (the root of your repository) with the venv command.

Using a venv lets you keep all the packages and requirements for your molecule tests in an isolated environment that can be cleaned easily from your machine.

python3 -m venv myenv (running this in the root of your repo will create a myenv folder)
source myenv/bin/activate (your command line will indicate you are venv. "deactivate" will exit the venv)
brew install yamllint
python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
python3 -m pip install "molecule[ansible]"
python3 -m pip install "molecule[docker,lint]"
molecule test -s ihs-v85-centos-7 --destroy never (destroy never tag keeps the docker environment, useful if you have a large download or similar in your test)

Docs: https://packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/

Creating a new collection

Creating a new collection is quite simple:

  • Copy a new repository from the IBM/ansible_collection_template repo
  • Update the README.md and galaxy.yml files to match your desired namespace and collection name

Note: Make sure to never commit any sensitive or private data!