Running your EE

You can run your EE on the command line against localhost or a remote target using ansible-navigator.

Note

There are other tools besides ansible-navigator you can run EEs with.

Run against localhost

Create a test_localhost.yml playbook.

- name: Gather and print local facts
  hosts: localhost
  become: true
  gather_facts: true
  tasks:

   - name: Print facts
     ansible.builtin.debug:
      var: ansible_facts

Run the playbook inside the postgresql_ee EE.

ansible-navigator run test_localhost.yml --execution-environment-image postgresql_ee --mode stdout --pull-policy missing --container-options='--user=0'

You may notice the facts being gathered are about the container and not the developer machine. This is because the ansible playbook was run inside the container.

Run against a remote target

Before you start, ensure you have the following:

At least one IP address or resolvable hostname for a remote target.

Valid credentials for the remote host.

A user with sudo permissions on the remote host.

Execute a playbook inside the postgresql_ee EE against a remote host machine as in the following example:

Create a directory for inventory files.
```
mkdir inventory
```

Create the hosts.yml inventory file in the inventory directory.

all:
  hosts:
    192.168.0.2  # Replace with the IP of your target host

Create a test_remote.yml playbook.

- name: Gather and print facts
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true
  tasks:

   - name: Print facts
     ansible.builtin.debug:
      var: ansible_facts

Run the playbook inside the postgresql_ee EE.

Replace student with the appropriate username. Some arguments in the command can be optional depending on your target host authentication method.

ansible-navigator run test_remote.yml -i inventory --execution-environment-image postgresql_ee:latest --mode stdout --pull-policy missing --enable-prompts -u student -k -K