# \`defaults/main.yaml\` is not being considering in \`ansible-test integration\` **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** ansible-test, collections\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119 "2024-01-02T03:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sumanth-lingappa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sumanth-lingappa/32/839_2.png) [@sumanth-lingappa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sumanth-lingappa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/1 "2024-01-02T03:22:55Z")
**`defaults/main.yaml` is not being considering in `ansible-test integration`** I am writing integration tests for `netscaler.adc` collection. my tests directory structure is as below. ```bash ❯ tree tests/integration tests/integration ├── integration_config.yml ├── integration_config.yml.template └── targets └── nsip ├── defaults │ └── main.yaml └── tasks └── main.yaml 4 directories, 4 files ``` ### defaults/main.yaml ```yaml ❯ cat tests/integration/targets/nsip/defaults/main.yaml ns_common_args: &ns_common_args nsip: "{{ nsip }}" nitro_user: "{{ nitro_user }}" nitro_pass: "{{ nitro_pass }}" nitro_protocol: "{{ nitro_protocol }}" validate_certs: "{{ validate_certs }}" save_config: "{{ save_config }}" ``` ### tasks/main.yaml ```yaml - name: Add NSIP | --check delegate_to: localhost register: result check_mode: true netscaler.adc.nsip: <<: *nsip_defaults state: present ipaddress: 1.1.1.1 netmask: 255.255.255.0 type: VIP - name: Assert on add | --check ansible.builtin.assert: that: - "result.failed==false" - "result.changed==true" - name: Add NSIP delegate_to: localhost register: result netscaler.adc.nsip: <<: *nsip_defaults state: present ipaddress: 1.1.1.1 netmask: 255.255.255.0 type: VIP ``` ### command I am running ```bash > ansible-test integration ``` ### Error I am getting ```bash > ansible-test integration Running nsip integration test role ERROR! We were unable to read either as JSON nor YAML, these are the errors we got from each: JSON: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) Syntax Error while loading YAML. found undefined alias The error appears to be in '/Users/sumanthlingappa/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netscaler/adc/tests/output/.tmp/integration/nsip-n09cxv3o-ÅÑŚÌβŁÈ/tests/integration/targets/nsip/tasks/main.yaml': line 6, column 9, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: netscaler.adc.nsip: <<: *nsip_defaults ^ here NOTICE: To resume at this test target, use the option: --start-at nsip FATAL: Command "ansible-playbook nsip-8fm3qycu.yml -i inventory" returned exit status 4. make: *** [test_int] Error 1 ``` Please help to solve this error. ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/2 "2024-01-02T08:09:18Z")
YAML anchors do not work over multiple files. (That has nothing to do with ansible-test, that’s something YAML specific.) ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/3 "2024-01-02T08:13:23Z")
Gathering facts cannot be disabled to my knowledge. If you need more control over the environment, you might want to use `runme.sh`-based tests and run ansible-playbook in them yourself. ---
**Author:** ![sumanth-lingappa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sumanth-lingappa/32/839_2.png) [@sumanth-lingappa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sumanth-lingappa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/4 "2024-01-02T08:17:36Z")
Thank you for your quick reply @felixfontein. Can you please help me with a sample repo using `runme.sh`? Also, I am writing integration-tests to `netscaler.adc` collection. I would like to run a github-action integration test on every pull-request. Are you aware of any github-action examples please? Sumanth ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/5 "2024-01-02T10:54:40Z")
For an example using GitHub Actions see: [collection\_template/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml at main · ansible-collections/collection\_template · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/collection_template/blob/main/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml) For an runme.sh example see for example [community.general/tests/integration/targets/lookup\_etcd3/runme.sh at main · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/tests/integration/targets/lookup_etcd3/runme.sh). If `runme.sh` is present, that one is executed instead of treating the directory as a role. In the shell script you can do things like installing dependencies etc. This is especially needed for testing callback and connection plugins, which you cannot simply test in a role. (Look at tests for these kind of plugins, then you see more instances.) ---
