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ansible-local

This is an example of how to test an Ansible playbook locally (without any remote host) using an Alpine Podman container.

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podman build -t img-alpine-ansible:latest - <<'EOF'
# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1

# Tested with docker.io/library/alpine:3.24.1
FROM docker.io/library/alpine:latest

RUN <<'EOF2' /bin/sh -e
    apk add --no-cache ansible
EOF2

WORKDIR /v
EOF

podman run -it --rm -v.:/v img-alpine-ansible ansible-playbook playbook.yml