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test: ensure role gathers the facts it uses by having test clear_facts before include_role
The role gathers the facts it uses. For example, if the user uses `ANSIBLE_GATHERING=explicit`, the role uses the `setup` module with the facts and subsets it requires. This change allows us to test this. Before every role invocation, the test will use `meta: clear_facts` so that the role starts with no facts. Create a task file tests/tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml to do the tasks to clear the facts and run the role. Note that this means we don't need to use `gather_facts` for the tests. Some vars defined using `ansible_facts` have been changed to be defined with `set_fact` instead. This is because of the fact that `vars` are lazily evaluated - the var might be referenced when the facts have been cleared, and will issue an error like `ansible_facts["distribution"] is undefined`. This is typically done for blocks that have a `when` condition that uses `ansible_facts` and the block has a role invocation using run_role_with_clear_facts.yml These have been rewritten to define the `when` condition using `set_fact`. This is because the `when` condition is evaluated every time a task is invoked in the block, and if the facts are cleared, this will raise an undefined variable error. Signed-off-by: Rich Megginson <[email protected]>
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# Task file: clear_facts, run linux-system-roles.keylime_server.
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# Include this with include_tasks or import_tasks
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# Input:
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# - __sr_tasks_from: tasks_from to run - same as tasks_from in include_role
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# - __sr_public: export private vars from role - same as public in include_role
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# - __sr_failed_when: set to false to ignore role errors - same as failed_when in include_role
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- name: Clear facts
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meta: clear_facts
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# note that you can use failed_when with import_role but not with include_role
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# so this simulates the __sr_failed_when false case
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# Q: Why do we need a separate task to run the role normally? Why not just
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# run the role in the block and rethrow the error in the rescue block?
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# A: Because you cannot rethrow the error in exactly the same way as the role does.
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# It might be possible to exactly reconstruct ansible_failed_result but it's not worth the effort.
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- name: Run the role with __sr_failed_when false
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when:
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- __sr_failed_when is defined
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- not __sr_failed_when
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block:
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- name: Run the role
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include_role:
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name: linux-system-roles.keylime_server
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tasks_from: "{{ __sr_tasks_from | default('main') }}"
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public: "{{ __sr_public | default(false) }}"
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rescue:
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- name: Ignore the failure when __sr_failed_when is false
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debug:
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msg: Ignoring failure when __sr_failed_when is false
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- name: Run the role normally
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include_role:
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name: linux-system-roles.keylime_server
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tasks_from: "{{ __sr_tasks_from | default('main') }}"
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public: "{{ __sr_public | default(false) }}"
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when: __sr_failed_when | d(true)

tests/tests_default.yml

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---
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- name: Ensure that the role runs with default parameters
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hosts: all
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gather_facts: false # test that role works in this case
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roles:
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- linux-system-roles.keylime_server
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tasks:
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- name: Run the role
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include_role:
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name: linux-system-roles.keylime_server
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public: true
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- name: Run the role with public role variables
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include_tasks: tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml
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vars:
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__sr_public: true
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- name: Check header for ansible_managed, fingerprint - legacy
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include_tasks: tasks/check_header.yml
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__fingerprint: system_role:keylime_server
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when: __keylime_server_legacy_config
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- name: Check header for ansible_managed, fingerprint
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include_tasks: tasks/check_header.yml
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vars:

tests/tests_include_vars_from_parent.yml

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---
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- name: Test role include variable override
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hosts: all
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gather_facts: true
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tasks:
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- name: Create var file in caller that can override the one in called role
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delegate_to: localhost

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