Is it possible to import roles automatically before running molecule?

[Teijmen]

I want to make an automated testing tool, in which molecule imports the roles based on a certain name. But the problem is that when you include tasks in any molecule file, it will be executed inside the container, and not on the main machine. Any ideas?

Loop for finding roles in molecule converge.yml:

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  tasks:
  - include_tasks: ../../main.yml

main.yml:

- name: Find all roles starting with empty_
  find:
    path: "roles/"
    file_type: directory
    patterns: "empty_*"
  register: roles_found

- name: Include all roles found starting with empty_
  include_role:
    name: '{{ temp_roleinput }}'
  loop: "{{ roles_found['files'] | map(attribute='path') | map('regex_replace','^.*/(.*)$','\\1') | list }}"
  loop_control:
    loop_var: temp_roleinput

Loop result for finding roles locally (executed through normal playbook):

$ ansible-playbook main.yml

PLAY [test roles] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Find all roles starting with empty_] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Include all roles found starting with empty_] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [empty_role1 : debug] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "empty_role1 says hi!"
}

TASK [empty_role2 : debug] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": "empty_role2 says hi!"
}

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost] => {
    "msg": [
        "empty_role1",
        "empty_role2"
    ]
}

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=5    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0 

Loop result with molecule converge:

$ molecule converge
INFO     default scenario test matrix: dependency, create, prepare, converge
INFO     Running default > dependency
WARNING  Skipping, missing the requirements file.
WARNING  Skipping, missing the requirements file.
INFO     Running default > create
WARNING  Skipping, instances already created.
INFO     Running default > prepare
WARNING  Skipping, prepare playbook not configured.
INFO     Running default > converge
INFO     Sanity checks: 'podman'

PLAY [Converge] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [instance]

TASK [include_tasks] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
included: /main.yml for instance

TASK [Find all roles starting with empty_] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [instance]

TASK [Include all roles found starting with empty_] ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [debug] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [instance] => {
    "roles_found": {
        "changed": false,
        "examined": 0,
        "failed": false,
        "files": [],
        "matched": 0,
        "msg": "roles/ was skipped as it does not seem to be a valid directory or it cannot be accessed\n"
    }
}

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
instance                   : ok=4    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=1    rescued=0    ignored=0