bortels/ansiblesh

run ansible in an on-the-fly docker container

Ansible in docker on-the-fly

1. clone this repo.

2. Build the docker image

docker build -t ansiblesh .

3. Create a ~/bin directory, and copy the "ansible" script there, creating symlinks to each of the ansible programs:

   mkdir ~/bin cp ansible ~/bin cd ~/bin chmod a+x ansible ln -s ansible ansible-doc ln -s ansible ansible-galaxy ln -s ansible ansible-playbook ln -s ansible ansible-pull ln -s ansible ansible-vault

4. ensure that ~/bin is the first directory on your PATH.

5. test:

   First, hit the old, system ansible:

   ~$ /usr/bin/ansible --version ansible 1.6.2

   Now try ansible in docker

   ~$ ansible --version ansible 1.7.2

Notes:

Depending on how you run docker, you may want to add additional "-v" lines to the ansible script to include your different library files like common.yml. The Dockerfile and ansible script are both very short, and should be easy to decipher and modify to fit your needs.

If you have useful additions/suggestions to this, please drop me a note.

-- Tom Bortels, bortels@gmail.com