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+# Testing
+
+## Continuous integration
+
+The collection is tested with a [molecule](https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule) setup covering the included roles and verifying correct installation and idempotency.
+In order to run the molecule tests locally with python 3.9 available, after cloning the repository:
+
+```
+pip install yamllint 'molecule[docker]~=3.5.2' ansible-core flake8 ansible-lint voluptuous
+molecule test --all
+```
+
+## Test playbooks
+
+Sample playbooks are provided in the `playbooks/` directory; to run the playbooks locally (requires a rhel system with python 3.9+, ansible, and systemd) the steps are as follows:
+
+```
+# setup environment
+pip install ansible-core
+# clone the repository
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-middleware/amq
+cd amq
+# install collection dependencies
+ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml
+# install collection python deps
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+# create inventory for localhost
+cat << EOF > inventory
+[amq]
+localhost ansible_connection=local
+EOF
+# run the playbook
+ansible-playbook -i inventory playbooks/activemq.yml
+```
+