Ansible Role: Robot Framework

Install the Robot Framework test automation framework, and optionally, one or more external test libraries.

This role will install Robot Framework with pip. pip will be installed if not already present. The EPEL repository will be installed on RHEL/CentOS distributions in order to install pip.

After importing this role, copy your test data and resources on the server, the execute robot to run tests.

Requirements

Ansible 2.10 or later.

Supported platforms

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

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

robotframework_package_name

The Robot Framework pip package name. Default value is robotframework.

robotframework_package_version_spec

The pip version specification to install a specific Robot Framework version. The default value is empty, so pip will install the latest when Robot Framework is not already present.

robotframework_external_libraries

A list of external Robot Framework libraries to be installed via pip. The default list is empty.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

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

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

License

MIT