Creating collections
To create a collection:
Create a collection skeleton with the
collection init
command.Add modules and other content to the collection.
Build the collection into a collection artifact with ansible-galaxy collection build.
Publish the collection artifact to Galaxy with ansible-galaxy collection publish.
A user can then install your collection on their systems.
Creating a collection skeleton
To start a new collection, run the following command in your collections directory:
ansible_collections#> ansible-galaxy collection init my_namespace.my_collection
Note
Both the namespace and collection names use the same strict set of requirements. See Galaxy namespaces on the Galaxy docsite for those requirements.
It will create the structure [my_namespace]/[my_collection]/[collection skeleton]
.
Hint
If Git is used for version control, the corresponding repository should be initialized in the collection directory.
Once the skeleton exists, you can populate the directories with the content you want inside the collection. See ansible-collections GitHub Org to get a better idea of what you can place inside a collection.
Reference: the ansible-galaxy collection
command
Currently the ansible-galaxy collection
command implements the following sub commands:
init
: Create a basic collection skeleton based on the default template included with Ansible or your own template.build
: Create a collection artifact that can be uploaded to Galaxy or your own repository.publish
: Publish a built collection artifact to Galaxy.install
: Install one or more collections.
To learn more about the ansible-galaxy
command-line tool, see the ansible-galaxy man page.
See also
- Using Ansible collections
Learn how to install and use collections.
- Collection structure
Directories and files included in the collection skeleton
- Mailing List
The development mailing list
- Real-time chat
How to join Ansible chat channels