Thanks for the input. I think I am going to start by creating two separate 
roles (one for install and one for removal). When I gain enough knowledge 
of Ansible, I'll add some conditions within one role to execute one task vs 
the other.

On Monday, March 14, 2016 at 5:31:40 PM UTC-4, Timothy Appnel wrote:
>
> This is a question I've pondered in my own work. There is no one specific 
> or recommended way Ansible prescribes for doing this. What follows are my 
> own personal thoughts and mine alone.
>
> You can do separate role as you suggest. Not ideal because it puts to much 
> distance between closely related functionality for my liking.
>
> You could tag tasks one or the other -- however you must remember to pass 
> a tag. No sure this is practical in that it's too easy to mess up.
>
> You can implement something with some combinations of params/variables, 
> conditionals, includes and/or blocks. This is one I think has the most 
> promise though the number of ways this could be implemented are pretty 
> extensive in number. 
>
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> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Gilberto Valentin <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> I am creating a role with *ansible-galaxy init role_name*. One of the 
>> tasks in that role will be to install_app.yml and another to remove_app.yml 
>> (one to install and one to remove). Is it possible to call one task vs the 
>> other within that role or do I need to create a whole new role for that 
>> specific task?
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