From c77727b12239ec9937eccf04d6f3bfe1eafed3cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nk-dir <n.karthik1742954@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 18:07:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] molecule: add prepare playbook and bootstrap packages; guard
 apt repo for non-Debian

---
 molecule/default/molecule.yml |  1 +
 molecule/default/prepare.yml  | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tasks/main.yml                |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 molecule/default/prepare.yml

diff --git a/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 3c2f1e5..d209852 100644
--- a/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ platforms:
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
   playbooks:
+    prepare: ${MOLECULE_PREPARE_PLAYBOOK:-prepare.yml}
     converge: ${MOLECULE_PLAYBOOK:-converge.yml}
diff --git a/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/molecule/default/prepare.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5119a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+- name: Prepare
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: true
+  tasks:
+    - name: Install python3-apt for Debian/Ubuntu
+      apt:
+        name: python3-apt
+        state: present
+        update_cache: yes
+      when: ansible_facts.os_family == 'Debian'
+
+    - name: Install common packages for RedHat family (best-effort)
+      block:
+        - name: Try to install python3-dnf
+          package:
+            name: python3-dnf
+            state: present
+
+        - name: Try to install python3-libselinux
+          package:
+            name: python3-libselinux
+            state: present
+      when: ansible_facts.os_family == 'RedHat'
+      ignore_errors: true
+
+    - name: Install packages for Suse family (best-effort)
+      block:
+        - name: Try to install python3-zypp
+          package:
+            name: python3-zypp
+            state: present
+      when: ansible_facts.os_family == 'Suse'
+      ignore_errors: true
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 825ed95..feceeca 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     repo: >-
       deb [arch={{ ansible_facts.architecture }}]
       {{ docker_repo_url }}/{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] | lower }}
-      {{ ansible_facts['lsb']['codename'] }} {{ docker_apt_release_channel }}
+      {{ ansible_facts['lsb']['codename'] | default(ansible_facts.get('distribution_release', '')) }}
     filename: "{{ docker_apt_filename }}"
     state: present
-  when: docker_add_repo | bool
+  when: docker_add_repo | bool and ansible_facts.os_family == 'Debian'