# \#molecule **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/tag/molecule/55.md [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) --- ## [Release Announcement: molecule v26.10.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-10-0/46456)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-10-0/46456 "2026-10-12T09:10:31Z")
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce the release of molecule v26.10.0. How to get it You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command: python3 -m pip install -… --- ## [Molecule \`become\` best practices](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-become-best-practices/46443)
**Author:** [@ash\_m](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ash_m)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-become-best-practices/46443 "2026-10-11T15:13:56Z")
Question: What are best practices for privilege escalation when dealing with molecule? Scenario: I’m trying to write a role that burns an ISO to a USB. In testing this in ansible, I noticed I’m using a pattern to create… --- ## [Who can approve Pull Requests on molecule-plugins and do releases?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/who-can-approve-pull-requests-on-molecule-plugins-and-do-releases/46015)
**Author:** [@ziegenberg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ziegenberg)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/who-can-approve-pull-requests-on-molecule-plugins-and-do-releases/46015 "2026-10-09T07:49:57Z")
Hi all together! Molecule was just recently released in version v26.6.0, and there were about seven other releases in the last year. Molecule Plugins is still at the same state as last year, and v25.8.12 was released i… --- ## [Release Announcement: molecule v26.9.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-9-0/46344)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-9-0/46344 "2026-09-22T17:06:17Z")
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce the release of molecule v26.9.0. How to get it You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command: python3 -m pip install -U… --- ## [Should automation developers be starting with role-only collections?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/should-automation-developers-be-starting-with-role-only-collections/46251)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Pullen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeff_Pullen)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/should-automation-developers-be-starting-with-role-only-collections/46251 "2026-09-16T08:17:36Z")
Should automation developers be starting with role-only collections? I genuinely cannot answer that, and following up on my earlier posts about group two (the folks testing roles and playbooks rather than Python modules… --- ## [Ansible playbook for hardening a Docker host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-for-hardening-a-docker-host/46123)
**Author:** [@jezmn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jezmn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-for-hardening-a-docker-host/46123 "2026-09-11T05:35:56Z")
Hi, I’ve been wanting to automate the server setup I usually do manually on fresh ubuntu server for a while now. Repetitive stuff like SSH hardening, Docker setup, firewall rules, fail2ban, etc. Figured it was time to j… --- ## [Molecule : use a different ansible-core version for internal molecule playbooks and playbooks/roles tested with molecule](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-use-a-different-ansible-core-version-for-internal-molecule-playbooks-and-playbooks-roles-tested-with-molecule/46279)
**Author:** [@rockandska](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rockandska)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-use-a-different-ansible-core-version-for-internal-molecule-playbooks-and-playbooks-roles-tested-with-molecule/46279 "2026-09-09T16:19:50Z")
Hello Community, I was hopping to be able to choose the ansible version used for my test since it is often to have older anbsible-core version used in production environment than the one used internally by molecule. As… --- ## [How to test deploy of Podman Quadlet using Ansible Molecule with host provided by Podman](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-test-deploy-of-podman-quadlet-using-ansible-molecule-with-host-provided-by-podman/46244)
**Author:** [@rgaiacs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rgaiacs)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-test-deploy-of-podman-quadlet-using-ansible-molecule-with-host-provided-by-podman/46244 "2026-09-01T07:26:54Z")
I’m trying to create a role that deploys one application using Podman Quadlet and I want to test the role using Molecule with host provided by Podman. This means that, during test, the application with be deployed in a “… --- ## [molecule login in docker containers using ansible native inventories](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-login-in-docker-containers-using-ansible-native-inventories/46196)
**Author:** [@Marauder](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Marauder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-login-in-docker-containers-using-ansible-native-inventories/46196 "2026-08-20T13:54:17Z")
I am trying to wrap my head around the ansible native inventory in molecule. Currently I am developing a new ansible role and wanted to use the results as template for roles that currently are still in pre-native setup. … --- ## [Release Announcement: molecule v26.6.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-6-0/46000)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-6-0/46000 "2026-06-30T11:58:21Z")
