Ansible Roles & Galaxy Flashcards

What is Ansible Galaxy?

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

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

How do you install a role from Ansible Galaxy?

Answer: ansible-galaxy role install namespace.rolename

ansible-galaxy role install downloads the role from Galaxy into the configured roles path.

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

Answer: requirements.yml

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

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

Answer: ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml

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

What is an Ansible Collection?

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

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

What is the default installation path for Galaxy roles on a Linux system?

Answer: ~/.ansible/roles

By default, ansible-galaxy installs roles to ~/.ansible/roles in the current user's home directory.