Ansible Execution Environment

Environments

[ec2-user@ip ~]$ cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
VERSION="8.6 (Ootpa)"
ID="rhel"
ID_LIKE="fedora"
VERSION_ID="8.6"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
PRETTY_NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (Ootpa)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;31"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://www.redhat.com/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"

REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.6
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.6"

[ec2-user@ip test]$ pip --version
pip 19.3.1 from /home/ec2-user/test/builder/lib64/python3.8/site-packages/pip (python 3.8)

Installation

mkdir ~/ansible-builder && cd ~/ansible-builder
python -m venv builder
source builder/bin/activate
pip3.8 install ansible
pip3.8 install ansible-builder
pip3.8 install ansible-runner

Build

podman build -f context/Containerfile -t vmware-ee-image context

List the collections

(builder) [root@ip demo]# podman run -it vmware-ee-image:latest ansible-galaxy collection list

# /usr/share/ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection              Version
----------------------- -------
amazon.aws              2.0.0  
ansible.controller      4.1.2  
ansible.netcommon       2.4.0  
ansible.network         1.2.0  
ansible.posix           1.2.0  
ansible.security        1.0.0  
ansible.utils           2.4.2  
ansible.windows         1.7.3  
arista.eos              3.1.0  
cisco.asa               2.1.0  
cisco.ios               2.5.0  
cisco.iosxr             2.5.0  
cisco.nxos              2.7.1  
cloud.common            2.0.3  
community.general       5.1.1  
community.vmware        2.6.0  
frr.frr                 1.0.3  
ibm.qradar              1.0.3  
junipernetworks.junos   2.7.1  
kubernetes.core         2.1.1  
openvswitch.openvswitch 2.0.2  
redhat.insights         1.0.5  
redhat.openshift        2.0.1  
redhat.rhv              1.4.4  
redhat.satellite        2.2.0  
servicenow.itsm         1.2.0  
splunk.es               1.0.2  
trendmicro.deepsec      1.1.0  
vmware.vmware_rest      2.1.0  
vyos.vyos               2.6.0

Test the 'vmware-ee-image' Image

ansible-runner run --process-isolation demo -p test.yml --container-image vmware-ee-image:latest

git clone <this-repo>
cd ansible-execution-environment/demo
ansible-runner run --process-isolation . --container-volume-mount .:/runner/project --container-image vmware-ee-image:latest -p test.yml --cmdline "--extra-vars 'drmon_api=http://185.81.165.121:9989'"

Add the image to Ansible Automation Platform

You can try the ee which I have already pushed to quay.io with the following instructions.

# login to ansible automation platform server 
su - awx
podman pull quay.io/alcnsahin/ansible-execution-environment
podman image ls

After pulling, open the Automation platform and add a new execution environment with this image.