i-1 Introduces an Ansible playbook for linux-container with SSH access

# Issue

This PR implements the following [issue](the-liberated-edge/test-linux-containers#1).

# Acceptance criteria

- [x] A playbook for launching LXD Debian container with parameterized container name and OS version has been implemented.
- [x] The newly launched Linux containers can be connected to and administered via SSH.
- [x] The playbook has been part of an Ansible collection named theliberatededge.test_linux_containers.
- [x] Setup and getting started technical documentation has been added to README.md.

Co-authored-by: emo <esimeonov@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: #2

extensions/molecule/default/converge.yml

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+---
+- name: Converge
+  hosts: all
+  gather_facts: false
+- name: imports and executes the playbook under test
+  ansible.builtin.import_playbook: theliberatededge.test_linux_containers.launch_linux_container.yml
+  vars:
+    lte_debian_version: bookworm
+    lte_container_name: '{{ molecule_yml.platforms[0].name }}'
+    lte_container_root_pwd: '{{ lookup("ansible.builtin.env", "LTE_CONTAINER_ROOT_PWD") }}'

extensions/molecule/default/destroy.yml

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+---
+- name: Create
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: find current container state
+      ansible.builtin.command: lxc ls {{ item.name }}
+      register: state
+      changed_when: false
+      with_items: '{{ molecule_yml.platforms }}'
+    - name: stop and remove running containers
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: |
+          lxc stop {{ item.name }} && \
+          lxc rm {{ item.name }}
+      when: state.results[0].rc == 0 and "RUNNING" in state.results[0].stdout
+      with_items: '{{ molecule_yml.platforms }}'

extensions/molecule/default/molecule.yml

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+---
+dependency:
+  name: galaxy
+platforms:
+  - name: ${LTE_CONTAINER_NAME}
+provisioner:
+  name: ansible
+  playbooks:
+    create: destroy.yml
+    destroy: destroy.yml
+verifier:
+  name: ansible

extensions/molecule/default/verify.yml

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+---
+- name: Verify
+  hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: find current container state
+      ansible.builtin.command: lxc ls {{ item.name }}
+      register: state
+      with_items: '{{ molecule_yml.platforms }}'
+    - name: verify launched container is running
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: state.results[0].rc == 0 and "RUNNING" in state.results[0].stdout
+    - name: find container ip address
+      ansible.builtin.command: lxc ls -c=4 -f=compact {{ item.name }}
+      register: ipv4_raw
+      with_items: '{{ molecule_yml.platforms }}'
+    - name: set ipv4 address string as a fact
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        ipv4: '{{ ipv4_raw.results[0].stdout_lines[1] }}'
+    - name: extract ipv4 address of the linux container
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        ipv4: "{{ ipv4 | regex_search('([0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+)') }}"
+    - name: load root password from environment variable
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        pwd: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.env', 'LTE_CONTAINER_ROOT_PWD') }}"
+    - name: connect via ssh to linux container
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: |
+          sshpass -p{{ pwd }} ssh -o ConnectTimeout=1 root@{{ ipv4 }} exit;
+      register: ssh
+    - name: verify ssh connection to linux container
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that: ssh.rc == 0