For automated molecule tests for ansible I use this images for an easy use in my ansible projects.

The images are build automatically from the main branch.

Available OSes:

• debian
• ubuntu

Available facets

• basic - just a basic os installation with minimalistic tools
• with_docker - same as basic + docker and docker-compose install
• with_podman - same as basic + podman and podman-compose install

All combinations can be retrieved with the following way in your molecule.yaml. The image has the pattern {{ os }}-{{ facet }} for its tags.

platforms:
  - name: molecule-ubuntu
    image: ghcr.io/poeschl/molecule-test-image:${MOLECULE_OS:-ubuntu}-basic
    command: ${MOLECULE_DOCKER_COMMAND:-""}
    privileged: true
    pre_build_image: true

To test you roles and playbooks with an non-root user you can use the user rootless with uid 1000.

provisioner:
  name: ansible
  connection_options:
    ansible_ssh_user: rootless