# Container images for Ansible Molecule native configuration inventory

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/container-images-for-ansible-molecule-native-configuration-inventory/46227>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [August 25, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/container-images-for-ansible-molecule-native-configuration-inventory/46227 "2026-08-25T14:11:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![rgaiacs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rgaiacs/32/11102_2.png) [@rgaiacs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rgaiacs)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/container-images-for-ansible-molecule-native-configuration-inventory/46227/1 "2026-08-25T14:11:08Z")

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I’m trying to understand the “Using podman containers” example in the documentation of Ansible Molecule. The inventory section lists a single host that is based on the image `ghcr.io/ansible/community-ansible-dev-tools:latest`. What other container images can I use?

When I change the “Using podman containers” example to use `docker.io/library/ubuntu:24.04` as the image, I get a error in the task `ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection`.

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**Author:** ![kks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/kks/32/10352_2.png) [@kks](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kks)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/container-images-for-ansible-molecule-native-configuration-inventory/46227/2 "2026-08-25T14:22:40Z")

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> [@rgaiacs](#):
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> I get a error in the task `ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection`.

I did not look into it, but it might mean that there is not ssh configured in the container you are using. Generally there is no need to configure ssh for containers, there are other means to connect. But molecule expects it’s managed hosts to be available via ssh.

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**Author:** ![rgaiacs](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/rgaiacs/32/11102_2.png) [@rgaiacs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rgaiacs)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/container-images-for-ansible-molecule-native-configuration-inventory/46227/3 "2026-08-25T16:11:54Z")

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The cause of the problem was a missing Python in the container. Documentation was improved at [Improve documentation with paragraph about selection of container images to use with Podman by rgaiacs · Pull Request #4687 · ansible/molecule · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/molecule/pull/4687).

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/container-images-for-ansible-molecule-native-configuration-inventory/46227/4 "2026-09-24T16:12:45Z")

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Closed on September 24, 2026, 4:12pm UTC

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