Make Ansible Operator parameter case conversion optional

changelog/fragments/ansible-operator-optional-case.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      The `snakeCaseParameters` option has been added to the `watches.yaml` for
+      Ansible-based Operators. This allows the user to configure whether parameters
+      in the resource spec are automatically converted from camelCase to snake_case.
+      The default is `true`, so there is no behavior change for existing  operators,
+      but it can now be disabled.
+
+    kind: "addition"
+    breaking: false

pkg/ansible/runner/runner.go

@@ -131,27 +131,29 @@ func New(watch watches.Watch) (Runner, error) {
 	}
 
 	return &runner{
-		Path:               path,
-		cmdFunc:            cmdFunc,
-		Vars:               watch.Vars,
-		Finalizer:          watch.Finalizer,
-		finalizerCmdFunc:   finalizerCmdFunc,
-		GVK:                watch.GroupVersionKind,
-		maxRunnerArtifacts: watch.MaxRunnerArtifacts,
-		ansibleVerbosity:   watch.AnsibleVerbosity,
+		Path:                path,
+		cmdFunc:             cmdFunc,
+		Vars:                watch.Vars,
+		Finalizer:           watch.Finalizer,
+		finalizerCmdFunc:    finalizerCmdFunc,
+		GVK:                 watch.GroupVersionKind,
+		maxRunnerArtifacts:  watch.MaxRunnerArtifacts,
+		ansibleVerbosity:    watch.AnsibleVerbosity,
+		snakeCaseParameters: watch.SnakeCaseParameters,
 	}, nil
 }
 
 // runner - implements the Runner interface for a GVK that's being watched.
 type runner struct {
-	Path               string                  // path on disk to a playbook or role depending on what cmdFunc expects
-	GVK                schema.GroupVersionKind // GVK being watched that corresponds to the Path
-	Finalizer          *watches.Finalizer
-	Vars               map[string]interface{}
-	cmdFunc            cmdFuncType // returns a Cmd that runs ansible-runner
-	finalizerCmdFunc   cmdFuncType
-	maxRunnerArtifacts int
-	ansibleVerbosity   int
+	Path                string                  // path on disk to a playbook or role depending on what cmdFunc expects
+	GVK                 schema.GroupVersionKind // GVK being watched that corresponds to the Path
+	Finalizer           *watches.Finalizer
+	Vars                map[string]interface{}
+	cmdFunc             cmdFuncType // returns a Cmd that runs ansible-runner
+	finalizerCmdFunc    cmdFuncType
+	maxRunnerArtifacts  int
+	ansibleVerbosity    int
+	snakeCaseParameters bool
 }
 
 func (r *runner) Run(ident string, u *unstructured.Unstructured, kubeconfig string) (RunResult, error) {
@@ -307,7 +309,16 @@ func (r *runner) makeParameters(u *unstructured.Unstructured) map[string]interfa
 		spec = map[string]interface{}{}
 	}
 
-	parameters := paramconv.MapToSnake(spec)
+	parameters := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	if r.snakeCaseParameters {
+		parameters = paramconv.MapToSnake(spec)
+	} else {
+		for k, v := range spec {
+			parameters[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
 	parameters["meta"] = map[string]string{"namespace": u.GetNamespace(), "name": u.GetName()}
 
 	objKey := escapeAnsibleKey(fmt.Sprintf("_%v_%v", r.GVK.Group, strings.ToLower(r.GVK.Kind)))

pkg/ansible/watches/watches.go

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ type Watch struct {
 	ManageStatus                bool                      `yaml:"manageStatus"`
 	WatchDependentResources     bool                      `yaml:"watchDependentResources"`
 	WatchClusterScopedResources bool                      `yaml:"watchClusterScopedResources"`
+	SnakeCaseParameters         bool                      `yaml:"snakeCaseParameters"`
 	Selector                    metav1.LabelSelector      `yaml:"selector"`
 
 	// Not configurable via watches.yaml
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ var (
 	manageStatusDefault                = true
 	watchDependentResourcesDefault     = true
 	watchClusterScopedResourcesDefault = false
+	snakeCaseParametersDefault         = true
 	selectorDefault                    = metav1.LabelSelector{}
 
