Ansible Role: Robot Framework

This Ansible role installs the Robot Framework for test automation, and it can also install additional test libraries if needed.

The role uses pip to install Robot Framework. If pip is not already installed, it will be added. For RHEL/CentOS users, the EPEL repository will be set up to allow pip installation.

After you have added this role, you should upload your test files and resources to the server and then run robot to execute your tests.

Requirements

You need Ansible version 2.10 or higher.

Supported Platforms

• RedHat/CentOS 8
• RedHat/CentOS 7
• Fedora 34
• Fedora 33
• Debian 11
• Debian 10

Role Variables

Here are the available variables with their default values (see defaults/main.yml):

• robotframework_package_name: The name of the Robot Framework package for pip. The default is robotframework.

• robotframework_package_version_spec: A specification to install a specific version of Robot Framework using pip. It is empty by default, meaning the latest version will be installed if Robot Framework is not already installed.

• robotframework_external_libraries: A list of additional Robot Framework libraries to install via pip. The default list is empty.

Dependencies

There are no dependencies.

Example Playbook

- hosts: testers
  roles:
    - robotframework
  tasks:
    - name: Copy test data
      copy:
        src: /path/to/tests/on/controller
        dest: /path/to/my/test/data/

    - name: Run tests
      command: robot /path/to/my/test/data

License

MIT