Updated gems and fixing issues associated with copying symlinks in tests

.kitchen.yml

@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ provisioner:
   name: ansible_playbook
   hosts: localhost
   roles_path: ../
-  require_ansible_repo: true
-  ansible_verbose: true
+  require_ansible_repo: false
+  require_ansible_omnibus: false
+  require_ansible_source: false
+  require_pip: true
   ansible_version: 2.3.2.0
   http_proxy: <%= ENV['HTTP_PROXY'] %>
   https_proxy: <%= ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] %>
   no_proxy: localhost,127.0.0.1
+  ignore_extensions_from_root: [".git"]
+  ignore_paths_from_root: [".git"]
 
 platforms:
   - name: ubuntu-14.04
@@ -22,6 +26,7 @@ platforms:
         - apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common &&  add-apt-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
         - apt-get update && apt-get -y -q install python-apt python-pycurl python-pip
         - pip install jmespath
+        - pip uninstall -y ansible
       use_sudo: false
       volume: <%=ENV['ES_XPACK_LICENSE_FILE']%>:/tmp/license.json
   - name: ubuntu-16.04
@@ -33,6 +38,7 @@ platforms:
         - apt-get install -y -q net-tools
         - apt-get update && apt-get -y -q install python-apt python-pycurl python-pip
         - pip install jmespath
+        - pip uninstall -y ansible
       use_sudo: false
       volume: <%=ENV['ES_XPACK_LICENSE_FILE']%>:/tmp/license.json
       run_command: "/sbin/init"
@@ -43,11 +49,11 @@ platforms:
       provision_command:
         - apt-get update && apt-get -y install python python-dev python-pip build-essential libyaml-dev python-yaml curl wget
         - apt-get install -y -q net-tools
-        - apt-get install -y ansible
         - sed -ri 's/^#?PermitRootLogin .*/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
         - sed -ri 's/^#?PasswordAuthentication .*/PasswordAuthentication yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
         - sed -ri 's/^#?UsePAM .*/UsePAM no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
         - pip install jmespath
+        - pip uninstall -y ansible
       volume: <%=ENV['ES_XPACK_LICENSE_FILE']%>:/tmp/license.json
       use_sudo: false
       run_command: "/sbin/init"
@@ -62,6 +68,7 @@ platforms:
         - yum -y install initscripts
         - yum clean all
         - pip install jmespath
+        - pip uninstall -y ansible
       volume: <%=ENV['ES_XPACK_LICENSE_FILE']%>:/tmp/license.json
       run_command: "/usr/sbin/init"
       privileged: true