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SM Ansible Action

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SM Ansible Action

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SM Ansible Action

Ansible action that uses virtualenv and .netrc to configure authentication

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: SM Ansible Action

              
  uses: searchmetrics/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in searchmetrics/sm-ansible-action

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sm-ansible-action

Ansible action that caches requirements using virtualenv and prepare for private repo login

Usage

You can use the SM Ansible GitHub Action in a GitHub Actions Workflow by configuring a YAML-based workflow file, e.g. .github/workflows/ansible.yml, with the following:

name: ansible
on: [push]

jobs:
  test_action:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - run: python3 --version

      - name: ansible-action
        id: test-action
        uses: searchmetrics/[email protected]
        with:
          python-version: '3.9'
          python-requirements: ./requirements.txt
          ansible-roles: test_files/roles.yml
          netrc-token: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: testing ansible bin output
        run: ${{ steps.test-action.outputs.ansible-bin }} --version
      ## You can also use virtual env
      - name: testing separate commands ansible
        run: |
          source ${{ steps.test-action.outputs.activate-script }}
          ansible --version

      - name: testing ansible galaxy install
        run: |
          source ${{ steps.test-action.outputs.activate-script }}
          ansible-galaxy collection install community.kubernetes
        
      - name: testing ansible galaxy install
        run: |
          source ${{ steps.test-action.outputs.activate-script }}
          ansible-playbook super-play.yml

Inputs

This action supports the following inputs:

Key Required Description
python-version Optional python version for setup-python action. Defaults to 3.9
netrc-token Optional netrc token for private repos: Defaults to not-set which doesn't create the file
python-requirements Optional requirements file to install ansible and other libs. Defaults to not-set which uses the requirements.txt from the action root
ansible-roles Optional Ansible roles file to install playbook dependencies. Defaults to not-set skip execution of ansible-galaxy`.

Exported vars

All variables from Setup-python action plus:

ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER=python3

Outputs

This action supports the following inputs:

Key Description
venv-dir virtualenv dir
ansible-bin virtualenv ansible bin
ansible-playbook-bin virtualenv ansible playbook bin
ansible-lint-bin virtualenv ansible-lint bin
ansible-galaxy-bin virtualenv ansible-galaxy bin
pip-bin virtualenv pip bin
activate-script virtualenv activate script`

Todo

  • Review doc