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Ansible role types

Try variables for their type.

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This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: buluma.types

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: buluma.bootstrap

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for types

# A list of strings.
types_strings:
  - "hello"
  - "1.2.3"

# A list of integers.
types_integers:
  - 0
  - 1
  - 2

# A list of booleans.
types_booleans:
  - true
  - Yes
  - YES
  - true
  - True
  - TRUE
  - false
  - No
  - NO
  - false
  - False
  - FALSE

# A list of floats.
types_floats:
  - 0.0
  - 0.1

# A map.
types_map:
  value1: something
  value2: not-something

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement GitHub Version
buluma.bootstrap Ansible Molecule Version

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

dependencies

This role has been tested on these container images:

container tags
Alpine all
Amazon Candidate
EL 8
Debian all
Fedora all
opensuse all
Ubuntu all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

  • The previous version.
  • The current version.
  • The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub

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