/ansible-docker

An ansible docker image

jefferyb/ansible

This is image contains git and ansible

Tags:

Volumes:

For your playbooks
  • -v /playbooks
For your ssh keys
  • -v /root/.ssh
For configuration
  • -v /etc/ansible
Working Directory
  • WORKDIR /playbooks

Usage Examples:

Ping for testing:

$ docker run --rm -it \
    -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh \
    -v $HOME/playbooks:/playbooks \
    -v $HOME/playbooks/hosts:/etc/ansible/hosts \
    jefferyb/ansible:xenial \
    ansible -u $USER remote_server -m ping

Bash Command line:

$ docker run --rm -it \
    -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh \
    -v $HOME/playbooks:/playbooks \
    -v $HOME/playbooks/hosts:/etc/ansible/hosts \
    jefferyb/ansible:xenial bash

$ ansible -u username remote_server -m ping

and you can start using ansible as normal

Useful hints:

Assuming your playbooks are located at $HOME/playbooks and your hosts file is located at $HOME/playbooks/hosts, then you can do:

$ alias ansible="docker run --rm -it -v $HOME/.ssh:/root/.ssh -v $HOME/playbooks:/playbooks -v $HOME/playbooks/hosts:/etc/ansible/hosts jefferyb/ansible:xenial ansible -u $USER"
$ ansible remote_server -m ping