How to use Ansible-lint with GitHub Actions?

name: ansible-lint
on:
  pull_request:
    branches: ["main", "stable", "release/v*"]
jobs:
  build:
    name: Ansible Lint
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Run ansible-lint
        uses: ansible/ansible-lint@main

ansible-lint

ansible-lint checks playbooks for practices and behavior that could potentially be improved and can fix some of the most common ones for you

How to use use Ansible Lint with GitHub action?

Ansible-lint GitHub action checks our playbooks for practices and behaviors that could potentially be improved.

Why Use Ansible-lint?

• Community Support: It's supported by the community and compatible with the last two major versions of Ansible, making it quite reliable.
• Documentation: There’s comprehensive documentation available which can be accessed on the Ansible Lint documentation site.

We can integrate Ansible-lint directly into our GitHub Actions workflow. This integration allows us to automatically check any changes in our playbooks without the need to install Ansible-lint locally.

Potential Benefits:

• Quality Assurance: Ensures that our playbooks are up to standard before they are merged, reducing the likelihood of errors.
• Efficiency: Automates the review process for playbook standards, saving us time during code reviews.