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce the release of molecule v26.6.0. How to get it You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command: python3 -m pip install -U… --- ## [CfgMgmtCamp 2026 discussion (7/12): Collection testing is still a mess](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfgmgmtcamp-2026-discussion-7-12-collection-testing-is-still-a-mess/45294)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfgmgmtcamp-2026-discussion-7-12-collection-testing-is-still-a-mess/45294 "2026-05-01T11:43:00Z")
As a collection developer/maintainer Collection testing is still a mess Latest developments None that I know of. This wasn’t discussed at CfgMgmtCamp 2026. Original text The main tool for collection testing is still a… --- ## [How to connect to test instances with dynamic ips?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-connect-to-test-instances-with-dynamic-ips/45645)
**Author:** [@chronicc](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chronicc)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-connect-to-test-instances-with-dynamic-ips/45645 "2026-04-18T17:46:21Z")
I am developing an ansible collection. I am reading about and working with the Ansible-Native configuration and want to use the shared state feature (Ansible-Native Configuration - Ansible Molecule). However it seems l… --- ## [Release Announcement: molecule v26.4.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-4-0/45634)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-4-0/45634 "2026-04-06T09:00:36Z")
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce the release of molecule v26.4.0. How to get it You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command: python3 -m pip install -U… --- ## [Release Announcement: molecule v26.3.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-3-0/45490)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-3-0/45490 "2026-03-05T13:46:00Z")
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce the release of molecule v26.3.0. How to get it You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command: python3 -m pip install -U… --- ## [Release Announcement: molecule v26.2.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-2-0/45403)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v26-2-0/45403 "2026-02-25T14:59:58Z")
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce the release of molecule v26.2.0. How to get it You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command: python3 -m pip install -U… --- ## [Proxmox role testing with molecule](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-role-testing-with-molecule/44537)
**Author:** [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/proxmox-role-testing-with-molecule/44537 "2026-01-28T10:48:25Z")
Hello, I wrote a small role for installing a guest on proxmox and would like to test it with molecule. I would like to test it in an existing proxmox cluster. I’m wondering how to do it? It seems molecule expects some … --- ## [Should we be using molecule or ansible-test for unit/integration tests?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/should-we-be-using-molecule-or-ansible-test-for-unit-integration-tests/5539)
**Author:** [@ryguy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryguy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/should-we-be-using-molecule-or-ansible-test-for-unit-integration-tests/5539 "2026-01-11T19:17:19Z")
Hello all, I had a general question about the use-cases/purpose of molecule vs ansible-test. For some background , I’m on a team that has a large repo with many custom roles and a number of custom plugins and modules. W… --- ## [Integrating \`ansible-test integration\` (no pun intended) and \`molecule\`](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integrating-ansible-test-integration-no-pun-intended-and-molecule/45018)
**Author:** [@russoz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/russoz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/integrating-ansible-test-integration-no-pun-intended-and-molecule/45018 "2025-12-28T00:03:28Z")
Hi everyone, As advertised before, we have been working on community.openwrt for the past couple of weeks. The role that this collection is derived of, gekmihesg.openwrt had some molecule tests that relied on docker im… --- ## [Release Announcement: molecule v25.12.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v25-12-0/44930)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v25-12-0/44930 "2025-12-02T15:44:26Z")
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce the release of molecule v25.12.0. How to get it You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command: python3 -m pip install -… --- ## [Release Announcement: molecule v25.11.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v25-11-1/44893)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v25-11-1/44893 "2025-11-24T21:06:01Z")
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce the release of molecule v25.11.1. How to get it You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command: python3 -m pip install -… --- ## [How to manage Vagrant VM lifecycle with ansible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-manage-vagrant-vm-lifecycle-with-ansible/44743)
