Ansible Execution Environment Definition

This directory contains the definition files for an Ansible Execution Environment Definition.

Files Generated

• execution-environment.yml - Main EE definition file
• requirements.txt - Python package requirements
• bindep.txt - System package requirements
• requirements.yml - Ansible Galaxy collection requirements

Configuration

Base Image

• Base Image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/python-311:latest

Ansible Collections (2)

• ansible.netcommon
• ansible.posix

Python Requirements (1)

• ncclient

System Packages (3)

• libssh
• wget
• curl

Building the Execution Environment

To build this Execution Environment Definition, run:

ansible-builder build -t my-execution-environment:latest -f execution-environment.yml --container-runtime podman

Prerequisites

• ansible-builder installed
• Container runtime (Podman or Docker)

Usage

Once built, you can use this Execution Environment with:

# Run with ansible-navigator
ansible-navigator run playbook.yml --execution-environment-image my-execution-environment:latest

# Or with ansible-runner
ansible-runner run . -p playbook.yml --container-image my-execution-environment:latest

Customization

You can modify the execution-environment.yml file to add additional dependencies or build steps as needed.