# \#testing **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/tag/testing/328.md [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) --- ## [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… --- ## [The Bullhorn #228](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-228/45809)
**Author:** [@oranod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oranod)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-228/45809 "2026-05-18T16:56:53Z")
This week in Ansible Community Issue #228, 2026-05-18 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to ch… --- ## [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… --- ## [Some thoughts from CfgMgmtCamp about collection testing tools](https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-thoughts-from-cfgmgmtcamp-about-collection-testing-tools/45515)
**Author:** [@oranod](https://forum.ansible.com/u/oranod)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/some-thoughts-from-cfgmgmtcamp-about-collection-testing-tools/45515 "2026-03-19T16:52:09Z")
Hi everyone, I can’t believe it’s already been over a month since CfgMgmtCamp. There were many great discussions and ideas exchanged. One of the gems, from my view, was the session @felixfontein gave on antsibull-nox pr… --- ## [Community.routeros: 3.17.0-a1 pre-release with many new and updated paths is ready for intensive testing!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-routeros-3-17-0-a1-pre-release-with-many-new-and-updated-paths-is-ready-for-intensive-testing/45228)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-routeros-3-17-0-a1-pre-release-with-many-new-and-updated-paths-is-ready-for-intensive-testing/45228 "2026-03-05T21:31:19Z")
We just released community.routeros 3.17.0-a1 (changelog), whose main difference to 3.16.0 is a Pull Request by Felix Ricke that adds and updates many paths for the community.routeros.api\_modify and community.routeros.ap… --- ## [Andebox - a tool for Ansible developers/maintainers](https://forum.ansible.com/t/andebox-a-tool-for-ansible-developers-maintainers/43150)
**Author:** [@russoz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/russoz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/andebox-a-tool-for-ansible-developers-maintainers/43150 "2025-06-05T10:48:31Z")
I started contributing to the community.general collection some 4-5 years ago, and over that time developed this tool andebox to help me cut through the boilerplate tasks when testing and working with the collection. Fo… --- ## [So confused - tox for ansible-lint only (solved)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/so-confused-tox-for-ansible-lint-only-solved/41438)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Pullen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeff_Pullen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/so-confused-tox-for-ansible-lint-only-solved/41438 "2025-04-01T03:38:23Z")
I can’t wrap my head around how to use tox to just run ansible-lint against a collection that doesn’t have any plugins to build and test. It seems like it should be simple but the I can’t seem to get the right mix of con… --- ## [Testing a collection](https://forum.ansible.com/t/testing-a-collection/40608)
**Author:** [@ben.boeckel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ben.boeckel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/testing-a-collection/40608 "2025-02-25T17:09:20Z")
Hi, I’m working on a new collection to help manage Visual Studio component installation. I’m trying to do some testing of the project, but I’m having trouble testing it. I wrote a simple deploy.yml with an inventory.ym… --- ## [Ansible Collection Testing Strategies](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-collection-testing-strategies/6323)
**Author:** [@thorian93](https://forum.ansible.com/u/thorian93)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-collection-testing-strategies/6323 "2025-01-13T07:37:31Z")
I have been at this point several times now, and I am starting to wonder if I am alone with this struggle, or if I am just the last one, who did not find the holy grail yet. This is probably not a simple technical questi… --- ## [Ansible CI pipeline tips for GitLab CI](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ci-pipeline-tips-for-gitlab-ci/11123)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Pullen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jeff_Pullen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-ci-pipeline-tips-for-gitlab-ci/11123 "2024-11-25T14:09:32Z")
I love using GitLab to test and build my Ansible content, but it can be hard to find documentation and examples online. That’s a bummer, I bet there are some really cool implementations using GitLab, and we should share … --- ## [Repository for shared workflows for collection testing?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/repository-for-shared-workflows-for-collection-testing/3298)
**Author:** [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/repository-for-shared-workflows-for-collection-testing/3298 "2024-01-21T12:26:50Z")
I created a GHA workflow for community.docker that builds the collection and runs Galaxy importer on it: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/754 It’s inspired from an earlier version I’ve been u…