**Author:** ![sumanth-lingappa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sumanth-lingappa/32/839_2.png) [@sumanth-lingappa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sumanth-lingappa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/6 "2024-01-02T11:23:23Z")
Thanks again for your response @felixfontein I am not understanding the error `./runme.sh: line 7: ../../init.sh: No such file or directory` ## Context: Collection Repo: [GitHub - netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc: Custom Ansible modules for NetScaler ADC and NetScaler ADM. Part of NetScaler Automation Toolkit | https://github.com/netscaler/automation-toolkit](https://github.com/netscaler/ansible-collection-netscaleradc) ```bash ❯ tree tests/integration tests/integration ├── ansible.cfg ├── init.sh ├── integration_config.yml ├── inventory └── targets ├── ipset ├── ipset.yaml └── runme.sh ``` I need to save the netscaler API authentication via environment variables. I have written `tests/integration/init.sh` to read `tests/integration/integration_config.yml` as below ```bash ❯ cat tests/integration/init.sh # set the environment variables export NETSCALER_NSIP=$(cat integration_config.yml | grep nsip | awk '{print $2}') export NETSCALER_NITRO_USER=$(cat integration_config.yml | grep nitro_user | awk '{print $2}') export NETSCALER_NITRO_PASS=$(cat integration_config.yml | grep nitro_pass | awk '{print $2}') export NETSCALER_NITRO_PROTOCOL=$(cat integration_config.yml | grep nitro_protocol | awk '{print $2}') export NETSCALER_VALIDATE_CERTS=$(cat integration_config.yml | grep validate_certs | awk '{print $2}') export NETSCALER_SAVE_CONFIG=$(cat integration_config.yml | grep save_config | awk '{print $2}') ``` ```bash ❯ cat tests/integration/integration_config.yml --- nsip: 10.10.10.10 nitro_user: nsuser nitro_pass: verysecretpassword nitro_protocol: https validate_certs: false save_config: false ``` ```bash ❯ cat tests/integration/targets/ipset/runme.sh #!/usr/bin/env bash source ../../init.sh exec ansible-playbook ipset.yaml ``` ```bash ❯ ansible-test integration ipset Running ipset integration test script ./runme.sh: line 7: ../../init.sh: No such file or directory [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available. Note that the implicit localhost does not match 'all' ________________________ < PLAY [Sample Playbook] > ------------------------ ____________________________ < TASK [Sample Task | ipset] > ---------------------------- fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "missing required arguments: nsip"} < PLAY RECAP > localhost : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 NOTICE: To resume at this test target, use the option: --start-at ipset FATAL: Command "./runme.sh" returned exit status 2. ``` I am not understanding the error `./runme.sh: line 7: ../../init.sh: No such file or directory` ---
**Author:** ![sumanth-lingappa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sumanth-lingappa/32/839_2.png) [@sumanth-lingappa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sumanth-lingappa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/7 "2024-01-02T11:52:41Z")
I see that ansible creates a temporary folder for this integration test and my `init.sh` is not included in the temporary folder ```bash /Users/sumanth/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netscaler/adc/tests/output/.tmp/integration/ └── ipset-w89nvo37-ÅÑŚÌβŁÈ └── tests └── integration ├── integration.cfg ├── integration_config.yml ├── inventory └── targets └── ipset ├── ipset.yaml └── runme.sh ``` ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/8 "2024-01-02T12:17:39Z")
You could symlink `init.sh` into that directory, then it will be copied along. You could also add `needs/file/init.sh` to the test’s `aliases` file to tell ansible-test that it should copy it along. ---
**Author:** ![sumanth-lingappa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sumanth-lingappa/32/839_2.png) [@sumanth-lingappa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sumanth-lingappa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/9 "2024-01-02T12:25:25Z")
I copied the the below to `aliases` file. Still there is no `init.sh` in the ansible temporary directory. ☹ ```auto ❯ cat tests/integration/targets/ipset/aliases needs/file/tests/integration/targets/init.sh ``` I read in the below doc that the PATH should be relative to the git root directory. [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev\_guide/testing/sanity/integration-aliases.html#dependencies](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/testing/sanity/integration-aliases.html#dependencies) ---
**Author:** ![sumanth-lingappa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sumanth-lingappa/32/839_2.png) [@sumanth-lingappa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sumanth-lingappa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/10 "2024-01-02T12:32:29Z")
I changed the `init.sh` to `tests/integration` instead of `tests/integration/targets` and changed the alias accordingly. It worked. Thank you for your help @felixfontein ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/11 "2024-01-02T12:41:15Z")
You originally mentioned that `init.sh` in `tests/intrgration`. Your `needs/file/` statement claims it is in `tests/integration/targets`. ---
**Author:** ![sumanth-lingappa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sumanth-lingappa/32/839_2.png) [@sumanth-lingappa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sumanth-lingappa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/12 "2024-01-02T12:51:29Z")
I didnt understand your last comment @felixfontein ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/defaults-main-yaml-is-not-being-considering-in-ansible-test-integration/3119/13 "2024-01-02T15:27:17Z")
My comment referred to > [@sumanth-lingappa](#): > > I copied the the below to `aliases` file. Still there is no `init.sh` in the ansible temporary directory. where it was in the wrong directory.