Add validation config file mechanism

Introduce validation config file.
The config default location of the config file will be stored
in /etc/validation.cfg

The variables precedence will be the following:
* user's cli args
* config file
* default interval values

Change-Id: I05c54a43bc0a03878793cca3f51e23f4a8b63a23

doc/source/cli.rst

@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ Command Options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 .. autoprogram-cliff:: validation.cli
+   :application: validation

setup.cfg

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ classifier =
 [files]
 packages = validations_libs
 
+data_files =
+    etc =
+        validation.cfg
+
 [compile_catalog]
 directory = validations-libs/locale
 domain = validations-lib

validation.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+[default]
+# Default configuration for the Validation Framework
+# These are mainly CLI parameters which can be set here in order to avoid
+# to provide the same parameters on each runs.
+
+# Location where the Validation playbooks are stored.
+validation_dir = /usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks
+
+# Path where the framework is supposed to write logs and results.
+# Note: this should not be a relative path.
+# Uncomment this line according to your prefered location:
+# validation_log_dir = /usr/share/validations
+
+# Location where the Ansible Validation Callback, Libraries and Modules are
+# stored.
+ansible_base_dir = /usr/share/ansible/
+
+# Ssh user for the remote access
+#ssh_user = stack
+
+# Output log for the Validation results.
+output_log = output.log
+
+# Limitation of the number of results to return to the console.
+history_limit = 15
+
+[ansible_runner]
+# Ansible Runner configuration parameters.
+# Here you can set the Runner parameters which will be used by the framework.
+# Note that only those parameters are supported, any other custom parameters
+# will be ignored.
+
+# Verbosity for Ansible
+verbosity = 5
+
+# Fact cache directory location and type
+# fact_cache = /var/log/validations/artifacts/
+fact_cache_type = jsonfile
+
+# Inventory for Ansible
+#inventory = hosts.yaml
+
+quiet = True
+rotate_artifacts = 256
+
+[ansible_environment]
+# Ansible Environment variables.
+# You can provide here, all the Ansible configuration variables documented here:
+# https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html
+
+# Here is a set of parameters used by the Validation Framework as example:
+#ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH = /home/stack/ansible.log
+#ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER = stack
+ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST = validation_stdout,validation_json,profile_tasks
+ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK = validation_stdout
+
+# Callback settings which are part of Ansible environment variables.
+# Configuration for HTTP Server callback
+HTTP_JSON_SERVER = http://localhost
+HTTP_JSON_PORT = 8080

validations_libs/ansible.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import yaml
 
 from six.moves import configparser
 from validations_libs import constants
+from validations_libs import utils
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__ + ".ansible")
 
@@ -275,6 +276,17 @@ class Ansible(object):
         else:
             return env
 
+    def _dump_validation_config(self, config, path, filename='validation.cfg'):
+        """Dump Validation config in artifact directory"""
+        parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        for section_key in config.keys():
+            parser.add_section(section_key)
+            for item_key in config[section_key].keys():
+                parser.set(section_key, item_key,
+                           str(config[section_key][item_key]))
+        with open('{}/{}'.format(path, filename), 'w') as conf:
+            parser.write(conf)
+
     def run(self, playbook, inventory, workdir, playbook_dir=None,
             connection='smart', output_callback=None,
             base_dir=constants.DEFAULT_VALIDATIONS_BASEDIR,
@@ -283,9 +295,10 @@ class Ansible(object):
             verbosity=0, quiet=False, extra_vars=None,
             gathering_policy='smart',
             extra_env_variables=None, parallel_run=False,
-            callback_whitelist=None, ansible_cfg=None,
+            callback_whitelist=None, ansible_cfg_file=None,
             ansible_timeout=30, ansible_artifact_path=None,
-            log_path=None, run_async=False, python_interpreter=None):
+            log_path=None, run_async=False, python_interpreter=None,
+            validation_cfg_file=None):
         """Execute one or multiple Ansible playbooks
 
         :param playbook: The Absolute path of the Ansible playbook
@@ -341,9 +354,10 @@ class Ansible(object):
                                 Custom output_callback is also whitelisted.
                                 (Defaults to ``None``)
         :type callback_whitelist: ``list`` or ``string``
-        :param ansible_cfg: Path to an ansible configuration file. One will be
+        :param ansible_cfg_file: Path to an ansible configuration file. One
-                         generated in the artifact path if this option is None.
+                                 will be generated in the artifact path if
-        :type ansible_cfg: ``string``
+                                 this option is None.
+        :type ansible_cfg_file: ``string``
         :param ansible_timeout: Timeout for ansible connections.
                                 (Defaults to ``30 minutes``)
         :type ansible_timeout: ``integer``
@@ -360,6 +374,10 @@ class Ansible(object):
                                    ``auto_silent`` or the default one
                                    ``auto_legacy``)
         :type python_interpreter: ``string``
+        :param validation_cfg_file: A dictionary of configuration for
+                                    Validation loaded from an validation.cfg
+                                    file.
+        :type validation_cfg_file: ``dict``
 
         :return: A ``tuple`` containing the the absolute path of the executed
                  playbook, the return code and the status of the run
@@ -405,16 +423,17 @@ class Ansible(object):
                                          ansible_timeout, callback_whitelist,
                                          base_dir, python_interpreter))
 
