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 [e-mail]: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