 	// these are overridden by cmdline flags
@@ -123,14 +125,14 @@ type alias struct {
 	ManageStatus                *bool                     `yaml:"manageStatus,omitempty"`
 	WatchDependentResources     *bool                     `yaml:"watchDependentResources,omitempty"`
 	WatchClusterScopedResources *bool                     `yaml:"watchClusterScopedResources,omitempty"`
+	SnakeCaseParameters         *bool                     `yaml:"snakeCaseParameters"`
 	Blacklist                   []schema.GroupVersionKind `yaml:"blacklist,omitempty"`
 	Finalizer                   *Finalizer                `yaml:"finalizer"`
 	Selector                    tempLabelSelector         `yaml:"selector"`
 }
 
 // buildWatch will build Watch based on the values parsed from alias
 func (w *Watch) setValuesFromAlias(tmp alias) error {
-
 	// by default, the operator will manage status and watch dependent resources
 	if tmp.ManageStatus == nil {
 		tmp.ManageStatus = &manageStatusDefault
@@ -150,10 +152,15 @@ func (w *Watch) setValuesFromAlias(tmp alias) error {
 	if tmp.WatchClusterScopedResources == nil {
 		tmp.WatchClusterScopedResources = &watchClusterScopedResourcesDefault
 	}
+
 	if tmp.Blacklist == nil {
 		tmp.Blacklist = blacklistDefault
 	}
 
+	if tmp.SnakeCaseParameters == nil {
+		tmp.SnakeCaseParameters = &snakeCaseParametersDefault
+	}
+
 	gvk := schema.GroupVersionKind{
 		Group:   tmp.Group,
 		Version: tmp.Version,
@@ -174,6 +181,7 @@ func (w *Watch) setValuesFromAlias(tmp alias) error {
 	w.ReconcilePeriod = tmp.ReconcilePeriod.Duration
 	w.ManageStatus = *tmp.ManageStatus
 	w.WatchDependentResources = *tmp.WatchDependentResources
+	w.SnakeCaseParameters = *tmp.SnakeCaseParameters
 	w.WatchClusterScopedResources = *tmp.WatchClusterScopedResources
 	w.Finalizer = tmp.Finalizer
 	w.AnsibleVerbosity = getAnsibleVerbosity(gvk, ansibleVerbosityDefault)
@@ -301,6 +309,7 @@ func New(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, role, playbook string, vars map[string]int
 		ManageStatus:                manageStatusDefault,
 		WatchDependentResources:     watchDependentResourcesDefault,
 		WatchClusterScopedResources: watchClusterScopedResourcesDefault,
+		SnakeCaseParameters:         snakeCaseParametersDefault,
 		Finalizer:                   finalizer,
 		AnsibleVerbosity:            ansibleVerbosityDefault,
 		Selector:                    selectorDefault,

pkg/ansible/watches/watches_test.go

@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("Unexpected watchDependentResources %v expected %v", watch.WatchDependentResources,
 					watchDependentResourcesDefault)
 			}
+			if watch.SnakeCaseParameters != snakeCaseParametersDefault {
+				t.Fatalf("Unexpected snakeCaseParameters %v expected %v", watch.SnakeCaseParameters,
+					snakeCaseParametersDefault)
+			}
 			if watch.WatchClusterScopedResources != watchClusterScopedResourcesDefault {
 				t.Fatalf("Unexpected watchClusterScopedResources %v expected %v",
 					watch.WatchClusterScopedResources, watchClusterScopedResourcesDefault)
@@ -143,6 +147,7 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 			ReconcilePeriod:             twoSeconds,
 			WatchDependentResources:     true,
 			WatchClusterScopedResources: false,
+			SnakeCaseParameters:         true,
 		},
 		Watch{
 			GroupVersionKind: schema.GroupVersionKind{
@@ -153,6 +158,7 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 			Playbook:                    validTemplate.ValidPlaybook,
 			ManageStatus:                true,
 			WatchDependentResources:     true,
+			SnakeCaseParameters:         false,
 			WatchClusterScopedResources: false,
 			Finalizer: &Finalizer{
 				Name: "finalizer.app.example.com",