-        if 'ANSIBLE_CONFIG' not in env and not ansible_cfg:
+        if 'ANSIBLE_CONFIG' not in env and not ansible_cfg_file:
-            ansible_cfg = os.path.join(ansible_artifact_path, 'ansible.cfg')
+            ansible_cfg_file = os.path.join(ansible_artifact_path,
-            config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+                                            'ansible.cfg')
-            config.add_section('defaults')
+            ansible_config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-            config.set('defaults', 'internal_poll_interval', '0.05')
+            ansible_config.add_section('defaults')
-            with open(ansible_cfg, 'w') as f:
+            ansible_config.set('defaults', 'internal_poll_interval', '0.05')
-                config.write(f)
+            with open(ansible_cfg_file, 'w') as f:
-            env['ANSIBLE_CONFIG'] = ansible_cfg
+                ansible_config.write(f)
-        elif 'ANSIBLE_CONFIG' not in env and ansible_cfg:
+            env['ANSIBLE_CONFIG'] = ansible_cfg_file
-            env['ANSIBLE_CONFIG'] = ansible_cfg
+        elif 'ANSIBLE_CONFIG' not in env and ansible_cfg_file:
+            env['ANSIBLE_CONFIG'] = ansible_cfg_file
 
         if log_path:
             env['VALIDATIONS_LOG_DIR'] = log_path
@@ -434,7 +453,6 @@ class Ansible(object):
 
         if not BACKWARD_COMPAT:
             r_opts.update({
-                'envvars': envvars,
                 'project_dir': playbook_dir,
                 'fact_cache': ansible_artifact_path,
                 'fact_cache_type': 'jsonfile'
@@ -453,6 +471,17 @@ class Ansible(object):
 
         if parallel_run:
             r_opts['directory_isolation_base_path'] = ansible_artifact_path
+
+        if validation_cfg_file:
+            if 'ansible_runner' in validation_cfg_file.keys():
+                r_opts.update(validation_cfg_file['ansible_runner'])
+            if 'ansible_environment' in validation_cfg_file.keys():
+                envvars.update(validation_cfg_file['ansible_environment'])
+            self._dump_validation_config(validation_cfg_file,
+                                         ansible_artifact_path)
+        if not BACKWARD_COMPAT:
+            r_opts.update({'envvars': envvars})
+
         runner_config = ansible_runner.runner_config.RunnerConfig(**r_opts)
         runner_config.prepare()
         runner_config.env['ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK'] = \

validations_libs/cli/app.py

@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@
 #   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #   under the License.
 
+import os
 import sys
 
 from cliff.app import App
 from cliff.commandmanager import CommandManager
 
+from validations_libs import utils
+
 
 class ValidationCliApp(App):
     """Cliff application for the `ValidationCli` tool.
@@ -50,6 +53,38 @@ class ValidationCliApp(App):
         if err:
             self.LOG.debug('got an error: {}'.format(err))
 
+    def _format_arg(self):
+        namespace, argv = self.parser.parse_known_args()
+        return [arg.lstrip(self.parser.prefix_chars).replace('-', '_')
+                for arg in argv]
+
+    def set_argument_parser(self, parser, section='default'):
+        """ Set Arguments parser depending of the precedence ordering:
+            * User CLI arguments
+            * Configuration file
+            * Default CLI values
+        """
+        cli_args = self._format_arg()
+        args, _ = parser.parse_known_args()
+        config = utils.load_config(os.path.abspath(args.config))
+        config_args = config.get(section, {})
+        for key, value in args._get_kwargs():
+            # matbu: manage the race when user's cli arg is the same than
+            # the parser default value. The user's cli arg will *always*
+            # takes precedence on others.
+            if parser.get_default(key) == value and key in cli_args:
+                try:
+                    cli_value = cli_args[cli_args.index(key)+1]
+                    config_args.update({key: cli_value})
+                except KeyError:
+                    self.LOG.warning('Key not found in cli: {}').format(key)
+            elif parser.get_default(key) != value:
+                config_args.update({key: value})
+            elif key not in config_args.keys():
+                config_args.update({key: value})
+        parser.set_defaults(**config_args)
+        return parser
+
 
 def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
     v_cli = ValidationCliApp()

validations_libs/cli/base.py

@@ -14,10 +14,15 @@
 #   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #   under the License.
 
+import os
 
 from cliff import _argparse
 from cliff.command import Command
 from cliff.lister import Lister
+from cliff.show import ShowOne
+
+from validations_libs import constants
+from validations_libs import utils
 
 # Handle backward compatibility for Cliff 2.16.0 in stable/train:
 if hasattr(_argparse, 'SmartHelpFormatter'):
@@ -40,6 +45,14 @@ class BaseCommand(Command):
         )
         for hook in self._hooks:
             hook.obj.get_parser(parser)
+
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--config',
+            dest='config',
+            default=utils.find_config_file(),
+            help=("Config file path for Validation.")
+        )
+
         return parser
 
 
@@ -60,4 +73,27 @@ class BaseLister(Lister):
         for action in parser._actions:
             vf_parser._add_action(action)
 
