molecule uses ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS

Author: Lev Goncharov

src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py

@@ -507,41 +507,46 @@ def default_env(self):
                 list(map(util.abs_path, os.environ["ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH"].split(":"))),
             )
 
+        filter_plugins_path_list = [
+            self._get_filter_plugin_directory(),
+            util.abs_path(
+                os.path.join(
+                    self._config.scenario.ephemeral_directory,
+                    "plugins",
+                    "filter",
+                ),
+            ),
+            util.abs_path(
+                os.path.join(
+                    self._config.project_directory,
+                    "plugins",
+                    "filter",
+                ),
+            ),
+            util.abs_path(
+                os.path.join(
+                    os.path.expanduser("~"),
+                    ".ansible",
+                    "plugins",
+                    "filter",
+                ),
+            ),
+            "/usr/share/ansible/plugins/filter",
+        ]
+        if os.environ.get("ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS", ""):
+            filter_plugins_path_list.extend(
+                list(map(util.abs_path, os.environ["ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS"].split(":"))),
+            )
+
+
         env = util.merge_dicts(
             os.environ,
             {
                 "ANSIBLE_CONFIG": self._config.provisioner.config_file,
                 "ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH": ":".join(roles_path_list),
                 self._config.ansible_collections_path: ":".join(collections_path_list),
                 "ANSIBLE_LIBRARY": ":".join(self._get_modules_directories()),
-                "ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS": ":".join(
-                    [
-                        self._get_filter_plugin_directory(),
-                        util.abs_path(
-                            os.path.join(
-                                self._config.scenario.ephemeral_directory,
-                                "plugins",
-                                "filter",
-                            ),
-                        ),
-                        util.abs_path(
-                            os.path.join(
-                                self._config.project_directory,
-                                "plugins",
-                                "filter",
-                            ),
-                        ),
-                        util.abs_path(
-                            os.path.join(
-                                os.path.expanduser("~"),
-                                ".ansible",
-                                "plugins",
-                                "filter",
-                            ),
-                        ),
-                        "/usr/share/ansible/plugins/filter",
-                    ],
-                ),
+                "ANSIBLE_FILTER_PLUGINS": ":".join(filter_plugins_path_list),
             },
         )
         env = util.merge_dicts(env, self._config.env)