Collection Galaxy metadata structure

A key component of an Ansible collection is the galaxy.yml file placed in the root directory of a collection. This file contains the metadata of the collection that is used to generate a collection artifact.

Structure

The galaxy.yml file must contain the following keys in valid YAML:

Examples

namespace: "namespace_name"
name: "collection_name"
version: "1.0.12"
readme: "README.md"
authors:
    - "Author1"
    - "Author2 (https://author2.example.com)"
    - "Author3 <author3@example.com>"
dependencies:
    "other_namespace.collection1": ">=1.0.0"
    "other_namespace.collection2": ">=2.0.0,<3.0.0"
    "anderson55.my_collection": "*"    # note: "*" selects the highest version available
license:
    - "MIT"
tags:
    - demo
    - collection
repository: "https://www.github.com/my_org/my_collection"

See also

Developing collections
Develop or modify a collection.
Ansible module development: getting started
Learn about how to write Ansible modules
Using collections
Learn how to install and use collections.
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