ci: Improve reliability of ansible tasks

tests/e2e/ansible/install_build_deps.yaml

@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@
         name: "{{ build_pkgs[ansible_distribution | lower] }}"
         state: present
     - block:
-      - name: Download and extract Go tarball
+      - name: Download Go tarball
+        get_url:
+          url: https://go.dev/dl/go{{ go_version }}.linux-{{ target_arch }}.tar.gz
+          dest: /tmp/go{{ go_version }}.linux-{{ target_arch }}.tar.gz
+        retries: 3
+        delay: 10
+      - name: Extract Go tarball
         unarchive:
           # TODO: use facts
-          src: https://go.dev/dl/go{{ go_version }}.linux-{{ target_arch }}.tar.gz
+          src: /tmp/go{{ go_version }}.linux-{{ target_arch }}.tar.gz
           creates: /usr/local/go
           dest: /usr/local
           remote_src: yes

tests/e2e/ansible/install_containerd.yaml

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         containerd config default > /etc/containerd/config.toml
       args:
         executable: /bin/bash
+        warn: false
     - name: Restart containerd service
       service:
         name: containerd

tests/e2e/ansible/install_docker.yaml

@@ -22,24 +22,32 @@
           - gnupg
           - lsb-release
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Add docker repo GPG key
       apt_key:
         url: https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg
         keyring: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/docker.gpg
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Add docker repo
       apt_repository:
         repo: "deb [arch={{ target_arch }} signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu {{ ansible_lsb.codename }} stable"
         filename: docker
         update_cache: yes
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Install docker packages
       package:
         name:
           - containerd.io
           - docker-ce
           - docker-ce-cli
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Create the docker group
       group:
         name: docker
@@ -54,28 +62,38 @@
           - docker.io
           - docker-buildx
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Create the docker group
       group:
         name: docker
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
   when: docker_exist.rc != 0 and ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu" and ansible_distribution_version == "22.04"
 - name: Handle docker installation on CentOS.
   block:
     - name: Install yum-utils
       dnf:
         name: yum-utils
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Add docker yum repo
       shell: yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo
       args:
         creates: /etc/yum.repos.d/docker-ce.repo
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Install docker packages
       dnf:
         name:
           - containerd.io
           - docker-ce
           - docker-ce-cli
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
   when: docker_exist.rc != 0 and ansible_distribution == "CentOS"
 #
 # In order to prevent "systemd: docker.service Start request repeated too quickly"

tests/e2e/ansible/install_kubeadm.yaml

@@ -29,15 +29,27 @@
       file:
         path: "{{ cni_home }}/bin"
         state: directory
+    - name: Download CNI plugins
+      get_url:
+        url: "https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/{{ cni_version }}/cni-plugins-linux-{{ target_arch  }}-{{ cni_version }}.tgz"
+        dest: /tmp/cni-plugins.tgz
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Install CNI plugins
       unarchive:
         # TODO: use facts
-        src: "https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/{{ cni_version }}/cni-plugins-linux-{{ target_arch  }}-{{ cni_version }}.tgz"
+        src: /tmp/cni-plugins.tgz
         dest: "{{ cni_home }}/bin"
         remote_src: yes
+    - name: Download crictl
+      get_url:
+        url: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/{{ k8s_version }}/crictl-{{ k8s_version }}-linux-{{ target_arch  }}.tar.gz"
+        dest: /tmp/crictl.tar.gz
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Install crictl
       unarchive:
-        src: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/{{ k8s_version }}/crictl-{{ k8s_version }}-linux-{{ target_arch  }}.tar.gz"
+        src: /tmp/crictl.tar.gz
         creates: /usr/local/bin/crictl
         dest: /usr/local/bin
         remote_src: yes
@@ -46,6 +58,8 @@
         url: https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/{{ k8s_version }}/bin/linux/{{ target_arch  }}/{{ item }}
         dest: /usr/local/bin
         mode: '+x'
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
       with_items:
         - kubeadm
         - kubelet

tests/e2e/ansible/install_test_deps.yaml

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
       package:
         name: "{{ test_pkgs[ansible_distribution | lower] }}"
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     # Install bats from source so that we get the latest features.
     - name: Install bats from sources
       block:
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@
                 repo: https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core.git
                 dest: bats-core
                 force: yes
+              retries: 3
+              delay: 10
             - name: Install bats
               shell:
                 cmd: ./install.sh /usr/local
@@ -35,16 +39,25 @@
       ignore_errors: yes
     - name: Install kustomize
       shell: |
-        curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"  | bash
+        curl -s --retry 3 --retry-delay 10 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"  | bash
         cp -f ./kustomize /usr/local/bin
       args:
         creates: /usr/local/bin/kustomize
+        warn: false
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
       when: kustomize_exist.rc != 0
     - block:
-      - name: Download and extract Go tarball
+      - name: Download Go tarball
+        get_url:
+          url: https://go.dev/dl/go{{ go_version }}.linux-{{ target_arch }}.tar.gz
+          dest: /tmp/go{{ go_version }}.linux-{{ target_arch }}.tar.gz
+        retries: 3
+        delay: 10
+      - name: Extract Go tarball
         unarchive:
           # TODO: use facts
-          src: https://go.dev/dl/go{{ go_version }}.linux-{{ target_arch }}.tar.gz
+          src: /tmp/go{{ go_version }}.linux-{{ target_arch }}.tar.gz
           creates: /usr/local/go
           dest: /usr/local
           remote_src: yes

tests/e2e/ansible/start_docker_registry.yaml

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
         # TODO: this is ubuntu specific...
         name: python3-pip
         state: present
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     # The docker pip is needed by the docker_container ansible module itself.
     - name: Install docker pip
       pip:
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@
         if [ "$version_ge" = "2.29.0" ]; then
             pip3 install requests==2.28.1
         fi
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     - name: Start a docker registry
       docker_container:
         name: "{{ local_registry_name }}"
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@
         ports:
           - "{{ local_registry_port }}:{{ local_registry_port }}"
         state: started
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 10
     #
     # Remove the docker registry container.
     #