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Ansible Molecule

Command Line Reference

Command Line Reference¶

Special commands¶

drivers
init
list
login
matrix
reset

Valid actions¶

check
cleanup
This action has cleanup and is not enabled by default. See the provisioner's documentation for further details.
converge : Converge will execute the sequence necessary to converge the instances.
create ** driver
dependency
destroy ** all, parallel, driver
idempotence
prepare ** force
side-effect
syntax
test - ** - Test command will execute the sequence necessary to test the instances.
verify

-s, --scenario-name¶

--parallel / --no-parallel¶

Passing extra arguments to the provisioner¶

... -- -vvv --tags foo,bar

    Providing additional command line arguments to the `ansible-playbook`
    command.  Use this option with care, as there is no sanitation or
    validation of input.  Options passed on the CLI override options
    provided in provisioner's `options` section of `molecule.yml`.

molecule init¶

molecule init role¶

Initialize a new role using ansible-galaxy and include default molecule directory. Please refer to the init scenario command in order to generate a custom molecule scenario.

molecule init scenario¶

molecule list¶

List command shows information about current scenarios.

molecule list

molecule matrix¶

Matrix will display the subcommand's ordered list of actions, which can be changed in scenario configuration.