Ansible Automation Ansible Roles & Galaxy 2

Question 1

What is Ansible Galaxy?

Accepted Answer

A community hub for sharing and downloading reusable Ansible roles and collections

Answer

Ansible Galaxy (galaxy.ansible.com) is the official community repository where users share roles and collections for reuse.

Question 2

How do you install a role from Ansible Galaxy?

Accepted Answer

ansible-galaxy role install namespace.rolename

Answer

ansible-galaxy role install <namespace.rolename> downloads the role from Galaxy into the configured roles path.

Question 3

What file format is used to define a list of roles and collections to install from Galaxy?

Accepted Answer

requirements.yml

Answer

requirements.yml lists roles and collections with optional version pins that ansible-galaxy install -r processes.

Question 4

Which command installs all roles and collections listed in a requirements.yml file?

Accepted Answer

ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

Answer

The -r flag tells ansible-galaxy to read role and collection dependencies from the specified requirements file.

Question 5

What is an Ansible Collection?

Accepted Answer

A packaged bundle of roles, modules, plugins, and playbooks distributed as a single unit

Answer

A Collection bundles related roles, modules, plugins, and playbooks into a distributable package with a namespace.collection format.

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