actions-marketplace-validations/ansible-test

GitHub Action for checking Ansible Collections with ansible-test

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Maintenance Recency: Stalelast commit Nov 14, 2022
License: GPL 3.0

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uses: actions-marketplace-validations/ansible-community_ansible-test-gh-action@ce3e83585495ccb95be59a9698a342f50e0d929a # no releases — HEAD as of 2026-07-10

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Inputs

name	description	required	default
ansible-core-version	`ansible-core` Git revision. See https://github.com/ansible/ansible/tags and https://github.com/ansible/ansible/branches/all?query=stable- for ideas. The repository this refers to can be changed with the `ansible-core-github-repository-slug` option.	yes	stable-2.14
ansible-core-github-repository-slug	The GitHub repository slug from which to check out ansible-core	—	ansible/ansible
controller-python-version	Controller Python version. Only used for integration tests and ansible-core 2.12 or later when `target-python-version` is also specified.	—	auto
collection-root	Collection root relative to repository root	—	.
collection-src-directory	A pre-checked out collection directory that's already on disk, substitutes getting the source from the remote Git repository if set. This action will not attempt to mutate its contents	—	—
docker-image	Docker image used by ansible-test	—	—
git-checkout-ref	Committish to check out, unused if `collection-src-directory` is set	—	—
origin-python-version	Environment Python version. The value `auto` uses the maximum Python version supported by the given `ansible-core-version`.	—	auto
pre-test-cmd	Extra command to invoke before ansible-test	—	—
python-version	(DEPRECATED) Use `origin-python-version` instead. This is only kept for backwards compatibility.	—	—
target	ansible-test TARGET	—	—
target-python-version	Target Python version	—	—
testing-type	One of 'sanity', 'units' or 'integration'	yes	—
test-deps	Test dependencies to install along with this collection	—	—

Outputs

name	description
ansible-playbook-executable	Path to the auto-installed `ansible-playbook` executable
ansible-test-executable	Path to the auto-installed `ansible-test` executable
checkout-directory	Path to the auto-downloaded collection src directory
collection-fqcn	Detected collection FQCN
collection-name	Detected collection name
collection-namespace	Detected collection namespace
origin-python-path	The [`python-path` output value](https://github.com/actions/setup-python/blob/main/docs/advanced-usage.md#python-path) of the [setup-python](https://github.com/actions/setup-python/#readme) action.
origin-python-version	The actual value of `origin-python-version` passed to the [setup-python](https://github.com/actions/setup-python/#readme) action.