# Results of collection creation
Used different methods to scaffold a collection.
## ansible-creator init collection
```
$ ansible-creator init collection test.testcollection ~/testcollection/
```
```
├── CHANGELOG.rst
├── changelogs
│ └── config.yaml
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── CONTRIBUTING
├── devfile.yaml
├── docs
│ └── docsite
│ └── links.yml
├── extensions
│ ├── eda
│ │ └── rulebooks
│ │ └── rulebook.yml
│ └── molecule
│ ├── integration_hello_world
│ │ └── molecule.yml
│ └── utils
│ ├── playbooks
│ │ ├── converge.yml
│ │ └── noop.yml
│ └── vars
│ └── vars.yml
├── galaxy.yml
├── LICENSE
├── MAINTAINERS
├── meta
│ └── runtime.yml
├── plugins
│ ├── action
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── cache
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── filter
│ │ ├── hello_world.py
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── inventory
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── modules
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── module_utils
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── plugin_utils
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── sub_plugins
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ └── test
│ └── __init__.py
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
├── roles
│ └── run
│ ├── defaults
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── files
│ ├── handlers
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── meta
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── README.md
│ ├── tasks
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── templates
│ ├── tests
│ │ └── inventory
│ └── vars
│ └── main.yml
├── test-requirements.txt
├── tests
│ ├── integration
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── targets
│ │ │ └── hello_world
│ │ │ └── tasks
│ │ │ └── main.yml
│ │ └── test_integration.py
│ └── unit
│ ├── __init__.py
│ └── test_basic.py
└── tox-ansible.ini
39 directories, 42 files
```
## ansible-galaxy collection init
```
ansible-galaxy collection init test.testcollection \
--init-path ~/testcollectiongalaxy/
```
```
└── test
└── testcollection
├── docs
├── galaxy.yml
├── meta
│ └── runtime.yml
├── plugins
│ └── README.md
├── README.md
└── roles
7 directories, 4 files
```
## ansible-galaxy collection init --collection-skeleton
```
git clone git@github.com:ansible-collections/collection_template.git
```
```
ansible-galaxy collection init test.collectiontemplate \
--collection-skeleton ~/git/collection_template/ \
--init-path ~/testcollectiongalaxy_template/
```
```
└── test
└── collectiontemplate
├── CHANGELOG.rst
├── changelogs
│ ├── changelog.yaml
│ ├── config.yaml
│ └── fragments
├── codecov.yml
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── docs
│ └── docsite
│ └── links.yml
├── galaxy.yml
├── LICENSE
├── MAINTAINERS
├── meta
│ ├── ee-bindep.txt
│ ├── ee-requirements.txt
│ ├── execution-environment.yml
│ └── runtime.yml
├── README.md
├── REVIEW_CHECKLIST.md
└── tests
├── integration
│ └── targets
└── units
12 directories, 16 files
```
## ansible-galaxy collection init --collection-skeleton
## VSCode extension (Run one)
1. Install VSCode extension
2. Configure paths to ansible, ansible-creator, python executables
3. Select Ansible collection project "Create a structure for your Ansible collection that includes modules, plugins, molecule scenarios and tests."
4. Specify namespace, collection, init path fields.
```
├── CHANGELOG.rst
├── changelogs
│ └── config.yaml
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── CONTRIBUTING
├── devfile.yaml
├── docs
│ └── docsite
│ └── links.yml
├── extensions
│ ├── eda
│ │ └── rulebooks
│ │ └── rulebook.yml
│ └── molecule
│ ├── integration_hello_world
│ │ └── molecule.yml
│ └── utils
│ ├── playbooks
│ │ ├── converge.yml
│ │ └── noop.yml
│ └── vars
│ └── vars.yml
├── galaxy.yml
├── LICENSE
├── MAINTAINERS
├── meta
│ └── runtime.yml
├── plugins
│ ├── action
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── cache
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── filter
│ │ ├── hello_world.py
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── inventory
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── modules
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── module_utils
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── plugin_utils
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── sub_plugins
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ └── test
│ └── __init__.py
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
├── roles
│ └── run
│ ├── defaults
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── files
│ ├── handlers
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── meta
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── README.md
│ ├── tasks
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── templates
│ ├── tests
│ │ └── inventory
│ └── vars
│ └── main.yml
├── test-requirements.txt
├── tests
│ ├── integration
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── targets
│ │ │ └── hello_world
│ │ │ └── tasks
│ │ │ └── main.yml
│ │ └── test_integration.py
│ └── unit
│ ├── __init__.py
│ └── test_basic.py
└── tox-ansible.ini
39 directories, 42 files
```
## VSCode from source code (Run two)
Same steps as previous but with the "install collection from source code (editable mode)" option selected.
In this run I had collections installed under `~/.ansible`.
