ansible

Infra

Updated 11 hours ago

Ansible Overview

Secure your stack with a hardened Ansible image freshly-built by Minimus. Minimus images always include the most up-to-date package version for all packages and dependencies contained in the image.

Ansible automates configuration management, application deployment, and multi-server orchestration by connecting to managed hosts over SSH, so no agent software needs to be installed on the systems being managed. Playbooks describe the desired state of servers, network devices, and cloud resources in YAML, letting teams version, review, and re-run the same automation consistently across environments.

Try It Out

For a quick test, print the help menu:

docker run --rm reg.mini.dev/ansible ansible --help

Run an ad hoc command

Ansible needs a host to manage. To try it out without setting up SSH access to a remote machine, target the local connection instead:

docker run --rm reg.mini.dev/ansible ansible localhost -m ping -c local

You should see the following:

[WARNING]: No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available
localhost | SUCCESS => {
    "changed": false,
    "ping": "pong"
}

Run a playbook

Create a simple playbook on the host:

cat <<EOF > playbook.yml
- hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Print a message
      debug:
        msg: "Hello from Ansible"
EOF

Mount it into the container and run it with ansible-playbook:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)/playbook.yml":/playbook.yml \
  reg.mini.dev/ansible ansible-playbook /playbook.yml

Technical Considerations

The Ansible image provided by Minimus is a slim, security-hardened alternative to the public image. The images are largely interchangeable, with a few differences as noted below.

Ansible built by Minimus:

Runs as root to support required functions in alignment with the public image.
Ships the full set of Ansible CLI binaries (ansible, ansible-playbook, ansible-galaxy, ansible-vault, ansible-inventory, and more) with no fixed entrypoint, so the desired binary must be passed as the first argument, as shown above.
Drill down on the version specification tab to see the default user, entrypoint, volumes, environment variables, etc.

The Payoff

A hardened, minimal image that will remain more secure for the long run and accrue vulnerabilities at a slower rate.

See the risk reduction dashboard for a detailed CVE comparison over the past 30 days.
Review the compliance report to see the default hardening and security configurations for the image.

Terms & Info

Trademark

This catalog is published by Minimus. All product names, logos, and marks, other than those belonging to Minimus, shown are owned by their respective rights holders and appear here only to identify the open source software each image contains. Minimus claims no ownership of those marks and implies no affiliation with, endorsement by, certification by, or sponsorship by any rights holder.

Disclaimer

Images are provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind. "Hardened" refers to the security configuration applied at the time of build and does not constitute a guarantee of ongoing security or absence of vulnerabilities. The free tier is provided without support, SLA, or guaranteed patching timelines. Security updates may be applied to paid subscriptions before or instead of free tier images. By pulling or using any image you agree to our Terms of Use.