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Part 3: Galaxy …

In part 3 of this series, we will look at how we can test Ansible Collections using the official Ansible test tool, Molecule. In part 1, we created a custom lookup plugin to interact with the GitHub Releases API. In part 2, we refactored this plugin into an Ansible Collection and used GitHub Actions …

Part 2: Galaxy …

In part 2 of this series we will look at how we can use an Ansible Collection to bundle multiple playbooks, roles, modules, and plugins and import/call each individually as needed in a playbook. We will also learn how to create a GitHub Action to automate the deployment of our collection to Ansible …

Part 1: Galaxy …

In part 1 of this series we will learn how to develop and use a custom plugin in your Ansible playbook. In part 2 we will look at how we can bundle this plugin into an Ansible Collection and automatically package and upload this Collection to Ansible Galaxy. Why write a custom Ansible plugin? …