Introduction to Ansible Molecule

Speaker: Brian Hoppus

Room: CC 234

Time: Sat 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Format: Lecture (30 Min + Q&A)

Difficulty: Some experience required

Track: DevOps

Presenter Location: In-person

Experience: first time speaking

At: at lfnw

Description:

Are you tired of spinning your wheels fixing failed Ansible runs and dealing with configuration drift? As organizations continue moving toward Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and declarative automation, reliable tooling becomes essential. Building idempotent, reusable, and error‑free Ansible roles can be challenging — especially when testing across multiple operating systems or recovering from failed automation runs.

Simple linting and check‑mode runs aren’t enough. This talk introduces Ansible Molecule, a testing framework that helps operations teams validate roles, catch issues early, and ensure consistent automation.

Attendees will learn how Molecule can help:

Reduce configuration drift

Test roles across different OS environments

Improve reliability and repeatability of automation

Support modern DevOps workflows

Target Audience:

Sysadmins

DevOps engineers