Deep dive into Pytest parametrization

Fixture parameters and pytest_generate_tests

Pytest is an amazing testing framework for Python. In this article I will focus on how fixture parametrization translates into test parametrization in Pytest.

Understanding Ansible’s check_mode

Recently I rediscovered one peculiar feature of Ansible I was aware of, but never used. It’s called check-mode.

Why I never used it? Because before 2.2 it was useless.

Forces idempotency in Ansible

We got a peculiar situation: after (some) software has been deployed it should not be disturbed under any circumstances. No package…

How to disable packagekit

I’m not a big fan of desktop managing my software. So, packagekit sounds like an external dependency with annoying behaviour.

Unfortunately, it’s hardly backed into distro and removal of packagekit package would break many things (including default…

Mapping strings into numbers in Ansible

How to make a stable mapping of a string into a numeric hash within given range, by using only Ansible and Jinja2.

Make LXC great again

Warning: This post contains debugging log, which is messy, verbose, and hard to read.

My playbook to create staging environment on my laptop with LXC has been broken after Trump become a president of United States. I don’t know whom to blame: Trump, fake news or…

API co-development in Ansible: how to use mock responses

The new best practice for using mock answers as a way to document API interaction in an Ansible role.