This repository can be used to establish an integration between Ansible and a targeted server(s) and run Playbooks.

cp ansible/hosts.sample ansible/hosts
vi ansible/hosts

docker build ansible -f=ansible/Dockerfile --tag=ansible:executor
docker-compose -f=ansible/docker-compose.yml up -d

docker exec -it ansible-executor bash

If desired, Playbooks can be tested locally against the Testing Target container before executing on remote servers. Build and spin up the container with the following commands.

docker build ansible -f=ansible/Dockerfile.testing-target --tag=ansible-testing-target
docker-compose -f=ansible/docker-compose.testing-target.yml up -d

The password for the root user configured in the Testing Target container is: password

With that information, the testing node can be added to the hosts file as follows:

testing-target ansible_host=test

ansible all -m ping

ansible all -a "python3 --version"

• Make username and group values dynamic using variables within the docker playbook