Cannot Publish Role, No Namespace Created

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Hello there.

I logged into Ansible Galaxy NG for the first time today and wanted to publish a role, but no namespace was created for my username “3n3a”.

What can i do?

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Step 1: Deprecate Old Roles via API
Use the Ansible Galaxy API to mark old roles as deprecated. Replace <OLD_ROLE_NAMESPACE>, <OLD_ROLE_NAME>, and <API_KEY> with your details.

# Deprecate a role in the old namespace (e.g., `roles-ansible.gitea`)
curl -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Token <API_KEY>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"deprecated": true}' \
  "https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v3/content/<OLD_ROLE_NAMESPACE>/roles/<OLD_ROLE_NAME>/"

Step 2: Publish New Role to Desired Namespace
Update your GitHub Actions workflow to publish the role to the l3d.gitea namespace. Ensure the meta/main.yml specifies the correct namespace.

galaxy_info:
  author: "l3d"
  namespace: "l3d"  # Target namespace (e.g., `l3d.gitea`)
  role_name: "gitea"
  description: "Install and manage Gitea"
GitHub Actions Workflow (.github/workflows/publish.yml)

name: Publish Role to Galaxy

on:
release:
types: [published]

jobs:
publish:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v4

  - name: Publish Role to Galaxy
    uses: ansible/ansible-galaxy-import@v1
    with:
      galaxy-api-key: ${{ secrets.GALAXY_API_KEY_L3D }}  # API key for `l3d` namespace
      namespace: "l3d"  # Target namespace
      role-name: "gitea"

Step 3: Automate Deprecation of Old Roles
Add a script to your repository to automatically deprecate old roles when a new version is published.

scripts/deprecate_old_roles.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Deprecate old roles in `roles-ansible` namespace
curl -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Token $GALAXY_API_KEY_ROLES_ANSIBLE" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"deprecated": true}' \
  "https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/v3/content/roles-ansible/roles/gitea/"
Update GitHub Actions Workflow
  • name: Deprecate Old Roles
    env:
    GALAXY_API_KEY_ROLES_ANSIBLE: ${{ secrets.GALAXY_API_KEY_ROLES_ANSIBLE }}
    run: |
    chmod +x ./scripts/deprecate_old_roles.sh
    ./scripts/deprecate_old_roles.sh

Step 4: Redirect Users via Documentation
Update your README.md to inform users of the new namespace:

markdown
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## :warning: Deprecation Notice

This role has moved to the [`l3d.gitea`](https://galaxy.ansible.com/l3d/gitea) namespace. 
Update your `requirements.yml`:

roles: