Example gitlab-ci script for ansible automation deployment

.gitlab-ci.yml

---
image: 'williamyeh/ansible:centos7'

variables:
  ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH: './roles/'
  ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE: '/root/.ssh/vault.sh'
  ANSIBLE_TIMEOUT: 60 # some systems are very slow to establish ssh connection

before_script:
  - "ansible --version" # for verbosity
  - "yum -y install git" # not git in these containers
  - "eval `ssh-agent -s`"
  - "sshpass -e -P: ssh-add /root/.ssh/ansible_rsa" # allows us to use ssh keys with password
#  - "ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml -v --force" # download the requirements

# no test stage. non-prod branch is test
stages:
  - deploy

# doing a deploy with --check
deploy_check:
  stage: deploy
  tags:
    - docker
  script:
    - "ansible-playbook playbook.yml --diff --check"