Image runner-Ansible

Simple container used to build & test ansible playbooks, using gitlabCI runner, under a container based on startx/fedora container

Available flavours

Docker Hub repository	Content	Ansible	Python	Make
startx/runner-ansible:latest	Fedora core rawhide	2.9.21	3.9.5	4.3
startx/runner-ansible:35	Fedora core 35	2.9.21	3.9.5	4.3
startx/runner-ansible:34	Fedora core 34	2.9.21	3.9.5	4.3
startx/runner-ansible:33	Fedora core 33			4.3
startx/runner-ansible:32	Fedora core 32	2.9.21	3.9.5	4.3
startx/runner-ansible:31	Fedora core 31	2.9.14	3.7.9	4.2.1
startx/runner-ansible:30	Fedora core 30
startx/runner-ansible:29	Fedora core 29
startx/runner-ansible:28	Fedora core 28
startx/runner-ansible:27	Fedora core 27
startx/runner-ansible:alma8	Alma 8	2.9.21	3.6.8	4.2.1
startx/runner-ansible:rocky8	Rocky 8	2.9.21	3.6.8	4.2.1
startx/runner-ansible:centos9	Centos 9	2.9.21	3.6.8	4.2.1
startx/runner-ansible:centos8	Centos 8	2.9.21	3.6.8	4.2.1
startx/runner-ansible:centos7	Centos 7	2.9.21	2.7.5	3.82
startx/runner-ansible:ubi8	RedHat UBI 8			4.3
startx/runner-ansible:alpine3	Alpine 3.12	2.9.14	3.8.10	4.3

Running from dockerhub registry

If you want to be guided on setting-up and installing various containers engines (docker, podman, s2i, dockerEE, kubernetes, openshift) you can read ours containers engines guidelines.

• with docker you can run docker run -it --name="service-ansible" startx/runner-ansible from any docker host
• with docker-compose you can create a docker-compose.yml file with the following content

service:
  image: startx/runner-ansible:latest
  container_name: "service-ansible"
  volumes:
    - "/tmp/container/ansible/logs:/logs:z"

Using this image as base container

You can use this Dockerfile template to start a new personalized container based on this container. Create a file named Dockerfile in your project directory and copy this content inside. See docker guide for instructions on how to use this file.

FROM quay.io/startx/runner-ansible:latest
#... your container specifications
CMD ["/bin/sx", "run"]

Environment variable

This container is based on startx fedora container who came with some additional environment variable

Variable	Type	Mandatory	Description
base image environement			see environment list
HOSTNAME	auto	auto	Container unique id automatically assigned by docker daemon at startup
LOG_PATH	auto	auto	default set to /var/log/ansible and used as a volume mountpoint

Exposed port

no exposed port

Exposed volumes

Container directory	Description
/logs	log directory used to record container and ansible logs

Testing the service

access to the runner with docker logs service-ansible.

For advanced users

You want to use this container and code to build and create locally this container, follow theses instructions.

This section will help you if you want to :

• Get latest version of this service container
• Enhance container content by adding instruction in Dockefile before build step

You must have a working environment with the source code of this repository. Read and follow how to setup your working environment to get a working directory. The following instructions assume you are at the top level of your working directory.

Build & run a container using docker

1. Jump into the container directory with cd GitlabRunner/ansible
2. Build the container using docker build -t runner-ansible .
3. Run this container
4. Interactively with docker run -v /logs -it runner-ansible. If you add a second parameter (like /bin/ansible) to will run this command instead of the default entrypoint. Usefull to interact with this container (ex: /bin/ansible, /bin/ps -a, /bin/df -h,…)
5. As a daemon with docker run -v /logs -d runner-ansible sleep infinity

Build & run a container using docker-compose

1. Jump into the container directory with cd GitlabRunner/ansible
2. Run this container
3. Interactively with docker-compose up Startup logs appears and escaping this command stop the container
4. As a daemon with docker-compose up -d. Container startup logs can be read using docker-compose logs