Resolving cascading boot error in alma9.8 that results from acl boot option

Reason:

  Running on linode instances, /etc/hosts file changes are worth
testing.

This reverts commit f51c228573.

extensions/molecule/default/create.yml

@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
   gather_facts: false
 
   tasks:
-    - name: Packages openssh-server, python3-policycoreutils
+    - name: Package procps-ng
       ansible.builtin.dnf:
-        name: ['openssh-server', 'python3-policycoreutils']
+        name: procps-ng
         state: present
 
     - name: systemd PID

extensions/molecule/default/molecule.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ driver:
       ansible_connection: docker
 platforms:
   - name: instance
-    image: geerlingguy/docker-rockylinux9-ansible:latest
+    image: geerlingguy/docker-${MOLECULE_DISTRO:-rockylinux9}-ansible:latest
     command: "/sbin/init"
     volumes:
       - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro

extensions/molecule/linode/converge.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 ---
-- name: Converge
-  hosts: all
-  gather_facts: false
+- name: Fail if linode group is missing
+  hosts: localhost
   tasks:
-    - name: Replace this task with one that validates your content
+    - name: Print some info
       ansible.builtin.debug:
-        msg: "This is the effective test"
+        msg: "{{ groups }}"
+
+    - name: Assert group existence
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: "'linode' in groups"
+        fail_msg: |
+          linode group was not found inside inventory groups: {{ groups }}
+
+- name: Converge
+  hosts: linode
+  # We disable gather facts because it would fail due to our container not
+  # having python installed. This will not prevent use from running 'raw'
+  # commands. Most molecule users are expected to use containers that already
+  # have python installed in order to avoid notable delays installing it.
+  tasks:
+    - name: Apply podman-host Role
+      include_role:
+        name: podman-host
+#      ansible.builtin.assert:
+#        that: result.stdout | regex_search("^Linux")

extensions/molecule/linode/create.yml

@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@
   gather_facts: false
 
   tasks:
-    - name: Packages openssh-server, python3-policycoreutils
+    - name: Package procps-ng
       ansible.builtin.dnf:
-        name: ['openssh-server', 'python3-policycoreutils']
+        name: procps-ng
         state: present
 
     - name: systemd PID

extensions/molecule/linode/destroy.yml

@@ -5,20 +5,11 @@
   gather_facts: false
   # no_log: "{{ molecule_no_log }}"
   tasks:
-    # Developer must implement.
-
-    # Mandatory configuration for Molecule to function.
-
-    - name: Populate instance config
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        instance_conf: {}
-
-    - name: Dump instance config
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        content: |
-          # Molecule managed
-
-          {{ instance_conf | to_json | from_json | to_yaml }}
-        dest: "{{ molecule_instance_config }}"
-        mode: "0600"
-      when: server.changed | default(false) | bool  # noqa no-handler
+- name: Remove dynamic molecule inventory
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: Remove dynamic inventory file
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "{{ molecule_ephemeral_directory }}/inventory/molecule_inventory.yml"
+        state: absent    # Developer must implement.

extensions/molecule/linode/requirements.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+collections:
+  - community.general

tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 - import_tasks: include-vars.yml
 
 - name: Install podman, podman networking plugins, and python support packages
+  vars:
+    dnf_packages:
+      - 'openssh-server'
+      - 'podman'
+      - 'podman-plugins'
+      - 'systemd-container'
+      - 'containernetworking-plugins'
+      - 'python3-pip'
+      - 'python3-policycoreutils'
   dnf:
-    name: ['podman', 'containernetworking-plugins', 'podman-plugins', 'python3-pip', 'systemd-container']
+    name: "{{ dnf_packages }}"
     state: present
 
 - name: Install podman-compose pip Package
@@ -21,6 +30,7 @@
    - "{{ service_users }}"
 
 - name: Create service folders
+  become: yes
   become_user: "{{ item.0.name }}"
   file:
     path: "/home/{{ item.0.name }}/{{ item.1 }}"
@@ -101,8 +111,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0644
-  tags:
-    - 'molecule-notest'
+  when: '"molecule" not in group_names'
 
 - lineinfile:
     path: /etc/hosts
@@ -111,8 +120,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0644
-  tags:
-    - 'molecule-notest'
+  when: '"molecule" not in group_names'
 # - name: Copy cni networking driver config into place
 #   blockinfile:
 #     name: "/etc/cni/net.d/podman.conflist"