Ansible

Description

This plugin is designed for using ansible-playbook and ansible-lint in a Vela pipeline.

Source Code: https://github.com/go-vela/vela-ansible

Registry: https://hub.docker.com/r/target/vela-ansible

Usage

NOTE:

Users should refrain from using latest as the tag for the Docker image.

It is recommended to use a semantically versioned tag instead.

More information for ansible-lint can be found at: ansible-lint docs.
More information for ansible-playbook can be found at: ansible-playbook docs.

Sample for .vela.yml

steps:
  - name: ansible-lint
    image: target/vela-ansible:latest
    parameters:
      action: lint
      playbook: "abox/main.yml"
      lint_skip:
        - no-changed-when
        - key-order

  - name: ansible-playbook
    image: target/vela-ansible:latest
    parameters:
      action: playbook
      playbook: "abox/main.yml"
      options_inventory: "abox/inventory/hosts.yml"
      connection_user: root

Parameters

The following parameters are used to configure the image:

Parameter	Description	Required	Default
`log_level`	set the log level for the plugin (valid options: `info`, `debug`, `trace`)	true	info
`action`	set plugin action (valid options: `lint`, `playbook`	true	lint

Note: action parameter will determine whether to run ansible-lint or ansible-playbook. The default is set to ansible-lint.

Ansible-Lint

Parameter	Description	Required	Default
`playbook`	playbook to be ran by ansible-lint	true	false
`lint_version`	returns ansible-lint version and exits the program.	false	false
`lint_list`	lists all the rules.	false	false
`lint_format`	format used rules output `{rich,plain,rst,codeclimate,quiet,pep8}`	false	rich
`lint_quieter`	quieter, although not silent output.	false	false
`lint_parseable`	parseable output in the format of pep8.	false	false
`lint_parseableseverity`	parseable output including severity of rule.	false	false
`lint_progressive`	return success if it detects a reduction in number of violations compared with previous git commit. This feature works only in git repositories.	false	false
`lint_projectdir`	location of project/repository, autodetected based on location of configuration file.	false	N/A
`lint_rule`	specify one or more rules directories. -r flag (lint_rule) overrides the default rules in /path/to/ansible-lint/lib/ansiblelint/rules, unless -R (lint_rulesdefault) is also used.	false	N/A
`lint_rulesdefault`	use default rules in /path/to/ansible-lint/lib/ansiblelint/rules in addition to any extra rules directories specified with -r (lint_rule). There is no need to specify this if no -r (lint_rule) flag/s is/are used.	false	false
`lint_showrelativepath`	display path relative to CWD.	false	false
`lint_tags`	only check rules whose id/tags match these values.	false	N/A
`lint_tagslist`	list all the tags.	false	false
`lint_verbose`	increase verbosity level.	false	false
`lint_skip`	only check rules whose id/tags does not match these values.	false	N/A
`lint_warn`	only warn about these rules, unless overridden in config file defaults to 'experimental'	false	experimental
`lint_enable`	activate optional rules by their tag name	false	N/A
`lint_nocolor`	disable colored output.	false	false
`lint_forcecolor`	try force colored output.	false	false
`lint_exclude`	path to directories or files to skip.	false	N/A
`lint_config`	specify a configuration file to use.	false	.ansible-lint
`lint_offline`	disable installation of requirements.yml	false	false

Ansible-Playbook

Parameter	Description	Required	Default
`playbook`	playbook to be ran by ansible-playbook.	true	N/A

ansible-playbook options

Parameter	Description	Required	Default
`options_askvaultpass`	ask for vault password.	false	false
`options_flushcache`	clear the fact cache for every host in inventory.	false	false
`options_forcehandlers`	run handlers even if a task fails.	false	false
`options_listhosts`	outputs a list of matching hosts and exits program.	false	false
`options_listtags`	list all available tags	false	false
`options_listtasks`	list all tasks to be executed.	false	false
`options_skiptags`	only run plays and tasks whose tags does not match these values.	false	N/A
`options_startattask`	start the playbook at the task matching this name.	false	N/A
`options_step`	one-set-at-a-time: confirm each task before running.	false	false
`options_syntaxcheck`	perform a syntax check on the playbook and exits program.	false	false
`options_vaultid`	the vault identity to use.	false	N/A
`options_vaultpasswordfile`	vault password file.	false	N/A
`options_version`	returns ansible-playbook version number, configuration file location, configured module search path, module location, executable location and exits program.	false	false
`options_check`	dry-run, does not make any changes; instead, tries to predict some of the changes that may occur.	false	false
`options_difference`	when changing (small) files and template, shows the difference in those files.	false	false
`options_modulepath`	prepend colon-separated path(s) to module library	false	~/.ansible/plugins/modules:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules
`options_extravars`	set additional variables as key=value or YAML/JSON, if filename is prepend with @	false	N/A
`options_forks`	specify number of parallel processes to use.	false	5
`options_inventory`	specify inventory host path or comma separated host list.	true	N/A
`options_limit`	further limit selected hosts to additional pattern.	false	false
`options_tags`	only run plays and task whose tags matches these values.	false	N/A
`options_verbose`	verbose mode.	false	false
`options_verbosemore`	verbose mode: more verbose.	false	false
`options_verbosedebug`	verbose mode: connection debugging	false	false

ansible-playbook connection

Parameter	Description	Required	Default
`connection_privatekey`	use this file to authenticate the connection.	false	N/A
`connection_scpextraargs`	specify extra arguments to pass to scp only.	false	N/A
`connection_sftpextraargs`	specify extra arguments to pass to sftp only.	false	N/A
`connection_sshextraargs`	specify extra arguments to pass to ssh only.	false	N/A
`connection_sshcommonargs`	specify common arguments to pass to scp/sftp/ssh.	false	N/A
`connection_timeout`	override the connection timeout in seconds.	false	10
`connection_connection`	connection type to use.	false	smart
`connection_user`	connect as this user.	false	none
`connection_passwordfile`	connection password file	false	N/A

ansible-playbook privilege escalation

Parameter	Description	Required	Default
`privilege_becomemethod`	privilege escalation method to use.	false	sudo
`privilege_becomeuser`	run operation as this user.	false	root
`privilege_askbecomepass`	ask for privilege escalation password.	false	false
`privilege_become`	run operations with become (does not imply password prompting)	false	false
`privilege_becomepassfile`	become password file	false	N/A

Template

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Troubleshooting

You can start troubleshooting this plugin by tuning the level of logs being displayed:

steps:
  - name: ansible-lint
    image: target/vela-ansible:latest
    parameters:
+     log_level: trace
      action: lint
      playbook: "abox/main.yml"

Below are a list of common problems and how to solve them:

Description​

Usage​

Sample for .vela.yml​

Parameters​

Ansible-Lint​

Ansible-Playbook​

ansible-playbook options​

ansible-playbook connection​

ansible-playbook privilege escalation​

Template​

Troubleshooting​