adding basic testing/validation of the role

playbooks/roles/forum/tasks/main.yml

@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@
   only_if: "'${ansible_distribution}' == 'Ubuntu'"
 
 - include: deploy.yml
+- include: test.yml
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playbooks/roles/forum/tasks/test.yml

+---
+
+- name: forum | test that the required service are listening
+  shell: 'test -n "$(netstat -plnt | grep :{{ item.port }})"'
+  with_items: "{{ forum_services }}"
+  tags:
+  - forum
+  - test
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playbooks/roles/forum/vars/main.yml

@@ -4,5 +4,20 @@ forum_user: "forum"
 forum_home: "/opt/forum"
 forum_ruby_version: "1.9.3-p448"
 forum_code_dir: "{{ forum_home }}/cs_comments_service"
-forum_source_repo: https://github.com/edx/cs_comments_service.git
-forum_version: 'HEAD'
+forum_source_repo: "https://github.com/edx/cs_comments_service.git"
+forum_version: "HEAD"
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+
+#
+# test config
+#
+
+#
+# The following services should be listening on the associated
+# ports when the role has been successfully created.
+#
+forum_services:
+  - {service: "sinatra", port: "4567"}
+  - {service: "mongo", port: "27017"}
+  - {service: "mongo", port: "28017"}
+  - {service: "elasticsearch", port: "9200"}
+  - {service: "elasticsearch", port: "9300"}
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