Molecule project is designed to aid in the development and testing of Ansible roles.
Molecule provides support for testing with multiple instances, operating systems and distributions, virtualization providers, test frameworks and testing scenarios.
Molecule encourages an approach that results in consistently developed roles that are well-written, easily understood and maintained.
Molecule supports only the latest two major versions of Ansible (N/N-1), meaning that if the latest version is 2.9.x, we will also test our code with 2.8.x.
Once installed, the command line can be called using any of the methods below:
molecule ...
python3 -m molecule ... # python module calling method
This article describes one approach to setting up a GitLab CI/CD pipeline for testing and deploying Ansible content.
Zuul is a Project Gating System. That’s like a CI or CD system, but the focus is on testing the future state of code repositories.
A gating system doesn’t just test a proposed change; it tests the proposed future state of multiple branches and repositories with any number of in-flight changes and their dependencies. And the same playbooks used to test software can also be used to deploy it.
Zuul itself is a service which listens to events from various code review systems, executes jobs based on those events, and reports the results back to the code review system. The primary interface for Zuul is the code review system (or systems) so that it fits seamlessly into developer workflows, and a web interface is available for inspecting the current status and browsing build results.
The best way to run Zuul is with a single installation serving as many projects or groups as possible. It is a multi-tenant application that is able to provide as much or as little separation between projects as desired.
Molecule project is designed to aid in the development and testing of Ansible roles.
Molecule provides support for testing with multiple instances, operating systems and distributions, virtualization providers, test frameworks and testing scenarios.
Molecule encourages an approach that results in consistently developed roles that are well-written, easily understood and maintained.
Molecule supports only the latest two major versions of Ansible (N/N-1), meaning that if the latest version is 2.9.x, we will also test our code with 2.8.x.
Once installed, the command line can be called using any of the methods below:
molecule
Flux is a tool that automatically ensures that the state of a cluster matches the config in git. It uses an operator in the cluster to trigger deployments inside Kubernetes, which means you don't need a separate CD tool. It monitors all relevant image repositories, detects new images, triggers deployments and updates the desired running configuration based on that (and a configurable policy).
The benefits are: you don't need to grant your CI access to the cluster, every change is atomic and transactional, git has your audit log. Each transaction either fails or succeeds cleanly. You're entirely code centric and don't need new infrastructure.
Automate Software Testing and Delivery
Drone is a self-service Continuous Delivery platform for busy development teams.
live-wrapper is a tool initially produced by the Debian Live Team that can be used to create Debian-based live images for use with CDs, DVDs or USB sticks.
Ansible Runner is a tool and python library that helps when interfacing with Ansible directly or as part of another system whether that be through a container image interface, as a standalone tool, or as a Python module that can be imported. The goal is to provide a stable and consistent interface abstraction to Ansible. This allows Ansible to be embedded into other systems that don’t want to manage the complexities of the interface on their own (such as CI/CD platforms, Jenkins, or other automated tooling).
Tails ist ein Live-Betriebssystem, das Sie auf auf vielen Computern von einer DVD, einem USB-Stick oder einer SD-Karte aus starten können. Es zielt darauf ab, Ihre Privatsphäre und Anonymität zu bewahren und hilft Ihnen:
- das Internet anonym zu nutzen und Zensur zu umgehen;
alle Verbindungen zum Internet werden zwingend durch das Tor Netzwerk geleitet; - auf dem verwendeten Computer keine Spuren zu hinterlassen, sofern Sie es nicht ausdrücklich wünschen;
- kryptographische Werkzeuge auf dem aktuellen Stand der Technik zu benutzen um Ihre Dateien, E-Mails und Instant-Messaging-Nachrichten zu verschlüsseln.