Play Ansible Playbook

Action: Play Ansible Playbook

Github Action for running Ansible Playbooks.

Inputs

galaxy_file

Name of the galaxy file in your workspace.

inventory

Required inventory

Name of the inventory file in your workspace.

playbook

Required playbook

Name of the playbook in your workspace.

limit

Further limit selected hosts to an additional pattern.

skip_tags

Only run plays and tasks whose tags do not match these values.

start_at_task

Start the playbook at the task matching this name.

extra_vars

Set additional variables as key=value.

module_path

Prepend paths to module library.

check

Run a check, do not apply any changes.

diff

When changing (small) files and templates, show the differences in those files; works great with –check.

flush_cache

Clear the fact cache for every host in inventory.

force_handlers

Run handlers even if a task fails.

list_hosts

Outputs a list of matching hosts.

list_tags

List all available tags.

list_tasks

List all tasks that would be executed.

syntax_check

Perform a syntax check on the playbook.

forks

Specify number of parallel processes to use.

vault_id

The vault identity to use.

vault_password

The vault password to use. This should be stored in a Secret on Github.

See https://help.github.com/en/github/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/virtual-environments-for-github-actions#creating-and-using-secrets-encrypted-variables

verbose

Level of verbosity, 0 up to 4.

private_key

Use this key to authenticate the connection. This should be stored in a Secret on Github.

See https://help.github.com/en/github/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/virtual-environments-for-github-actions#creating-and-using-secrets-encrypted-variables

user

Connect as this user.

connection

Connection type to use.

timeout

Override the connection timeout in seconds.

ssh_common_args

Specify common arguments to pass to sftp/scp/ssh.

sftp_extra_args

Specify extra arguments to pass to sftp only.

scp_extra_args

Specify extra arguments to pass to scp only.

ssh_extra_args

Specify extra arguments to pass to ssh only.

become

Run operations with become.

become_method

Privilege escalation method to use.

become_user

Run operations as this user. required: false

Example Usage

- name: Play Ansible Playbook
  uses: arillso/action.playbook@master
  with:
    playbook: tests/playbook.yml
    inventory: tests/hosts.yml
    galaxy_file: tests/requirements.yml
  env:
    ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING: 'false'
    ANSIBLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS: 'false'

Contributors

_{Simon Baerlocher}
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License

This project is under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for the full license text.

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