+        vf_parser.add_argument(
+            '--config',
+            dest='config',
+            default=utils.find_config_file(),
+            help=("Config file path for Validation.")
+        )
+
         return vf_parser
+
+
+class BaseShow(ShowOne):
+    """Base Show client implementation class"""
+
+    def get_parser(self, parser):
+        """Argument parser for base show"""
+        parser = super(BaseShow, self).get_parser(parser)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--config',
+            dest='config',
+            default=utils.find_config_file(),
+            help=("Config file path for Validation.")
+        )
+
+        return parser

validations_libs/cli/history.py

@@ -46,28 +46,29 @@ class ListHistory(BaseLister):
                             default=constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR,
                             help=("Path where the validation log files "
                                   "is located."))
+        # Merge config and CLI args:
+        if hasattr(self.app, 'set_argument_parser'):
+            return self.app.set_argument_parser(parser)
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        validation_log_dir = parsed_args.validation_log_dir
+        history_limit = parsed_args.history_limit
 
-        if parsed_args.history_limit < 1:
+        if history_limit < 1:
-            raise ValueError(
+            msg = ("Number <n> of the most recent runs must be > 0. "
-                (
+                   "You have provided {}").format(history_limit)
-                    "Number <n> of the most recent runs must be > 0. "
+            raise ValueError(msg)
-                    "You have provided {}").format(
-                        parsed_args.history_limit))
         self.app.LOG.info(
-            (
+            ("Limiting output to the maximum of "
-                "Limiting output to the maximum of "
+             "{} last validations.").format(history_limit))
-                "{} last validations.").format(
-                parsed_args.history_limit))
 
         actions = ValidationActions()
 
         return actions.show_history(
             validation_ids=parsed_args.validation,
             log_path=parsed_args.validation_log_dir,
-            history_limit=parsed_args.history_limit)
+            history_limit=history_limit)
 
 
 class GetHistory(BaseCommand):
@@ -88,10 +89,12 @@ class GetHistory(BaseCommand):
                             default=constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR,
                             help=("Path where the validation log files "
                                   "is located."))
+        # Merge config and CLI args:
+        if hasattr(self.app, 'set_argument_parser'):
+            return self.app.set_argument_parser(parser)
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
-
         self.app.LOG.debug(
             (
                 "Obtaining information about the validation run {}\n"

validations_libs/cli/lister.py

@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@
 #   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #   under the License.
 
-from cliff.lister import Lister
+import json
+import sys
 
 from validations_libs.validation_actions import ValidationActions
 from validations_libs import constants
+from validations_libs.cli.base import BaseLister
 from validations_libs.cli.parseractions import CommaListAction
 
 
-class ValidationList(Lister):
+class ValidationList(BaseLister):
     """List the Validations Catalog"""
 
     def get_parser(self, parser):
@@ -52,6 +54,9 @@ class ValidationList(Lister):
                             default=constants.ANSIBLE_VALIDATION_DIR,
                             help=("Path where the validation playbooks "
                                   "are located."))
+        # Merge config and CLI args:
+        if hasattr(self.app, 'set_argument_parser'):
+            return self.app.set_argument_parser(parser)
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
@@ -61,6 +66,7 @@ class ValidationList(Lister):
         category = parsed_args.category
         product = parsed_args.product
         validation_dir = parsed_args.validation_dir
+        group = parsed_args.group
 
         v_actions = ValidationActions(validation_path=validation_dir)
         return (v_actions.list_validations(groups=group,

validations_libs/cli/run.py

@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 #   under the License.
 
 import getpass
+import os
 import sys
 
 from validations_libs import constants
+from validations_libs import utils
 from validations_libs.validation_actions import ValidationActions
 from validations_libs.cli import common
 from validations_libs.cli.base import BaseCommand
@@ -156,13 +158,17 @@ class Run(BaseCommand):
                   "if more than one product is required "
                   "separate the product names with commas."))
 
+        # Merge config and CLI args:
+        if hasattr(self.app, 'set_argument_parser'):
+            return self.app.set_argument_parser(parser)
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         """Take validation action"""
-        v_actions = ValidationActions(
+        # Load config:
-            validation_path=parsed_args.validation_dir)
+        config = utils.load_config(os.path.abspath(parsed_args.config))
 
+        v_actions = ValidationActions(parsed_args.validation_dir)
         # Ansible execution should be quiet while using the validations_json
         # default callback and be verbose while passing ANSIBLE_SDTOUT_CALLBACK
         # environment variable to Ansible through the --extra-env-vars argument
@@ -195,8 +201,8 @@ class Run(BaseCommand):
                 python_interpreter=parsed_args.python_interpreter,
                 quiet=quiet_mode,
                 ssh_user=parsed_args.ssh_user,
-                log_path=parsed_args.validation_log_dir
+                log_path=parsed_args.validation_log_dir,
-            )
+                validation_config=config)
         except RuntimeError as e:
             raise RuntimeError(e)
 

validations_libs/cli/show.py

@@ -14,15 +14,17 @@
 #   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #   under the License.
 
-from cliff.show import ShowOne
+import json
-from cliff.lister import Lister
+import sys
 
 from validations_libs.validation_actions import ValidationActions
 from validations_libs import constants
 from validations_libs.cli.parseractions import CommaListAction
+from validations_libs.cli.base import BaseShow
+from validations_libs.cli.base import BaseLister
 
 
-class Show(ShowOne):
+class Show(BaseShow):
     """Show detailed informations about a Validation"""
 
     def get_parser(self, parser):
@@ -36,6 +38,9 @@ class Show(ShowOne):
                             metavar="<validation>",
                             type=str,
                             help="Show a specific validation.")
+        # Merge config and CLI args:
+        if hasattr(self.app, 'set_argument_parser'):
+            return self.app.set_argument_parser(parser)
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ class Show(ShowOne):
             return data.keys(), data.values()
 
 
-class ShowGroup(Lister):
+class ShowGroup(BaseLister):
     """Show detailed informations about Validation Groups"""
 
     def get_parser(self, parser):
@@ -63,6 +68,9 @@ class ShowGroup(Lister):
                             help=("Path where the validation playbooks "
                                   "are located."))
 
