├── README.md
└── Dockerfile


/README.md:
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1 | # ansible_container
2 | Looking to place Ansible in a container (i.e. run Ansible in a container to manage other stuff).
3 | 
4 | If you want to exclude items from the Docker build place the details of them in a .dockerignore file, then make sure to put the .dockerignore file into a .gitignore file as well.
5 | 
6 | Docker container - https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/geektechstuff/ansible_container
7 | 
8 | Blog post at: https://geektechstuff.com/2020/02/10/ansible-in-a-docker-container/
9 | 


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/Dockerfile:
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 1 | # geektechstuff
 2 | # using a lot of https://hub.docker.com/r/philm/ansible_playbook/dockerfile/
 3 | 
 4 | # Alpine is a lightweight version of Linux.
 5 | # apline:latest could also be used
 6 | FROM alpine:3.7
 7 | 
 8 | RUN \
 9 | # apk add installs the following
10 |  apk add \
11 |    curl \
12 |    python \
13 |    py-pip \
14 |    py-boto \
15 |    py-dateutil \
16 |    py-httplib2 \
17 |    py-jinja2 \
18 |    py-paramiko \
19 |    py-setuptools \
20 |    py-yaml \
21 |    openssh-client \
22 |    bash \
23 |    tar && \
24 |  pip install --upgrade pip
25 | 
26 | # Makes the Ansible directories
27 | RUN mkdir /etc/ansible /ansible
28 | RUN mkdir ~/.ssh
29 | 
30 | # Over rides SSH Hosts Checking
31 | RUN echo "host *" >> ~/.ssh/config &&\
32 |     echo "StrictHostKeyChecking no" >> ~/.ssh/config
33 | 
34 | # Downloads the Ansible tar (curl) and saves it (-o)
35 | RUN \
36 |   curl -fsSL https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/ansible-2.9.3.tar.gz -o ansible.tar.gz
37 | # Extracts Ansible from the tar file
38 | RUN \
39 |   tar -xzf ansible.tar.gz -C ansible --strip-components 1 && \
40 |   rm -fr ansible.tar.gz /ansible/docs /ansible/examples /ansible/packaging
41 | 
42 | # Makes a directory for ansible playbooks
43 | RUN mkdir -p /ansible/playbooks
44 | # Makes the playbooks directory the working directory
45 | WORKDIR /ansible/playbooks
46 | 
47 | # Sets environment variables
48 | ENV ANSIBLE_GATHERING smart
49 | ENV ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING False
50 | ENV ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_ENABLED False
51 | ENV ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH /ansible/playbooks/roles
52 | ENV ANSIBLE_SSH_PIPELINING True
53 | ENV PATH /ansible/bin:$PATH
54 | ENV PYTHONPATH /ansible/lib
55 | 
56 | # Sets entry point (same as running ansible-playbook)
57 | ENTRYPOINT ["ansible-playbook"]
58 | # Can also use ["ansible"] if wanting it to be an ad-hoc command version
59 | #ENTRYPOINT ["ansible"]
60 | 


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