### First attempt
```
├── CHANGELOG.rst
├── changelogs
│ └── config.yaml
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── CONTRIBUTING
├── devfile.yaml
├── docs
│ └── docsite
│ └── links.yml
├── extensions
│ ├── eda
│ │ └── rulebooks
│ │ └── rulebook.yml
│ └── molecule
│ ├── integration_hello_world
│ │ └── molecule.yml
│ └── utils
│ ├── playbooks
│ │ ├── converge.yml
│ │ └── noop.yml
│ └── vars
│ └── vars.yml
├── galaxy.yml
├── LICENSE
├── MAINTAINERS
├── meta
│ └── runtime.yml
├── plugins
│ ├── action
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── cache
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── filter
│ │ ├── hello_world.py
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── inventory
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── modules
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── module_utils
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── plugin_utils
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── sub_plugins
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ └── test
│ └── __init__.py
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
├── roles
│ └── run
│ ├── defaults
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── files
│ ├── handlers
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── meta
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── README.md
│ ├── tasks
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── templates
│ ├── tests
│ │ └── inventory
│ └── vars
│ └── main.yml
├── test-requirements.txt
├── tests
│ ├── integration
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── targets
│ │ │ └── hello_world
│ │ │ └── tasks
│ │ │ └── main.yml
│ │ └── test_integration.py
│ └── unit
│ ├── __init__.py
│ └── test_basic.py
└── tox-ansible.ini
39 directories, 42 files
```
------------------------------- ansible-dev-environment logs --------------------------------
Hint: Run `rm -rf ~/.ansible/collections` to remove them.
Command failed: bash -c 'source /home/dnaro/workspace/sandbox-venv/bin/activate && ade install --venv /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv --editable /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo --no-ansi -vvv '
Error: Collections found in
/home/dnaro/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Critical: The development environment is not isolated, please resolve the above
errors.
### Second attempt
In this run I removed all collections installed under `~/.ansible`.
```
├── CHANGELOG.rst
├── changelogs
│ └── config.yaml
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
├── CONTRIBUTING
├── devfile.yaml
├── docs
│ └── docsite
│ └── links.yml
├── extensions
│ ├── eda
│ │ └── rulebooks
│ │ └── rulebook.yml
│ └── molecule
│ ├── integration_hello_world
│ │ └── molecule.yml
│ └── utils
│ ├── playbooks
│ │ ├── converge.yml
│ │ └── noop.yml
│ └── vars
│ └── vars.yml
├── galaxy.yml
├── LICENSE
├── MAINTAINERS
├── meta
│ └── runtime.yml
├── plugins
│ ├── action
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── cache
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── filter
│ │ ├── hello_world.py
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── inventory
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── modules
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── module_utils
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── plugin_utils
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ ├── sub_plugins
│ │ └── __init__.py
│ └── test
│ └── __init__.py
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
├── requirements.txt
├── roles
│ └── run
│ ├── defaults
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── files
│ ├── handlers
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── meta
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── README.md
│ ├── tasks
│ │ └── main.yml
│ ├── templates
│ ├── tests
│ │ └── inventory
│ └── vars
│ └── main.yml
├── test-requirements.txt
├── tests
│ ├── integration
│ │ ├── __init__.py
│ │ ├── targets
│ │ │ └── hello_world
│ │ │ └── tasks
│ │ │ └── main.yml
│ │ └── test_integration.py
│ └── unit
│ ├── __init__.py
│ └── test_basic.py
└── tox-ansible.ini
39 directories, 42 files
```
------------------------------- ansible-dev-environment logs --------------------------------
Debug: Creating virtual environment:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv
Debug: Running command: python -m venv
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv
Info: Created virtual environment:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv
Debug: Virtual environment:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv
Debug: Virtual environment interpreter:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin/python
Debug: Running command:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin/python
-c'import json,sysconfig; print(json.dumps(sysconfig.get_paths()))'
{"stdlib": "/usr/lib64/python3.12", "platstdlib": "/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/lib64/python3.12", "purelib": "/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages", "platlib": "/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/lib64/python3.12/site-packages", "include": "/usr/include/python3.12", "platinclude": "/usr/include/python3.12", "scripts": "/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin", "data": "/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv"}
Debug: Found site packages path: /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetw
o/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages
Info: Installing ansible-core.
Debug: Installing ansible-core.