+        # Merge config and CLI args:
+        if hasattr(self.app, 'set_argument_parser'):
+            return self.app.set_argument_parser(parser)
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
@@ -72,7 +80,7 @@ class ShowGroup(Lister):
         return v_actions.group_information(constants.VALIDATION_GROUPS_INFO)
 
 
-class ShowParameter(ShowOne):
+class ShowParameter(BaseShow):
     """Show Validation(s) parameter(s)
 
     Display Validation(s) Parameter(s) which could be overriden during an
@@ -147,11 +155,15 @@ class ShowParameter(ShowOne):
             help=("Print representation of the validation. "
                   "The choices of the output format is json,yaml. ")
         )
-
+        # Merge config and CLI args:
+        if hasattr(self.app, 'set_argument_parser'):
+            return self.app.set_argument_parser(parser)
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
-        v_actions = ValidationActions(parsed_args.validation_dir)
+
+        validation_dir = parsed_args.validation_dir
+        v_actions = ValidationActions(validation_dir)
         params = v_actions.show_validations_parameters(
             validations=parsed_args.validation_name,
             groups=parsed_args.group,

validations_libs/constants.py

@@ -38,3 +38,7 @@ VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR = os.path.expanduser('~/validations')
 VALIDATION_ANSIBLE_ARTIFACT_PATH = os.path.join(
     VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR,
     'artifacts')
+
+ANSIBLE_RUNNER_CONFIG_PARAMETERS = ['verbosity', 'extravars', 'fact_cache',
+                                    'fact_cache_type', 'inventory', 'playbook',
+                                    'project_dir', 'quiet', 'rotate_artifacts']

validations_libs/tests/cli/fakes.py

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ from unittest import TestCase
 from validations_libs.cli import app
 
 
+class FakeValidationApp(app.ValidationCliApp):
+
+    def set_argument_parser(self, parser):
+        return parser
+
+
 class BaseCommand(TestCase):
 
     def check_parser(self, cmd, args, verify_args):
@@ -35,7 +41,8 @@ class BaseCommand(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(BaseCommand, self).setUp()
-        self.app = app.ValidationCliApp()
+        self.app = FakeValidationApp()
+
 
 KEYVALUEACTION_VALUES = {
     'valid': 'foo=bar',

validations_libs/tests/cli/test_app.py

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#   Copyright 2021 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#   not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#   a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#   WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#   under the License.
+#
+
+try:
+    from unittest import mock
+except ImportError:
+    import mock
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from validations_libs.cli import app
+from validations_libs.cli import lister
+from validations_libs.cli import history
+
+
+class TestApp(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestApp, self).setUp()
+        self.app = app.ValidationCliApp()
+
+    @mock.patch('argparse.ArgumentParser.parse_known_args',
+                return_value=['foo', ['--foo-bar']])
+    def test_config_args(self, mock_argv):
+        self.assertEqual(['foo_bar'], self.app._format_arg())
+
+
+class TestArgApp(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestArgApp, self).setUp()
+        self.app = app.ValidationCliApp()
+
+    def test_validation_dir_config_cli(self):
+        args = ['--validation-dir', 'foo']
+        cmd = lister.ValidationList(self.app, None)
+        parser = cmd.get_parser('fake')
+        parsed_args = parser.parse_args(args)
+        self.assertEqual('foo', parsed_args.validation_dir)
+
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.ANSIBLE_VALIDATION_DIR', 'bar')
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.find_config_file',
+                return_value='validation.cfg')
+    def test_validation_dir_config_no_cli(self, mock_config):
+        args = []
+        cmd = lister.ValidationList(self.app, None)
+        parser = cmd.get_parser('fake')
+        parsed_args = parser.parse_args(args)
+        self.assertEqual('/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks',
+                         parsed_args.validation_dir)
+
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.ANSIBLE_VALIDATION_DIR', 'bar')
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.find_config_file',
+                return_value='/etc/validation.cfg')
+    def test_validation_dir_config_no_cli_no_config(self, mock_config):
+        args = []
+        cmd = lister.ValidationList(self.app, None)
+        parser = cmd.get_parser('fake')
+        parsed_args = parser.parse_args(args)
+        self.assertEqual('bar', parsed_args.validation_dir)
+
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.ANSIBLE_VALIDATION_DIR',
+                '/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks')
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.find_config_file',
+                return_value='validation.cfg')
+    def test_validation_dir_config_no_cli_same_consts(self, mock_config):
+        args = []
+        cmd = lister.ValidationList(self.app, None)
+        parser = cmd.get_parser('fake')
+        parsed_args = parser.parse_args(args)
+        self.assertEqual('/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks',
+                         parsed_args.validation_dir)
+
+    def test_get_history_cli_arg(self):
+        args = ['123', '--validation-log-dir', '/foo/log/dir']
+        cmd = history.GetHistory(self.app, None)
+        parser = cmd.get_parser('fake')
+        parsed_args = parser.parse_args(args)
+        self.assertEqual('/foo/log/dir',
+                         parsed_args.validation_log_dir)
+
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.find_config_file',
+                return_value='validation.cfg')
+    def test_get_history_cli_arg_and_config_file(self, mock_config):
+        args = ['123', '--validation-log-dir', '/foo/log/dir']
+        cmd = history.GetHistory(self.app, None)
+        parser = cmd.get_parser('fake')
+        parsed_args = parser.parse_args(args)
+        self.assertEqual('/foo/log/dir',
+                         parsed_args.validation_log_dir)
+
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR',
+                '/home/foo/validations')
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.find_config_file',
+                return_value='validation.cfg')
+    def test_get_history_no_cli_arg_and_config_file(self, mock_config):
+        args = ['123']
+        cmd = history.GetHistory(self.app, None)
+        parser = cmd.get_parser('fake')
+        parsed_args = parser.parse_args(args)
+        self.assertEqual('/home/foo/validations',
+                         parsed_args.validation_log_dir)

