import_role – Import a role into a play

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Much like the roles: keyword, this task loads a role, but it allows you to control it when the role tasks run in between other tasks of the play.

  • Most keywords, loops and conditionals will only be applied to the imported tasks, not to this statement itself. If you want the opposite behavior, use include_role instead.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
allow_duplicates
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Overrides the role's metadata setting to allow using a role more than once with the same parameters.
defaults_from
string
Default:
"main"
File to load from a role's defaults/ directory.
handlers_from
string
added in 2.8
 Default:
"main"
File to load from a role's handlers/ directory.
name
string / required
The name of the role to be executed.
tasks_from
string
Default:
"main"
File to load from a role's tasks/ directory.
vars_from
string
Default:
"main"
File to load from a role's vars/ directory.

Notes

Note

  • Handlers are made available to the whole play.

  • Since Ansible 2.7 variables defined in vars and defaults for the role are exposed at playbook parsing time. Due to this, these variables will be accessible to roles and tasks executed before the location of the import_role task.

  • Unlike include_role variable exposure is not configurable, and will always be exposed.

See Also

See also

import_playbook – Import a playbook

The official documentation on the import_playbook module.

import_tasks – Import a task list

The official documentation on the import_tasks module.

include_role – Load and execute a role

The official documentation on the include_role module.

include_tasks – Dynamically include a task list

The official documentation on the include_tasks module.

Including and Importing

More information related to including and importing playbooks, roles and tasks.

Examples

- hosts: all
  tasks:
    - import_role:
        name: myrole

    - name: Run tasks/other.yaml instead of 'main'
      import_role:
        name: myrole
        tasks_from: other

    - name: Pass variables to role
      import_role:
        name: myrole
      vars:
        rolevar1: value from task

    - name: Apply condition to each task in role
      import_role:
        name: myrole
      when: not idontwanttorun

Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

  • Ansible Core Team (@ansible)

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