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Configuration in MegaLinter

Variable Description Default value
ANSIBLE_ANSIBLE_LINT_ARGUMENTS User custom arguments to add in linter CLI call
Ex: -s --foo "bar"
ANSIBLE_ANSIBLE_LINT_FILE_EXTENSIONS Allowed file extensions. "*" matches any extension, "" matches empty extension. Empty list excludes all files
Ex: [".py", ""]		 [".yml", ".yaml"]
ANSIBLE_ANSIBLE_LINT_FILE_NAMES_REGEX File name regex filters. Regular expression list for filtering files by their base names using regex full match. Empty list includes all files
Ex: ["Dockerfile(-.+)?", "Jenkinsfile"]		 Include every file
ANSIBLE_ANSIBLE_LINT_PRE_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run before the linter None
ANSIBLE_ANSIBLE_LINT_POST_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run after the linter None
ANSIBLE_ANSIBLE_LINT_CONFIG_FILE ansible-lint configuration file name
Use LINTER_DEFAULT to let the linter find it		 .ansible-lint
ANSIBLE_ANSIBLE_LINT_RULES_PATH Path where to find linter configuration file Workspace folder, then MegaLinter default rules
ANSIBLE_ANSIBLE_LINT_DISABLE_ERRORS Run linter but consider errors as warnings false
ANSIBLE_ANSIBLE_LINT_DISABLE_ERRORS_IF_LESS_THAN Maximum number of errors allowed 0
ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY Directory containing ANSIBLE files ansible

MegaLinter Flavours

This linter is available in the following flavours

Flavor Description Embedded linters Info
all Default MegaLinter Flavor 101 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
documentation MegaLinter for documentation projects 42 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
dotnet Optimized for C, C++, C# or VB based projects 50 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
go Optimized for GO based projects 44 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
java Optimized for JAVA based projects 44 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
javascript Optimized for JAVASCRIPT or TYPESCRIPT based projects 51 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
php Optimized for PHP based projects 46 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
python Optimized for PYTHON based projects 50 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
ruby Optimized for RUBY based projects 43 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
rust Optimized for RUST based projects 43 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
salesforce Optimized for Salesforce based projects 45 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
security Optimized for security 20 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
swift Optimized for SWIFT based projects 43 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
terraform Optimized for TERRAFORM based projects 48 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls

Behind the scenes

How are identified applicable files

  • Activated only if sub-directory ansible is found. (directory name can be overridden with ANSIBLE_DIRECTORY)
  • File extensions: .yml, .yaml
  • File name do not ends with: vault.yml, vault.yaml, galaxy.yml, galaxy.yaml

How the linting is performed

ansible-lint is called once on the whole project directory

  • filtering can not be done using MegaLinter configuration variables,it must be done using ansible-lint configuration or ignore file (if existing)
  • VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: false does not make ansible-lint analyze only updated files

Example calls

ansible-lint -v

ansible-lint -v -c .ansible-lint

Help content

usage: ansible-lint [-h] [-L]
                    [-f {rich,plain,rst,json,codeclimate,quiet,pep8}] [-q]
                    [-p] [--progressive] [--project-dir PROJECT_DIR]
                    [-r RULESDIR] [-R] [--write] [--show-relpath] [-t TAGS]
                    [-T] [-v] [-x SKIP_LIST] [-w WARN_LIST]
                    [--enable-list ENABLE_LIST] [--nocolor] [--force-color]
                    [--exclude EXCLUDE_PATHS] [-c CONFIG_FILE] [--offline]
                    [--version]
                    [lintables ...]

positional arguments:
  lintables             One or more files or paths. When missing it will
                        enable auto-detection mode.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -L                    list all the rules
  -f {rich,plain,rst,json,codeclimate,quiet,pep8}
                        stdout formatting, json being an alias for
                        codeclimate. (default: rich)
  -q                    quieter, reduce verbosity, can be specified twice.
  -p                    parseable output, same as '-f pep8'
  --progressive         Return success if it detects a reduction in number of
                        violations compared with previous git commit. This
                        feature works only in git repositories.
  --project-dir PROJECT_DIR
                        Location of project/repository, autodetected based on
                        location of configuration file.
  -r RULESDIR           Specify custom rule directories. Add -R to keep using
                        embedded rules from /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-
                        packages/ansiblelint/rules
  -R                    Keep default rules when using -r
  --write               Reformat YAML files to standardize spacing, quotes,
                        etc. Future versions will expand this option so it
                        fixes more issues.
  --show-relpath        Display path relative to CWD
  -t TAGS               only check rules whose id/tags match these values
  -T                    list all the tags
  -v                    Increase verbosity level (-vv for more)
  -x SKIP_LIST          only check rules whose id/tags do not match these
                        values
  -w WARN_LIST          only warn about these rules, unless overridden in
                        config file defaults to 'experimental'
  --enable-list ENABLE_LIST
                        activate optional rules by their tag name
  --nocolor             disable colored output, same as NO_COLOR=1
  --force-color         Force colored output, same as FORCE_COLOR=1
  --exclude EXCLUDE_PATHS
                        path to directories or files to skip. This option is
                        repeatable.
  -c CONFIG_FILE        Specify configuration file to use. By default it will
                        look for '.ansible-lint' or '.config/ansible-lint.yml'
  --offline             Disable installation of requirements.yml
  --version

Installation on mega-linter Docker image