validations_libs/tests/cli/test_run.py

@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=copy.deepcopy(fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN))
-    def test_run_command_extra_vars(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_print,
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
-                                    mock_log_dir):
+    def test_run_command_extra_vars(self, mock_config, mock_run, mock_user,
+                                    mock_print, mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -80,7 +81,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
             'ssh_user': 'doe',
-            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-vars', 'key=value']
@@ -98,8 +101,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=copy.deepcopy(fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN))
-    def test_run_command_extra_vars_twice(self, mock_run, mock_user,
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
-                                          mock_print, mock_log_dir):
+    def test_run_command_extra_vars_twice(self, mock_config, mock_run,
+                                          mock_user, mock_print, mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -114,7 +118,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
             'ssh_user': 'doe',
-            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-vars', 'key=value1',
@@ -144,7 +150,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=copy.deepcopy(fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN))
-    def test_run_command_extra_vars_file(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_open,
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
+    def test_run_command_extra_vars_file(self, mock_config, mock_run,
+                                         mock_user, mock_open,
                                          mock_yaml, mock_log_dir):
 
         run_called_args = {
@@ -161,7 +169,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
             'ssh_user': 'doe',
-            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-vars-file', '/foo/vars.yaml']
@@ -178,7 +188,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=copy.deepcopy(fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN))
-    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_log_dir):
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
+    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars(self, mock_config, mock_run, mock_user,
+                                        mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -193,7 +205,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
             'ssh_user': 'doe',
-            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-env-vars', 'key=value']
@@ -210,7 +224,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=copy.deepcopy(fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN))
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
     def test_run_command_extra_env_vars_with_custom_callback(self,
+                                                             mock_config,
                                                              mock_run,
                                                              mock_user,
                                                              mock_log_dir):
@@ -229,7 +245,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'extra_env_vars': {'ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK': 'default'},
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': False,
-            'ssh_user': 'doe'}
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-env-vars', 'ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=default']
@@ -246,7 +264,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=copy.deepcopy(fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN))
-    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars_twice(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_log_dir):
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
+    def test_run_command_extra_env_vars_twice(self, mock_config, mock_run,
+                                              mock_user, mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -261,7 +281,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
             'ssh_user': 'doe',
-            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-env-vars', 'key=value1',
@@ -279,7 +301,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=copy.deepcopy(fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN))
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
     def test_run_command_extra_env_vars_and_extra_vars(self,
+                                                       mock_config,
                                                        mock_run,
                                                        mock_user,
                                                        mock_log_dir):
@@ -297,7 +321,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
             'ssh_user': 'doe',
-            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo',
                    '--extra-vars', 'key=value',
@@ -325,7 +351,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=copy.deepcopy(fakes.FAKE_FAILED_RUN))
-    def test_run_command_failed_validation(self, mock_run, mock_user, mock_log_dir):
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
+    def test_run_command_failed_validation(self, mock_config, mock_run,
+                                           mock_user, mock_log_dir):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -340,7 +368,9 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
             'ssh_user': 'doe',
-            'log_path': mock_log_dir}
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo']
         verifylist = [('validation_name', ['foo'])]
@@ -353,7 +383,8 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
     @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
                 'run_validations',
                 return_value=[])
-    def test_run_command_no_validation(self, mock_run, mock_user):
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
+    def test_run_command_no_validation(self, mock_config, mock_run, mock_user):
         run_called_args = {
             'inventory': 'localhost',
             'limit_hosts': None,
@@ -367,10 +398,84 @@ class TestRun(BaseCommand):
             'extra_env_vars': {'key2': 'value2'},
             'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
             'quiet': True,
-            'ssh_user': 'doe'}
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
 
         arglist = ['--validation', 'foo']
         verifylist = [('validation_name', ['foo'])]
 
         parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, self.cmd.take_action, parsed_args)
+
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR')
+    @mock.patch('getpass.getuser',
+                return_value='doe')
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
+                'run_validations',
+                return_value=fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN)
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
+    def test_run_with_wrong_config(self, mock_config, mock_run, mock_user,
+                                   mock_log_dir):
+        arglist = ['--validation', 'foo', '--config', 'wrong.cfg']
+        verifylist = [('validation_name', ['foo']),
+                      ('config', 'wrong.cfg')]
+
+        run_called_args = {
+            'inventory': 'localhost',
+            'limit_hosts': None,
+            'group': [],
+            'category': [],
+            'product': [],
+            'extra_vars': None,
+            'validations_dir': '/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks',
+            'base_dir': '/usr/share/ansible',
+            'validation_name': ['foo'],
+            'extra_env_vars': None,
+            'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
+            'quiet': True,
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
+
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+        self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+        mock_run.assert_called_with(**run_called_args)
+
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR')
+    @mock.patch('getpass.getuser',
+                return_value='doe')
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.validation_actions.ValidationActions.'
+                'run_validations',
+                return_value=fakes.FAKE_SUCCESS_RUN)
+    @mock.patch('os.path.exists', return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch('validations_libs.utils.load_config', return_value={})
+    def test_run_with_config(self, mock_config, mock_exists,
+                             mock_run, mock_user,
+                             mock_log_dir):
+        arglist = ['--validation', 'foo', '--config', 'config.cfg']
+        verifylist = [('validation_name', ['foo']),
+                      ('config', 'config.cfg')]
+
+        run_called_args = {
+            'inventory': 'localhost',
+            'limit_hosts': None,
+            'group': [],
+            'category': [],
+            'product': [],
+            'extra_vars': None,
+            'validations_dir': '/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks',
+            'base_dir': '/usr/share/ansible',
+            'validation_name': ['foo'],
+            'extra_env_vars': None,
+            'python_interpreter': sys.executable,
+            'quiet': True,
+            'ssh_user': 'doe',
+            'log_path': mock_log_dir,
+            'validation_config': {}
+            }
+
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+        self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+        mock_run.assert_called_with(**run_called_args)

validations_libs/tests/fakes.py

@@ -318,6 +318,20 @@ FAKE_FAILED_RUN = [{'Duration': '0:00:01.761',
 
 FAKE_VALIDATIONS_PATH = '/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks'
 
+DEFAULT_CONFIG = {'validation_dir': '/usr/share/ansible/validation-playbooks',
+                  'ansible_base_dir': '/usr/share/ansible/',
+                  'output_log': 'output.log',
+                  'history_limit': 15}
+
+ANSIBLE_RUNNER_CONFIG = {'verbosity': 5,
+                         'fact_cache_type': 'jsonfile',
+                         'quiet': True, 'rotate_artifacts': 256}
+
+ANSIBLE_ENVIRONNMENT_CONFIG = {'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST':
+                               'validation_stdout,validation_json,'
+                               'profile_tasks',
+                               'ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK': 'validation_stdout'}
+
 
 def fake_ansible_runner_run_return(status='successful', rc=0):
     return status, rc

validations_libs/tests/test_ansible.py

@@ -348,3 +348,83 @@ class TestAnsible(TestCase):
                 })
 
         mock_config.assert_called_once_with(**opt)
+
+    @mock.patch('os.path.exists', return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch('os.makedirs')
+    @mock.patch.object(Runner, 'run',
+                       return_value=fakes.fake_ansible_runner_run_return(rc=0))
+    @mock.patch('ansible_runner.utils.dump_artifact', autospec=True,
+                return_value="/foo/inventory.yaml")
+    @mock.patch('six.moves.builtins.open')
+    @mock.patch('ansible_runner.runner_config.RunnerConfig')
+    def test_run_success_with_config(self, mock_config, mock_open,
+                                     mock_dump_artifact, mock_run,
+                                     mock_mkdirs, mock_exists
+                                     ):
+        fake_config = {'default': fakes.DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+                       'ansible_environment':
+                       fakes.ANSIBLE_ENVIRONNMENT_CONFIG,
+                       'ansible_runner': fakes.ANSIBLE_RUNNER_CONFIG
+                       }
+        _playbook, _rc, _status = self.run.run(
+            playbook='existing.yaml',
+            inventory='localhost,',
+            workdir='/tmp',
+            connection='local',
+            ansible_artifact_path='/tmp',
+            validation_cfg_file=fake_config
+        )
+        self.assertEqual((_playbook, _rc, _status),
+                         ('existing.yaml', 0, 'successful'))
+        mock_open.assert_called_with('/tmp/validation.cfg', 'w')
+
+    @mock.patch('os.path.exists', return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch('os.makedirs')
+    @mock.patch.object(Runner, 'run',
+                       return_value=fakes.fake_ansible_runner_run_return(rc=0))
+    @mock.patch('ansible_runner.utils.dump_artifact', autospec=True,
+                return_value="/foo/inventory.yaml")
+    @mock.patch('six.moves.builtins.open')
+    @mock.patch('ansible_runner.runner_config.RunnerConfig')
+    def test_run_success_with_empty_config(self, mock_config, mock_open,
+                                           mock_dump_artifact, mock_run,
+                                           mock_mkdirs, mock_exists
+                                           ):
+        fake_config = {}
+        _playbook, _rc, _status = self.run.run(
+            playbook='existing.yaml',
+            inventory='localhost,',
+            workdir='/tmp',
+            connection='local',
+            ansible_cfg_file='/foo.cfg',
+            ansible_artifact_path='/tmp',
+            validation_cfg_file=fake_config
+        )
+        self.assertEqual((_playbook, _rc, _status),
+                         ('existing.yaml', 0, 'successful'))
+        mock_open.assert_not_called()
+
+    @mock.patch('os.path.exists', return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch('os.makedirs')
+    @mock.patch.object(Runner, 'run',
+                       return_value=fakes.fake_ansible_runner_run_return(rc=0))
+    @mock.patch('ansible_runner.utils.dump_artifact', autospec=True,
+                return_value="/foo/inventory.yaml")
+    @mock.patch('six.moves.builtins.open')
+    @mock.patch('ansible_runner.runner_config.RunnerConfig')
+    def test_run_success_with_ansible_config(self, mock_config, mock_open,
+                                             mock_dump_artifact, mock_run,
+                                             mock_mkdirs, mock_exists
+                                             ):
+        fake_config = {}
+        _playbook, _rc, _status = self.run.run(
+            playbook='existing.yaml',
+            inventory='localhost,',
+            workdir='/tmp',
+            connection='local',
+            ansible_artifact_path='/tmp',
+            validation_cfg_file=fake_config
+        )
+        self.assertEqual((_playbook, _rc, _status),
+                         ('existing.yaml', 0, 'successful'))
+        mock_open.assert_called_with('/tmp/ansible.cfg', 'w')

validations_libs/tests/test_utils.py

@@ -389,3 +389,40 @@ class TestUtils(TestCase):
         """Test if failure to create artifacts dir raises 'RuntimeError'.
         """
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, utils.create_artifacts_dir, "/foo/bar")
+
+    def test_eval_types_str(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(utils._eval_types('/usr'), str)
+
+    def test_eval_types_bool(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(utils._eval_types('True'), bool)
+
+    def test_eval_types_int(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(utils._eval_types('15'), int)
+
+    def test_eval_types_dict(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(utils._eval_types('{}'), dict)
+
+    @mock.patch('os.path.exists', return_value=True)
+    @mock.patch('configparser.ConfigParser.sections',
+                return_value=['default'])
+    def test_load_config(self, mock_config, mock_exists):
+        results = utils.load_config('foo.cfg')
+        self.assertEqual(results, {})
+
+    def test_default_load_config(self):
+        results = utils.load_config('validation.cfg')
+        self.assertEqual(results['default'], fakes.DEFAULT_CONFIG)
+
+    def test_ansible_runner_load_config(self):
+        results = utils.load_config('validation.cfg')
+        self.assertEqual(results['ansible_runner'],
+                         fakes.ANSIBLE_RUNNER_CONFIG)
+
+    def test_ansible_environment_config_load_config(self):
+        results = utils.load_config('validation.cfg')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            results['ansible_environment']['ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST'],
+            fakes.ANSIBLE_ENVIRONNMENT_CONFIG['ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST'])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            results['ansible_environment']['ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK'],
+            fakes.ANSIBLE_ENVIRONNMENT_CONFIG['ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK'])

validations_libs/tests/test_validation_actions.py

@@ -104,13 +104,14 @@ class TestValidationActions(TestCase):
             'extra_vars': None,
             'limit_hosts': '!cloud1',
             'extra_env_variables': None,
-            'ansible_cfg': None,
+            'ansible_cfg_file': None,
             'gathering_policy': 'explicit',
             'ansible_artifact_path': '/var/log/validations/artifacts/123_fake.yaml_time',
             'log_path': '/var/log/validations',
             'run_async': False,
             'python_interpreter': None,
-            'ssh_user': None
+            'ssh_user': None,
+            'validation_cfg_file': None
         }
 
         playbook = ['fake.yaml']
@@ -164,13 +165,14 @@ class TestValidationActions(TestCase):
             'extra_vars': None,
             'limit_hosts': '!cloud1,cloud,!cloud2',
             'extra_env_variables': None,
-            'ansible_cfg': None,
+            'ansible_cfg_file': None,
             'gathering_policy': 'explicit',
             'ansible_artifact_path': '/var/log/validations/artifacts/123_fake.yaml_time',
             'log_path': '/var/log/validations',
             'run_async': False,
             'python_interpreter': None,
-            'ssh_user': None
+            'ssh_user': None,
+            'validation_cfg_file': None
         }
 
         playbook = ['fake.yaml']

validations_libs/utils.py

@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@
 #   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #   under the License.
 #
+import ast
+import configparser
 import datetime
 import glob
 import logging
 import os
+import site
 import six
+import sys
 import uuid
 
 from os.path import join
@@ -488,3 +492,132 @@ def get_validations_parameters(validations_data,
             }
 
