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Title: Create Fedora 43 Ansible base image and GitHub Actions site.yml test job

Goal

Provide a reusable Fedora 43 base container for GitHub Actions, preinstalled with Python and Ansible, and a simple CI job that runs ansible/site.yml as a smoke test.

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Base image requirements

Create a Dockerfile (e.g. ./.github/docker/fedora-ansible-43.Dockerfile) that:

• Uses fedora:43 as the base image.

• Runs dnf -y upgrade to update all packages.

• Installs:

  • python3
  • python3-pip
  • ansible (Fedora package, not pip).

• Cleans up dnf caches to keep the image small.

Publish this image to GHCR so Actions jobs can use it directly:

• Image name: ghcr.io/<org>/<repo>/fedora-ansible-43-ansible:latest

• Add a workflow job (e.g. build-ansible-base-image) that:

  • Logs into GHCR using GITHUB_TOKEN.
  • Builds from ./.github/docker/fedora-ansible-43.Dockerfile.
  • Tags and pushes the image to GHCR with latest (and optionally ${{ github.sha }}).

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Test job requirements

Create a workflow .github/workflows/ansible-site-test.yml that:

• Triggers on:

  • workflow_dispatch

  • pull_request and push that touch:

    • ansible/**
    • site.yml
    • .github/workflows/ansible-site-test.yml

• Has two jobs:

1. build-ansible-base-image

   • Runs on ubuntu-latest.
   • Builds and pushes the GHCR image described above.
   • Uses GITHUB_TOKEN for docker login.

2. ansible-site-test

   • needs: build-ansible-base-image.

   • runs-on: ubuntu-latest.

   • Uses the GHCR image as the job container:

     • container.image: ghcr.io/<org>/<repo>/fedora-ansible-43-ansible:latest

   • Steps:

     1. Checkout the repo (actions/checkout).

     2. cd ansible and run:

        • ansible-playbook site.yml

   • Fail the job if ansible-playbook exits non-zero.

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Acceptance criteria

• Running the workflow on workflow_dispatch:

  • Builds and pushes the Fedora 43 Ansible base image to GHCR.
  • Starts the ansible-site-test job using that image.
  • Successfully runs ansible-playbook site.yml from the ansible directory.

• Subsequent runs reuse the GHCR image without needing code changes.