Specific image name for testing.

molecule/default/destroy.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     # Developer must implement.
     - name: Remove the docker image
       community.docker.docker_container:
-        name: instance
+        name: instance-plausible
         state: absent
 
     # Mandatory configuration for Molecule to function.

molecule/default/molecule.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependency:
 driver:
   name: docker
 platforms:
-  - name: instance
+  - name: instance-plausible
     image: "geerlingguy/docker-${MOLECULE_DISTRO:-centos8}-ansible:latest"
     command: ${MOLECULE_DOCKER_COMMAND:-""}
     volumes:

molecule/default/prepare.yml

@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 ---
 - name: Setup the test machine
-  hosts: instance
+  hosts: instance-plausible
   tasks:
+    - name: Check if /var/run/docker.sock already exists
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: "/var/run/docker.sock"
+      register: docker_sock_stat
+
     - name: Create docker.sock
       raw: touch /var/run/docker.sock
       become: true
       changed_when: false
+      when: not docker_sock_stat.stat.exists
+
     - name: Move docker.sock from tmp
       raw: mount --move /tmp/docker_mounted.sock /var/run/docker.sock
       become: true
       changed_when: false
+      when: not docker_sock_stat.stat.exists
+      
     - name: Update apt cache.
       apt: update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=600
       when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'