Ansible Lint
Checks playbooks for practices and behavior that could potentially be improved.
Overview
Ansible Lint is the official linter for Ansible. It checks playbooks, roles, and collections for practices and behaviors that could be improved. Its main goal is to promote proven practices, enforce style conventions, and avoid common pitfalls that can lead to bugs or make automation code harder to maintain.
✨ Key Features
- Official linter for Ansible content
- Checks for best practices, syntax errors, and stylistic issues
- Highly configurable rules
- Can automatically fix some common issues
- Integrates with Ansible Galaxy for quality scoring
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Official, community-backed tool for Ansible.
- Deep understanding of Ansible's syntax, modules, and conventions.
- Focus on maintainability and best practices specific to automation code.
Unique Value: The definitive tool for ensuring your Ansible automation is well-structured, maintainable, and free of common errors.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Automatically checking Ansible roles for quality and correctness upon submission to a shared repository.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Scanning non-Ansible IaC
- Checking for cloud security misconfigurations (it focuses on Ansible code quality)
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
💰 Pricing
Free tier: Ansible Lint is completely free and open-source.
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