Debug: Running command:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin/python -m pip
install ansible-core
Collecting ansible-core
Using cached ansible_core-2.17.5-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.9 kB)
Collecting jinja2>=3.0.0 (from ansible-core)
Using cached jinja2-3.1.4-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.6 kB)
Collecting PyYAML>=5.1 (from ansible-core)
Using cached PyYAML-6.0.2-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (2.1 kB)
Collecting cryptography (from ansible-core)
Using cached cryptography-43.0.3-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl.metadata (5.4 kB)
Collecting packaging (from ansible-core)
Using cached packaging-24.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.2 kB)
Collecting resolvelib<1.1.0,>=0.5.3 (from ansible-core)
Using cached resolvelib-1.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.0 kB)
Collecting MarkupSafe>=2.0 (from jinja2>=3.0.0->ansible-core)
Using cached MarkupSafe-3.0.2-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (4.0 kB)
Collecting cffi>=1.12 (from cryptography->ansible-core)
Using cached cffi-1.17.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Collecting pycparser (from cffi>=1.12->cryptography->ansible-core)
Using cached pycparser-2.22-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (943 bytes)
Using cached ansible_core-2.17.5-py3-none-any.whl (2.2 MB)
Using cached jinja2-3.1.4-py3-none-any.whl (133 kB)
Using cached PyYAML-6.0.2-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (767 kB)
Using cached resolvelib-1.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (17 kB)
Using cached cryptography-43.0.3-cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl (4.0 MB)
Using cached packaging-24.1-py3-none-any.whl (53 kB)
Using cached cffi-1.17.1-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (479 kB)
Using cached MarkupSafe-3.0.2-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (23 kB)
Using cached pycparser-2.22-py3-none-any.whl (117 kB)
Installing collected packages: resolvelib, PyYAML, pycparser, packaging, MarkupSafe, jinja2, cffi, cryptography, ansible-core
Successfully installed MarkupSafe-3.0.2 PyYAML-6.0.2 ansible-core-2.17.5 cffi-1.17.1 cryptography-43.0.3 jinja2-3.1.4 packaging-24.1 pycparser-2.22 resolvelib-1.0.1
Debug: Found local collection request without dependencies:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo
Debug: Setting collection path: /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo
Debug: Setting request as local
Debug: Found collection name: test.testcollectionvscodetwo from
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/galaxy.yml.
Info: Installing local collection from: /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollection
vscodetwo/.venv/.ansible-dev-environment/test.testcollectionvscodetwo/
build
Debug: List collection files using git ls-files.
Debug: Running command: git ls-files 2> /dev/null
Info: Failed to list collection using git ls-files: Command 'git ls-files 2>
/dev/null' returned non-zero exit status 128. None
Debug: List collection files using ls.
Debug: Running command: ls 2> /dev/null
CHANGELOG.rst
changelogs
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
CONTRIBUTING
devfile.yaml
docs
extensions
galaxy.yml
LICENSE
MAINTAINERS
meta
plugins
pyproject.toml
README.md
requirements.txt
roles
test-requirements.txt
tests
tox-ansible.ini
Info: File list generated with 'ls'
Debug: Found ansible-galaxy in virtual environment:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin/ansible-galaxy
Debug: Running ansible-galaxy to build collection.
Debug: Running command: cd /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.ven
v/.ansible-dev-environment/test.testcollectionvscodetwo/build &&
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin/ansible-galaxy
collection build --output-path /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvsc
odetwo/.venv/.ansible-dev-environment/test.testcollectionvscodetwo/bui
ld --force
Created collection for test.testcollectionvscodetwo at /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/.ansible-dev-environment/test.testcollectionvscodetwo/build/test-testcollectionvscodetwo-1.0.0.tar.gz
Debug: Found ansible-galaxy in virtual environment:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin/ansible-galaxy
Debug: Running ansible-galaxy to install a local collection and it's
dependencies.
Debug: Running command:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin/ansible-galaxy
collection install /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv
/.ansible-dev-environment/test.testcollectionvscodetwo/build/test-test
collectionvscodetwo-1.0.0.tar.gz -p /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollecti
onvscodetwo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages --force
Starting galaxy collection install process
Process install dependency map
Starting collection install process
Installing 'test.testcollectionvscodetwo:1.0.0' to '/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections/test/testcollectionvscodetwo'
test.testcollectionvscodetwo:1.0.0 was installed successfully
Note: Installed collections include: test.testcollectionvscodetwo
Info: Swapping test.testcollectionvscodetwo with
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo
Debug: Removing installed /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv
/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections/test/testcollectionv
scodetwo
Debug: Symlinking /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/lib/pyt
hon3.12/site-packages/ansible_collections/test/testcollectionvscodetwo
to /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo
Debug: Running command: ansible-builder introspect /home/dnaro/workspace/test
collectionvscodetwo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages --write-pip /ho
me/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/.ansible-dev-environm
ent/discovered_requirements.txt --write-bindep /home/dnaro/workspace/t
estcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/.ansible-dev-environment/discovered_binde
p.txt --sanitize
# Dependency data for /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages
---
python: []
system: []
Info: Installing python requirements.
Debug: Installing python requirements from /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollecti
onvscodetwo/.venv/.ansible-dev-environment/discovered_requirements.txt
Debug: Running command:
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin/python -m pip
install -r /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/.ansibl
e-dev-environment/discovered_requirements.txt
Note: All python requirements are installed.
Info: Checking system packages.
Debug: Running command: bindep -b -f /home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvsco
detwo/.venv/.ansible-dev-environment/discovered_bindep.txt
Note: All required system packages are installed.
Note: A virtual environment was specified but has not been activated.
Note: Please activate the virtual environment:
source
/home/dnaro/workspace/testcollectionvscodetwo/.venv/bin/activate
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