Mario-in-Podman: Ansible Playbooks for Managing the Mario Brothers Container

This repository provides Ansible playbooks for managing the deployment of the Mario Brothers game container using Podman.

Usage:

Playbook: Starting Mario Brothers Container

- hosts: localhost
  collections:
    - containers.podman
  tasks:
    - name: Entering Mario Land
      containers.podman.podman_container:
        name: mario_game
        image: "docker.io/kaminskypavel/mario:latest"
        state: started
        ports: "4545:8080"
      register: mario

    - debug:
        msg: "Go down the tube here: http://127.0.0.1:4545"
      when: mario.container.State.ExitCode == 0

    - debug:
        msg: "Tube is blocked"
      when: mario.container.State.ExitCode == 1

Usage:

1. Install Ansible:

   • Linux (Red Hat):

     sudo yum install -y ansible

   • Mac (via Brew):

     brew install ansible

2. Create the directory in your user space:

   mkdir -p ~/ansible/
   cd ~/ansible

3. Create the ansible.cfg file:

   vim ansible.cfg

   Add the following configuration and save:

   [defaults]
   inventory=./inventory

4. Create the inventory file:

   vim inventory

   Add the following, replacing your-local-ip with your actual local IP:

   [localhost]
   your-local-ip ansible_connection=local

   Example:

   [localhost]
   192.168.101.214 ansible_connection=local

5. Run ansible --version to verify if the configuration file has been picked up.

6. Install Podman:

   • Red Hat (RHEL):

     sudo yum install -y podman

   • Mac (via Brew):

     brew install podman

7. Run the Ansible playbook to start the Mario Brothers container:

   ansible-playbook mario_pod.yml

8. After successful execution, access Mario Land through the provided URL.

9. Run the Ansible playbook to stop and remove the Mario Brothers container:

   ansible-playbook mario-pod-rm.yml

Note:

• Customize the playbooks according to your specific requirements.
• Ensure proper network configurations and permissions for successful execution.
• A big thank you to kaminskypavel for providing the Mario Brothers container image.