Galaxy: Support for more platforms in the meta file.

[sbaerlocher]

Feature Request

Use Case

In the platform information in galaxy_info only Windows Server 2012R2 is supported for Windows systems. Meanwhile there are also Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and soon Windows Server 2019. I would suggest to add the other Windows operating systems in galaxy_info platforms.

Proposed Solution

Added the possibility to specify version 10 and 2016 or 2019 respectively.

Example

galaxy_info:
  platforms:
    - name: Windows
      versions:
        - 10
        - 2016
        - 2019

Alternatives

N/A

Implementation

N/A

[chouseknecht]

@tima

It would be ideal if Galaxy no longer stored a list of valid platforms, and that we no longer asked users to maintain a static list of platforms in meta/main.yml.

Since we're thinking about asking users to provide tests using Molecule, I wonder if we could extract platform info from the test scenarios. Could also extract it from Zuul settings, I think, for cases like ansible-network, where Molecule is not used.

My thinking is that we ultimately want to the present to an Ansible content user the list of tested platforms, rather than the static, likely not actually CI tested list we present today.

[tima]

I get the problem and it is tricky. The static list is suboptimal especially when you take into consideration windows and networking and that list is declared intent that is not tested. Not every bit of content will have Zuul or molecule or whatnot to derive things from though. Even if they all did have tests, I'm not sure we could realistically run them all given the size and scope of Galaxy. Users will expect to continue to see the OS/platforms the content is intended to work. Need to think about the bigger picture some more here.

[sbaerlocher]

I find the list practical to filter in the Galaxy. I don't assume that an Ansible role from the Galaxy will work out of the box.

[chouseknecht]

@newswangerd

Platforms is a static list stored in the Galaxy database. The process for adding a new one is manual, undefined, and reactive. When a user complains and/or files an issue, we add a new platform. To see a list of available platforms, users must query the Galaxy API.

I would like to create a page in the UI where users can view/search existing platforms, and submit a request for us to add a new platform.

[Daniel-Sanchez-Fabregas]

Could you add the platforms mentioned in https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general_windows.html#create-an-ansible-inventory?

The OS that is created is based on the image set. The following images can be used:

• jborean93/WindowsServer2008-x86
• jborean93/WindowsServer2008-x64
• jborean93/WindowsServer2008R2
• jborean93/WindowsServer2012
• jborean93/WindowsServer2012R2
• jborean93/WindowsServer2016

[chouseknecht]

@Daniel-Sanchez-Fabregas

Done. You can view the Windows platforms here

[sbaerlocher]

How about Windows 8 or 10, respectively Windows 10 1803 and 1809? Do they get their own release name?

[vnovichek]

It would be great to add desktop Windows (8 and 10) to the list.

[ppouliot]

Would it be possible to add vyos and edgeos to the list of platforms?

[ddimatos]

Would it be possible to add:

• z/OS 2.2.0
• z/OS 2.3.0
• z/OS 2.4.0

If the forward slash is an issue then "zOS" or "z_OS" would suffice. We have been testing on z/OS.