**Author:** [@pushrbx](https://forum.ansible.com/u/pushrbx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-manage-vagrant-vm-lifecycle-with-ansible/44743 "2025-11-13T14:39:40Z")
I’m trying to create a molecule scenario where through Vagrant a VM would be created, then the tests would be ran against that. I tried to ask LLMs but they get very confused with the pre-ansible-native vs ansible-native… --- ## [Release Announcement: molecule v25.11.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v25-11-0/44824)
**Author:** [@ansible-announce](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ansible-announce)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-molecule-v25-11-0/44824 "2025-11-10T14:46:27Z")
Hello everyone, We are happy to announce the release of molecule v25.11.0. How to get it You can install the latest version of all the ansible developer tools by running the following command: python3 -m pip install -… --- ## [Recent Highlights for Ansible Development Tools](https://forum.ansible.com/t/recent-highlights-for-ansible-development-tools/44448)
**Author:** [@allhart](https://forum.ansible.com/u/allhart)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/recent-highlights-for-ansible-development-tools/44448 "2025-09-09T12:46:58Z")
Recent Highlights for Ansible Development Tools This has been an eventful year for Ansible development tools (ADT). Releases over the past months have brought enhancements, bugfixes, streamlined development workflows, an… --- ## [Molecule: make tests FAIL](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-make-tests-fail/43698)
**Author:** [@daks](https://forum.ansible.com/u/daks)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-make-tests-fail/43698 "2025-07-12T13:53:07Z")
I have started creating some roles for my use and implemented some tests using Molecule which now uses Ansible as verifier. I’m not sure where I saw it but I have implemented tests using standard Ansible modules but wit… --- ## [How to generate parsable report for molecule test run?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-generate-parsable-report-for-molecule-test-run/41770)
**Author:** [@Ankur\_Shah](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ankur_Shah)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-generate-parsable-report-for-molecule-test-run/41770 "2025-04-23T15:02:30Z")
I am trying to use Ansible molecule for integration testing. I am running certain checks/test using molecule and it generates html reports. My usecase is to generate report in parsable format (json or yaml), so I can pa… --- ## [Molecule changing inventory\_hostname with idempotence test](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-changing-inventory-hostname-with-idempotence-test/41514)
**Author:** [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-changing-inventory-hostname-with-idempotence-test/41514 "2025-04-15T16:16:20Z")
I’ve an Icinga Ansible role with a template that contains: /\* Our local instance name. By default this is the server's hostname as returned by \`hostname --fqdn\`. \* This should be the common name from the API certificat… --- ## [Molecule seems to have changed it's ROLE\_PATH](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-seems-to-have-changed-its-role-path/40639)
**Author:** [@Thulium-Drake](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Thulium-Drake)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-seems-to-have-changed-its-role-path/40639 "2025-02-26T20:29:15Z")
Hi folks, So I ran into this really weird issue today, I was making a new role and for that role I wanted to make some Molecule tests (as we all do, right? :wink: ) Previously, I had this as my converge.yml: - name: '… --- ## [Is single molecule.yml with support for docker, podman and gce plugins possible?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-single-molecule-yml-with-support-for-docker-podman-and-gce-plugins-possible/3401)
**Author:** [@iamroddo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iamroddo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/is-single-molecule-yml-with-support-for-docker-podman-and-gce-plugins-possible/3401 "2025-01-05T16:49:44Z")
I want to create a Molecule scenario that can be executed using either on Docker, Podman or GCE. Is it possible to have a single molecule.yml support this? To use the Docker or Podman plugins, name: docker|podman goes u… --- ## [Molecule error started happening for role dependency](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-error-started-happening-for-role-dependency/2449)
**Author:** [@staticdev](https://forum.ansible.com/u/staticdev)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/molecule-error-started-happening-for-role-dependency/2449 "2024-12-29T03:56:59Z")
I have a repo of an ansible role tested with molecule for some years now. Without a real change, my tests started failing on August 2023 when I import my role due to its dependencies on meta/main.yml. For some reason I … --- ## [What's the process for releasing new molecule-plugins wheel? Release schedule](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-the-process-for-releasing-new-molecule-plugins-wheel-release-schedule/11235)
**Author:** [@cnfrancis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/cnfrancis)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/whats-the-process-for-releasing-new-molecule-plugins-wheel-release-schedule/11235 "2024-12-20T23:28:17Z")
hello! the last release was in February 8 almost a year ago. How can we trigger the release process to get bug fixes and improvements? [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/molecule/55.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=molecule)