CI: Add OS release coverage: AlmaLinux 9

.ci/ci_lib.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ANSIBLE_TESTS_HOSTS_DIR = os.path.join(GIT_ROOT, 'tests/ansible/hosts')
 ANSIBLE_TESTS_TEMPLATES_DIR = os.path.join(GIT_ROOT, 'tests/ansible/templates')
 DISTRO_SPECS = os.environ.get(
     'MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS',
-    'centos6 centos8-py3 debian9 debian11 ubuntu1604 ubuntu2004',
+    'alma9-py3 centos6 centos8-py3 debian9 debian11 ubuntu1604 ubuntu2004',
 )
 IMAGE_PREP_DIR = os.path.join(GIT_ROOT, 'tests/image_prep')
 IMAGE_TEMPLATE = os.environ.get(

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ In progress (unreleased)
 
 * :gh:issue:`1118` CI: Use 2025.02 test images, keeping same OS releases
 * :gh:issue:`1358` CI: Bump deprecated macOS 13 runner to macOS 15
+* :gh:issue:`1118` CI: Add OS release coverage: AlmaLinux 9
 
 
 v0.3.33 (2025-11-22)

tests/ansible/hosts/group_vars/alma9.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+pkg_mgr_python_interpreter: python3
+
+# Alma Linux 9, RHEL 9, etc. lack a virtualenv package
+virtualenv_create_argv:
+  - "{{ virtualenv_python }}"
+  - -m
+  - venv
+  - "{{ virtualenv_path }}"

tests/ansible/integration/ssh/password.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             ssh_no_password_result.msg is search('SSH password was requested, but none specified')
             or ssh_no_password_result.msg is search('SSH password is incorrect')
             or ssh_no_password_result.msg is search('Invalid/incorrect password')
-            or ssh_no_password_result.msg is search('Permission denied \(publickey,password(,keyboard-interactive)?\)')
+            or ssh_no_password_result.msg is search('Permission denied \(publickey(,gssapi-keyex)?(,gssapi-with-mic)?,password(,keyboard-interactive)?\)')
         fail_msg: |
           ssh_no_password_result={{ ssh_no_password_result }}
 
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@
           - >-
             ssh_wrong_password_result.msg is search('SSH password is incorrect')
             or ssh_wrong_password_result.msg is search('Invalid/incorrect password')
-            or ssh_wrong_password_result.msg is search('Permission denied \(publickey,password(,keyboard-interactive)?\)')
+            or ssh_no_password_result.msg is search('Permission denied \(publickey(,gssapi-keyex)?(,gssapi-with-mic)?,password(,keyboard-interactive)?\)')
         fail_msg: |
           ssh_wrong_password_result={{ ssh_wrong_password_result }}

tests/image_prep/host_vars/alma9.yml

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ docker_base: almalinux:9
 
 packages:
   - perl-JSON
+  - procps-ng

tests/testlib.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 DISTRO_SPECS = os.environ.get(
     'MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS',
-    'centos6 centos8-py3 debian9 debian11 ubuntu1604 ubuntu2004',
+    'alma9-py3 centos6 centos8-py3 debian9 debian11 ubuntu1604 ubuntu2004',
 )
 IMAGE_TEMPLATE = os.environ.get(
     'MITOGEN_TEST_IMAGE_TEMPLATE',

tox.ini

@@ -123,18 +123,18 @@ setenv =
     ans{2.10,3,4,5}: ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=yaml
     # Print warning on the first occurence at each module:linenno in Mitogen. Available Python 2.7, 3.2+.
     PYTHONWARNINGS=default:::ansible_mitogen,default:::mitogen
-    ans{2.10,3,4,5}: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=centos6 centos8-py3 debian9 debian11 ubuntu1604 ubuntu2004
+    ans{2.10,3,4,5}: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=alma9-py3 centos6 centos8-py3 debian9 debian11 ubuntu1604 ubuntu2004
     # Ansible 6 - 8 (ansible-core 2.13 - 2.15) require Python 2.7 or >= 3.5 on targets
-    ans{6,7,8}: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=centos7 centos8-py3 debian9 debian10 debian11 ubuntu1604 ubuntu1804 ubuntu2004
+    ans{6,7,8}: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=alma9-py3 centos7 centos8-py3 debian9 debian10 debian11 ubuntu1604 ubuntu1804 ubuntu2004
     # Ansible 9 (ansible-core 2.16) requires Python 2.7 or >= 3.6 on targets
-    ans9: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=centos7 centos8-py3 debian9 debian10 debian11 ubuntu1804 ubuntu2004
+    ans9: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=alma9-py3 centos7 centos8-py3 debian9 debian10 debian11 ubuntu1804 ubuntu2004
     # Ansible 10 (ansible-core 2.17) requires Python >= 3.7 on targets
-    ans10: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=debian10-py3 debian11-py3 ubuntu2004-py3
+    ans10: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=alma9-py3 debian10-py3 debian11-py3 ubuntu2004-py3
     # Ansible 11 (ansible-core 2.18) requires Python >= 3.8 on targets
-    ans11: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=debian11-py3 ubuntu2004-py3
-    ans12: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=debian11-py3 ubuntu2004-py3
+    ans11: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=alma9-py3 debian11-py3 ubuntu2004-py3
+    ans12: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=alma9-py3 debian11-py3 ubuntu2004-py3
     # Ansible 13 (ansible-core 2.20) requires Python >= 3.9 on targets
-    ans13: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=debian11-py3
+    ans13: MITOGEN_TEST_DISTRO_SPECS=alma9-py3 debian11-py3
     m_ans: MODE=ansible
     m_ans: ANSIBLE_SKIP_TAGS=resource_intensive
     m_ans: ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST=profile_tasks