     return params
+
+
+def convert_data(data=''):
+    """Transform a string containing comma-separated validation or group name
+    into a list. If `data` is already a list, it will simply return `data`.
+
+    :param data: A string or a list
+    :type data: `string` or `list`
+    :return: A list of data
+    :rtype: `list`
+    :raises: a `TypeError` exception if `data` is not a list or a string
+
+    :Example:
+
+    >>> data = "check-cpu,check-ram,check-disk-space"
+    >>> convert_data(data)
+    ['check-cpu', 'check-ram', 'check-disk-space']
+    ...
+    >>> data = "check-cpu , check-ram , check-disk-space"
+    >>> convert_data(data)
+    ['check-cpu', 'check-ram', 'check-disk-space']
+    ...
+    >>> data = "check-cpu,"
+    >>> convert_data(data)
+    ['check-cpu']
+    ...
+    >>> data = ['check-cpu', 'check-ram', 'check-disk-space']
+    >>> convert_data(data)
+    ['check-cpu', 'check-ram', 'check-disk-space']
+    """
+    if isinstance(data, six.string_types):
+        return [
+            conv_data.strip() for conv_data in data.split(',') if conv_data
+        ]
+    elif not isinstance(data, list):
+        raise TypeError("The input data should be either a List or a String")
+    else:
+        return data
+
+
+def _eval_types(value):
+    try:
+        return int(value)
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+    try:
+        return ast.literal_eval(value)
+    except (SyntaxError, NameError, ValueError):
+        pass
+    try:
+        return str(value)
+    except ValueError:
+        msg = ("Can not eval or type not supported for value: {},").format(
+            value)
+        raise ValueError(msg)
+
+
+def load_config(config):
+    """Load Config File from CLI"""
+    if not os.path.exists(config):
+        msg = ("Config file {} could not be found, ignoring...").format(config)
+        LOG.warning(msg)
+        return {}
+    else:
+        msg = "Validation config file found: {}".format(config)
+        LOG.info(msg)
+    parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    parser.optionxform = str
+    parser.read(config)
+    data = {}
+    try:
+        for section in parser.sections():
+            for keys, values in parser.items(section):
+                if section not in data:
+                    # Init section in dictionary
+                    data[section] = {}
+                if section == 'ansible_environment':
+                    # for Ansible environment variables we dont want to cast
+                    # types, each values should a type String.
+                    data[section][keys] = values
+                elif section == 'ansible_runner' and \
+                keys not in constants.ANSIBLE_RUNNER_CONFIG_PARAMETERS:
+                    # for Ansible runner parameters, we select only a set
+                    # of parameters which will be passed as **kwargs in the
+                    # runner, so we have to ignore all the others.
+                    msg = ("Incompatible key found for ansible_runner section {}, "
+                           "ignoring {} ...").format(section, keys)
+                    LOG.warning(msg)
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    data[section][keys] = _eval_types(values)
+    except configparser.NoSectionError:
+        msg = ("Wrong format for the config file {}, "
+               "section {} can not be found, ignoring...").format(config,
+                                                                  section)
+        LOG.warning(msg)
+        return {}
+    return data
+
+
+def find_config_file(config_file_name='validation.cfg'):
+    """ Find the config file for Validation in the following order:
+        * environment validation VALIDATION_CONFIG
+        * current user directory
+        * user home directory
+        * Python prefix path which has been used for the installation
+        * /etc/validation.cfg
+    """
+    def _check_path(path):
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            if os.path.isfile(path) and os.access(path,
+                                                  os.R_OK):
+                return path
+    # Build a list of potential paths with the correct order:
+    paths = []
+    env_config = os.getenv("VALIDATION_CONFIG", "")
+    if _check_path(env_config):
+        return env_config
+    paths.append(os.getcwd())
+    paths.append(os.path.expanduser('~'))
+    for prefix in site.PREFIXES:
+        paths.append(os.path.join(prefix, 'etc'))
+    paths.append('/etc')
+
+    for path in paths:
+        current_path = os.path.join(path, config_file_name)
+        if _check_path(current_path):
+            return current_path
+    return current_path

validations_libs/validation_actions.py

@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ class ValidationActions(object):
                         log_path=constants.VALIDATIONS_LOG_BASEDIR,
                         python_interpreter=None, skip_list=None,
                         callback_whitelist=None,
-                        output_callback='validation_stdout', ssh_user=None):
+                        output_callback='validation_stdout', ssh_user=None,
+                        validation_config=None):
         """Run one or multiple validations by name(s), by group(s) or by
         product(s)
 
@@ -336,6 +337,9 @@ class ValidationActions(object):
         :rtype: ``list``
         :param ssh_user: Ssh user for Ansible remote connection
         :type ssh_user: ``string``
+        :param config: A dictionary of configuration for Validation loaded from
+                       an validation.cfg file.
+        :type config: ``dict``
 
         :Example:
 
@@ -424,13 +428,14 @@ class ValidationActions(object):
                             extra_vars=extra_vars,
                             limit_hosts=_hosts,
                             extra_env_variables=extra_env_vars,
-                            ansible_cfg=ansible_cfg,
+                            ansible_cfg_file=ansible_cfg,
                             gathering_policy='explicit',
                             ansible_artifact_path=artifacts_dir,
                             log_path=log_path,
                             run_async=run_async,
                             python_interpreter=python_interpreter,
-                            ssh_user=ssh_user)
+                            ssh_user=ssh_user,
+                            validation_cfg_file=validation_config)
                 else:
                     _playbook, _rc, _status = run_ansible.run(
                         workdir=artifacts_dir,
@@ -445,13 +450,14 @@ class ValidationActions(object):
                         extra_vars=extra_vars,
                         limit_hosts=_hosts,
                         extra_env_variables=extra_env_vars,
-                        ansible_cfg=ansible_cfg,
+                        ansible_cfg_file=ansible_cfg,
                         gathering_policy='explicit',
                         ansible_artifact_path=artifacts_dir,
                         log_path=log_path,
                         run_async=run_async,
                         python_interpreter=python_interpreter,
-                        ssh_user=ssh_user)
+                        ssh_user=ssh_user,
+                        validation_cfg_file=validation_config)
                 results.append({'playbook': _playbook,
                                 'rc_code': _rc,
                                 'status': _status,