Ansible Container

Alpine-based Docker container for running Ansible with Mitogen optimization, Kubernetes tools, and multi-platform support.

Quick Start

# Check Ansible version
docker run --rm arillso/ansible ansible-playbook --version

# Run a playbook
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace arillso/ansible ansible-playbook playbook.yml

# Interactive shell
docker run --rm -it -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace arillso/ansible bash

Environment Variables

The image needs no environment variables to run. The defaults below are baked in; override them with -e NAME=value when needed.

Variable	Default	Purpose
ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR	True	Colored output even when stdout is not a TTY. Set False to disable.
ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING	False (via cfg)	Skips SSH host-key verification. Set True for persistent hosts.
ANSIBLE_CONFIG	/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg	Point to a mounted config to override the baked-in defaults.
PIPX_HOME / PATH	/pipx	Location of the Ansible virtualenv. Do not change.

Common run-time inputs are passed by mounting, not env vars:

# SSH key and connecting to a remote host with host-key checking enabled
docker run --rm \
  -e ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=True \
  -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace \
  -v $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519:/home/ansible/.ssh/id_ed25519:ro \
  arillso/ansible ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml playbook.yml

# Vault password via file
docker run --rm \
  -v $(pwd):/workspace -w /workspace \
  -v $(pwd)/.vault_pass:/home/ansible/.vault_pass:ro \
  arillso/ansible ansible-playbook --vault-password-file /home/ansible/.vault_pass playbook.yml

Features

• Mitogen enabled by default (2-7x faster execution)
• Kubernetes tools (kubectl, helm, kustomize)
• Multi-platform (amd64, arm64)
• Non-root user

Registry

docker pull ghcr.io/arillso/ansible
docker pull arillso/ansible

Build

make ansible-build
make comprehensive-test

License

MIT License