Docker image: Ansible

A Docker image for run the Ansible Engine on Alpine Linux.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

• 11, latest (Dockerfile)
• 10 (Dockerfile)
• 9 (Dockerfile)
• 8 (Dockerfile)
• 7 (Dockerfile)
• 6 (Dockerfile)
• 5 (Dockerfile)
• 4 (Dockerfile)
• 3 (Dockerfile)
• 2.9 (Dockerfile)

Note: ansible current version is v11.7.0 (ansible-core v2.18.6). Please see the "Releases and maintenance | Ansible Documentation".

Build image

1. Get this project.

   [ chusiang@workstation ~ ]
   $ git clone https://github.com/chusiang/ansible.dockerfile.git

2. Go to workspace.

   [ chusiang@workstation ~ ]
   $ cd ansible.dockerfile/<REVERSION>

3. Bunild the image.

   [ chusiang@workstation ~ ]
   $ docker build -t ansible .
   
   [ chusiang@workstation ~ ]
   $ docker build -t ansible:<REVERSION> .

Run container

1. Get image.

   [ chusiang@workstation ~ ]
   $ docker pull chusiang/ansible

2. Run container with bash shell.

   [ chusiang@workstation ~ ]
   $ docker run --name ansible -it chusiang/ansible bash
   5e9dd71fbf02:~$

3. Enter exist container with command line.

   [ chusiang@workstation ~ ]
   $ docker exec -it ansible bash
   5e9dd71fbf02:~$ whoami
   ansibull

   Default not use root user after chusiang/ansible:8 for security.

4. Check container process.

   [ chusiang@workstation ~ ]
   $ docker ps

Enjoy it !

History

2025

• 07/13 Add 11 image, the Ansible v11.0.0 release at Nov 20, 2024.
• 07/13 Add 10 image, the Ansible v10.0.1 release at Jun 6, 2024.
• 07/13 Add 9 image, the Ansible v9.0.1 release at Nov 22, 2023.
• 07/12 Add 8 image by multi-stage builds, the Ansible v8.0.0 release at May 31, 2023.

2022

• 11/24 Add 7 image, the Ansible v7.0.0 release at Nov 23, 2022.
• 11/24 Add 6 image, the Ansible v6.0.0 release at Jun 22, 2022.
• 11/24 Add 5 image, the Ansible v5.0.1 release at Dec 3, 2021.
• 11/24 Stop maintian 2.10 image and remove it, please use 3 image.

2021

• 07/11: Refactor the 2.9 Dockerfile with Python 3, and switch latest tag to 2.9.
• 07/09: Add 4 image, the Ansible v4.0.0 release at May 18 2021.
• 07/09: Add 3 image, the Ansible v3.0.0 release at Feb 16 2021.
• 07/09: Add 2.10 image, the Ansible v2.10.0 release at Aug 14 2020.

2020

• 03/03 Add ONBUILD rule for copy current directory to /srv/.

2019

• 12/09: Refactor "Update the CA certificates" part for fixed "wget: error getting response: Connection reset by peer" problem. (REF)
• 11/14: Add 2.9 image, the Ansible v2.9.0 release at Oct 31 2019, and add install py-netaddr package.
• 07/04: Add 2.8 image, the Ansible v2.8.0 release at May 17 2019, and remove install the vim.

2018

• 10/11: Add 2.7 image, the Ansible v2.7.0 release at Wed Oct 3 20:26:57 2018 -0700.
• 07/10: Add 2.6 image, the Ansible v2.6.0 release at Thu Jun 28 14:38:38 2018 -0700.
• 04/03: Add 2.5 image, the Ansible v2.5.0 release at Thu Mar 22 17:09:19 2018 -0700.
• 02/19: The 2.4 image has upgraded the ansible from 2.4.2 to 2.4.3.
• 01/10: Refactor the architecture. Add 2.4 image and add the ansible-lint package.

License

MIT license from 2017-2025.

Author Information

1. Chu-Siang Lai