test/ansible/deploy/crds/test.example.com_casetest_crd.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: casetests.test.example.com
+spec:
+  group: test.example.com
+  names:
+    kind: CaseTest
+    listKind: CaseTestList
+    plural: casetests
+    singular: casetest
+  scope: Namespaced
+  versions:
+  - name: v1alpha1
+    schema:
+      openAPIV3Schema:
+        type: object
+        x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
+    served: true
+    storage: true
+    subresources:
+      status: {}

test/ansible/molecule/cluster/tasks/case_test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+- name: Create the test.example.com/v1alpha1.CaseTest
+  k8s:
+    state: present
+    definition:
+      apiVersion: test.example.com/v1alpha1
+      kind: CaseTest
+      metadata:
+        name: case-test
+        namespace: '{{ namespace }}'
+      spec:
+        camelCaseVar: "true"
+    wait: yes
+    wait_timeout: 300
+    wait_condition:
+      type: Running
+      reason: Successful
+      status: "True"
+  register: case_test
+
+- name: Assert sentinel ConfigMap has been created for Molecule Test
+  assert:
+    that: cm.data.shouldBeCamel == 'true'
+  vars:
+    cm: "{{ q('k8s', api_version='v1', kind='ConfigMap', namespace=namespace, resource_name='case-test').0 }}"

test/ansible/playbooks/case.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: no
+  collections:
+    - community.kubernetes
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Create configmap
+      k8s:
+        definition:
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: ConfigMap
+          metadata:
+            name: '{{ meta.name }}'
+            namespace: '{{ meta.namespace }}'
+          data:
+            shouldBeCamel: '{{ camelCaseVar | default("false") }}'

test/ansible/playbooks/secret.yml

@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@
           data:
             '{{ item.key }}': '{{ item.value | b64decode }}'
       with_dict: '{{ __secret.data }}'
-

test/ansible/watches.yaml

@@ -28,3 +28,8 @@
     matchExpressions:
      - {key: testLabel, operator: Exists, values: []}
 
+- version: v1alpha1
+  group: test.example.com
+  kind: CaseTest
+  playbook: playbooks/case.yml
+  snakeCaseParameters: false

website/content/en/docs/ansible/quickstart.md

@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ Resource spec field along to Ansible as extra
 [variables](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/user_guide/playbooks_variables.html#passing-variables-on-the-command-line).
 The names of all variables in the spec field are converted to snake_case
 by the operator before running ansible. For example, `serviceAccount` in
-the spec becomes `service_account` in ansible.
+the spec becomes `service_account` in ansible. You can disable this case conversion
+by setting the `snakeCaseParameters` option to `false` in your `watches.yaml`.
 It is recommended that you perform some type validation in Ansible on the
 variables to ensure that your application is receiving expected input.
 

website/content/en/docs/ansible/reference/watches.md

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ Some features can be overridden per resource via an annotation on that CR. The o
 | Max Runner Artifacts | `maxRunnerArtifacts` | Manages the number of [artifact directories](https://ansible-runner.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#runner-artifacts-directory-hierarchy) that ansible runner will keep in the operator container for each individual resource. | ansible.operator-sdk/max-runner-artifacts | 20 | |
 | Finalizer | `finalizer`  | Sets a finalizer on the CR and maps a deletion event to a playbook or role | | | [finalizers](../finalizers)|
 | Selector | `selector`  | Identifies a set of objects based on their labels | | None Applied | [Labels and Selectors](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels/)|
+| Automatic Case Conversion | `snakeCaseParameters`  | Determines whether to convert the CR spec from camelCase to snake_case before passing the contents to Ansible as extra_vars| | true | |
+
+
 #### Example
 ```YaML
 ---
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ Some features can be overridden per resource via an annotation on that CR. The o
   reconcilePeriod: 5s
   manageStatus: False
   watchDependentResources: False
+  snakeCaseParameters: False
   finalizer:
     name: finalizer.app.example.com
     vars: