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feat: Add argument spec validation to Firewall role - #384

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Enhancement: Added argument spec and assert role spec validation to the Firewall role. Also wrote tests for it found in tests/tests_invalid_input.

Reason: Because it is a good addition to the linux-system-roles project.

Result: Successfully added it and prepared tests for it. I used AI during this implementation.

Issue Tracker Tickets (Jira or BZ if any): linux-system-roles/postfix#206 https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/RHELMISC-16008

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  • New Features

    • Added validation for firewall role settings, including supported keys, data types, and values.
    • Added clear error messages when invalid configuration is provided.
    • Documented available variables, defaults, accepted values, and example usage.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for invalid firewall configurations and module parameters to ensure they are rejected correctly.

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The role adds argument specifications, validates firewall variables before firewalld setup, documents accepted inputs, and tests invalid role and module parameters.

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Firewall validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Define firewall parameter contracts
meta/argument_specs.yml, README.md
The role documents the main entry point and firewall parameters, including types, defaults, accepted keys, constraints, and transactional-update behavior. The README adds a usage example.
Enforce firewall parameter validation
tasks/assert_role_vars.yml, tasks/main.yml
The role validates firewall input shapes, allowed keys, and firewall_transactional_update_reboot_ok before firewalld configuration.
Test rejected parameters
tests/tests_invalid_input.yml
Integration tests verify rejection of invalid argument-specification, role-variable, and module values. Cleanup clears all test flags.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c27bf

The PR adds early Firewall input validation, but its invalid-input tests may succeed because of unrelated failures rather than the intended checks, and one supported-version note is inconsistent with its gate. Merge should wait for these test-harness and documentation issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title follows Conventional Commits format with the valid type feat and clearly describes the added argument specification validation.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes all required template sections and provides the enhancement, reason, result, and issue tracker references. The content is relevant to the pull request objectives.
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Inline comments:
In `@meta/argument_specs.yml`:
- Around line 19-101: Update the firewall argument specification description to
document that firewall accepts null and treats it as an empty configuration
list, preserving the existing runtime behavior in tasks/main.yml.

In `@README.md`:
- Around line 120-121: Expand the validation section in the README to document
the accepted values for the public variables
firewall_disable_conflicting_services and
firewall_transactional_update_reboot_ok, then add a representative usage example
showing valid role input. Keep the existing references to
meta/argument_specs.yml and tasks/assert_role_vars.yml as supporting context.

In `@tests/tests_invalid_input.yml`:
- Around line 21-23: Add __sr_failed_when: false to every vars block invoking
tasks/run_role_with_clear_facts.yml where invalid input is expected to be
rejected, including the referenced occurrences. Preserve the existing
invalid-input variables and ensure each expected-rejection invocation uses the
helper’s failure-handling path.
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Comment thread meta/argument_specs.yml
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short_description: The firewall role.
description: >
The firewall role allows you to manage the firewall configuration

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There is a concept of writing one sentence per line; this would make the diff much clearer for future edits. And the raw file is more readable in this format imo. Can you apply it here? AI should be able to just do this.

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please revert the changes to tests_service.yml - we will address this issue in a separate PR

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In `@meta/argument_specs.yml`:
- Around line 100-103: Move the “Defaults to an empty list” statement out of the
firewalld_conf description and into the firewall description, explicitly
documenting that firewall defaults to an empty list while retaining
firewalld_conf’s dictionary description and directive details.
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rebase on top of main branch to pick up the fix in #386 for tests_service.yml

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24-27: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the expected validation error

Each rescue block catches any failed task, and each following assertion checks only a boolean flag. An unrelated failure can therefore pass the invalid-input test. Capture the helper failure result or an explicit validation marker, then assert that it names the expected parameter and validation layer.

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In `@tests/tests_invalid_input.yml` around lines 24 - 27, Update the invalid-input
rescue flow around __invalid_input_disable_cs_type_failed to capture the failed
helper result or an explicit validation marker, then assert that the failure
identifies the firewall_disable_conflicting_services parameter and the expected
validation layer instead of checking only a boolean flag.

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Inline comments:
In `@tests/tests_invalid_input.yml`:
- Line 16: Update the version comment associated with the ansible_version.full
gate to say “Ansible 2.11+”, matching the existing version check and role
argument validation requirement.

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In `@tests/tests_invalid_input.yml`:
- Around line 24-27: Update the invalid-input rescue flow around
__invalid_input_disable_cs_type_failed to capture the failed helper result or an
explicit validation marker, then assert that the failure identifies the
firewall_disable_conflicting_services parameter and the expected validation
layer instead of checking only a boolean flag.
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