release.yaml

name: Publish Ansible Collection

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'  # Trigger on version tags like x.x.x

jobs:
  build-and-publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # Checkout the repository
      - name: Check out the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Set up Python environment
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: '3.x'

      # Install ansible-core
      - name: Install Ansible
        run: |
          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
          pip install ansible-core

      # Build the collection
      - name: Build Ansible Collection
        run: |
          ansible-galaxy collection build
        # Capture the built file name
        id: build

      # Capture the tar.gz filename from the build output
      - name: Get tar.gz filename
        shell: bash
        run: |
          COLLECTION_FILE=$(ls *.tar.gz)
          echo "COLLECTION_FILE=${COLLECTION_FILE}" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      # Create a release and upload
      - name: Create Release and upload
        id: create_release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
        with:
          files: ${{ env.COLLECTION_FILE }}
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Automatically provided by GitHub Actions

      # Publish the collection to Ansible Galaxy
      - name: Publish to Ansible Galaxy
        env:
          GALAXY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GALAXY_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          ansible-galaxy collection publish "${{ env.COLLECTION_FILE }}" --api-key $GALAXY_TOKEN