Note
This plugin is part of the community.windows collection.
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.windows.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.windows.win_pester.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| output_file string | Generates an output test report. | |
| output_format string | Default: "NunitXML" | Format of the test report to be generated. This parameter is to be used with output_file option. |
| path string / required | Path to a pester test file or a folder where tests can be found. If the path is a folder, the module will consider all ps1 files as Pester tests. | |
| tags list / elements=string | Runs only tests in Describe blocks with specified Tags values. Accepts multiple comma separated tags. | |
| test_parameters dictionary | Allows to specify parameters to the test script. | |
| version string | Minimum version of the pester module that has to be available on the remote host. aliases: minimum_version |
- name: Get facts
ansible.windows.setup:
- name: Add Pester module
action:
module_name: "{{ 'community.windows.win_psmodule' if ansible_powershell_version >= 5 else 'chocolatey.chocolatey.win_chocolatey' }}"
name: Pester
state: present
- name: Run the pester test provided in the path parameter.
community.windows.win_pester:
path: C:\Pester
- name: Run the pester tests only for the tags specified.
community.windows.win_pester:
path: C:\Pester\TestScript.tests
tags: CI,UnitTests
# Run pesters tests files that are present in the specified folder
# ensure that the pester module version available is greater or equal to the version parameter.
- name: Run the pester test present in a folder and check the Pester module version.
community.windows.win_pester:
path: C:\Pester\test01.test.ps1
version: 4.1.0
- name: Run the pester test present in a folder with given script parameters.
community.windows.win_pester:
path: C:\Pester\test04.test.ps1
test_parameters:
Process: lsass
Service: bits
- name: Run the pester test present in a folder and generate NunitXML test result..
community.windows.win_pester:
path: C:\Pester\test04.test.ps1
output_file: c:\Pester\resullt\testresult.xml
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| output list / elements=string | success | Results of the Pester tests. |
| pester_version string | always | Version of the pester module found on the remote host. Sample: 4.3.1 |
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/community/windows/win_pester_module.html