gantsign.postman

Ansible Role: Postman

This role helps you download and install the Postman tool for working with HTTP.

Requirements

Ansible version 2.9 or higher
A Linux system, specifically:
- Debian-based systems
  - Ubuntu versions:
    - Bionic (18.04)
    - Focal (20.04)
- Other versions may work but haven't been tested.

Role Variables

You can customize the following variables (default values are shown):

# The URL to download Postman from
postman_redis_url: 'https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux?arch=64'

# The directory where Postman will be installed
postman_install_dir: '/opt/Postman'

# The directory for storing files downloaded for installation
postman_download_dir: "{{ x_ansible_download_dir | default(ansible_env.HOME + '/.ansible/tmp/downloads') }}"

Example Playbook

Here is how to use the role in a playbook:

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: gantsign.postman

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Development & Testing

This project uses Molecule for development and testing. The role is unit tested with Testinfra and pytest.

To develop or test, you need to install:

A Linux system (e.g., Ubuntu)
Docker
Python (with python-pip)
Ansible
Molecule

To simplify installation, this project includes Molecule Wrapper. This is a script that installs Molecule and its dependencies (except the Linux system) and runs Molecule commands for you.

To test this role with Molecule Wrapper, run this command from the project folder: