ansible

A Docker image with Ansible installed from pip and a few helpful dependencies.

This image is built from the python:3.x-slim image.

• DockerHub image: joshbeard/ansible
• GitHub image: ghcr.io/joshbeard/ansible

Project Resources

• Source Repository: https://github.com/joshbeard/docker-ansible
• Dockerfile: https://github.com/joshbeard/docker-ansible/blob/master/Dockerfile
• Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/joshbeard/ansible

Tags

• 10.1.0, 10, latest (current)
• 9.7.0, 9 (end of life November 2024)
• See all tags

Refer to the Tag End of Life and Deletion section below for information about deprecated image tags.

Ansible Release Notes

• Ansible v10 Release Notes
• Ansible v9 Release Notes
• Ansible Releases and Maintenance
• Ansible Announcements Google Group
• Ansible package on PyPI

Running

The following example demonstrates providing a private SSH key to use with Ansible and running a playbook:

docker run --rm -it \
  -v ansible-ssh-private-key:/home/ansible/.ssh/id_rsa \
  -v ${PWD}:/playbook \
  -w /playbook \
  joshbeard/ansible:latest \
  ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini site.yml

A user named ansible is created with a UID/GID of 1055 and a home directory at /home/ansible.

Maintainers

• Josh Beard, https://joshbeard.me

Tag End of Life and Deletion

This Docker image will maintain tags that are supported upstream, as listed in the Ansible Releases and Maintenance document.

The following tags are for versions that have reached end of life and will be automatically deleted on the specified date.

Tag	Deletion Date
8, 8.*	November 30, 2024
9, 9.*	November 30, 2024