Testing Containers

Factory-default container images for Ansible testing. Just SSH and Python - nothing else.

Purpose

Minimal base images for testing Ansible roles with Molecule. Each container provides:

• Python 3 - For Ansible
• OpenSSH - Key-based authentication
• systemd - For service management
• Factory defaults - Stock OS configuration, updated packages

Available Images

# Pull from GitHub Container Registry
podman pull ghcr.io/jackaltx/testing-containers/debian-ssh:12
podman pull ghcr.io/jackaltx/testing-containers/rocky-ssh:9
podman pull ghcr.io/jackaltx/testing-containers/ubuntu-ssh:24

Image	Base	Package Manager
debian-ssh:12	debian:12	apt
rocky-ssh:9	rockylinux:9	dnf
ubuntu-ssh:24	ubuntu:24.04	apt

Quick Start

# Run container
podman run -d \
    --name test_container \
    --privileged \
    -v /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw \
    -p 2222:22 \
    ghcr.io/jackaltx/testing-containers/debian-ssh:12 \
    /sbin/init

# SSH access
ssh -p 2222 jackaltx@localhost

Molecule Integration

# molecule.yml
platforms:
  - name: instance
    image: ghcr.io/jackaltx/testing-containers/debian-ssh:12
    privileged: true
    volumes:
      - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:rw
    command: /sbin/init

Building Images

See build.sh for building and pushing to registries.

export SSH_KEY=$(cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub)
export CONTAINER_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here
./build.sh debian12-ssh