[chore][ansible] Upgrade versions used in testing (#6250)

* [chore][ansible] Upgrade versions used in testing

* test using python3.13

* install setuptools to resolve: Cannot import 'setuptools.build_meta'

* try workaround for sudo failures

Author: crobert-1

.github/workflows/ansible.yml

@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         ansible:
           # Testing only the versions currently supported per https://endoflife.date/ansible
-          - ansible~=9.2.0
-          - ansible~=8.7.0
+          - ansible~=11.6.0
+          - ansible~=10.7.0
         distro:
           - amazonlinux2023
-          - centos8
+          - centos9
           - debian11
           - debian12
           - ubuntu2004
@@ -90,12 +90,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python 3.
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: '3.13'
           cache: 'pip'
           cache-dependency-path: "${{ github.workspace }}/requirements.txt"
 
       - name: Install test dependencies.
         run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
           # workaround for https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724
           pip3 install 'wheel==0.40.0'
           pip3 install 'Cython<3.0' 'PyYaml~=5.0' --no-build-isolation
@@ -118,8 +119,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         ansible:
           # Testing only the versions currently supported per https://endoflife.date/ansible
-          - ansible~=9.2.0
-          - ansible~=8.7.0
+          - ansible~=11.6.0
+          - ansible~=10.7.0
         distro:
           - "2016"
           - "2019"

deployments/ansible/molecule/config/vagrant.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ driver:
 platforms:
   - name: focal64
     box: ubuntu/focal64
-  - name: centos8
-    box: centos/8
+  - name: centos9
+    box: centos/stream9
   - name: bookworm64
     box: debian/bookworm64
 provisioner:

deployments/ansible/molecule/default/Dockerfile.j2

@@ -48,3 +48,8 @@ RUN echo -e '[local]\nlocalhost ansible_connection=local' > /etc/ansible/hosts
 VOLUME [ "/sys/fs/cgroup" ]
 CMD ["/sbin/init"]
 {% endif %}
+
+# Workaround for Ansible Molecule bug causing sudo actions to fail.
+# https://github.com/ansible/molecule/issues/4365
+# https://github.com/geerlingguy/docker-rockylinux9-ansible/issues/6#issuecomment-2805378491
+RUN chmod 0400 /etc/shadow