EX294 Practice Question: Create content collections and execution environments
An organization uses a private Automation Hub. A user has configured the server in ansible.cfg. Which command installs a collection from this server?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often think they need to specify the server URL or API key on the command line, but the EX294 exam expects you to know that the server is pre-configured in ansible.cfg, so only the collection name is required.
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ansible-galaxy collection install my_namespace.my_collection
When the Automation Hub server is already configured in ansible.cfg under the [galaxy] section with the server_url and auth_url, the ansible-galaxy collection install command will automatically use that server and its authentication. No additional flags are needed; the command simply specifies the collection name in the format namespace.collection.
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ansible-galaxy collection install my_namespace.my_collection --api-key=mykey
Why it's wrong here
--api-key supplies a token for the Galaxy API but does not specify which server to contact, so the command still queries the default configured endpoint. API keys are used alongside a server URL when authenticating to Automation Hub, not as a substitute for identifying the private hub.
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ansible-galaxy collection install my_namespace.my_collection --server=https://privatehub.example.com
Why it's wrong here
The `--server` flag overrides the configured Galaxy server URL, but `ansible-galaxy collection install` reads the private Automation Hub endpoint from `ansible.cfg`'s `[galaxy_server.*]` sections, so no flag is needed. The flag suits one-off installs against an unconfigured Galaxy or Automation Hub instance.
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ansible-galaxy collection download my_namespace.my_collection
Why it's wrong here
The download subcommand retrieves a collection tarball to the local filesystem for offline distribution; it does not install anything into the configured collections path. Installation from a private Automation Hub requires ansible-galaxy collection install, which resolves and places the collection. Download is correct when staging artefacts for air-gapped transfer.
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ansible-galaxy collection install my_namespace.my_collection
Why this is correct
Once the private Automation Hub server is configured in ansible.cfg, ansible-galaxy resolves the collection from that configured source automatically, so the standard install command with the fully qualified collection name retrieves it without extra flags.
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