Just add it in the playbook. Ansible reads all roles on the playbook level and includes their variables, the same as a role dependency in `meta/main.yml`. That way you can run the specific roles using tags without executing the dependencies as well.
On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Lee Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, I'm going to move them into the roles, especially since the slack > role doesn't really accomplish much. > > With that being said, say the dependent role was a bunch of API calls to > accomplish some task. In this case, I could call include role and call for > a particular task within that role. > > If I added it as a dependency to my calling role, I would end up in the > same position. Am I just using Ansible and roles, the wrong way here? > > How can you add a role as a dependency without it being called by default? > Seems like that isn't possible. Any alternative approaches? > > Thanks for your response :) > > On Jul 7, 2017 4:22 PM, "Dick Davies" <[email protected]> wrote: > > It doesn't sound like you want a dependency at all. > > Why not just stick the slack tasks in the relevant roles? > You're losing a lot of clarity trying to use a role to save a bit > of typing, and from the look of that gist you aren't even saving > much typing :) > > On 7 July 2017 at 20:08, Lee Connell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a role that has a dependency on another role, however by default, > > Ansible will execute the dependency first. In my case, I do not want > this to > > happen. I don't want the role executed automatically at all. The role > that > > is requiring this dependency will call it on its own within it's own > tasks. > > Right now, I am checking if a variable is defined, and if it is, then the > > tasks within the dependent role will run, but you still see the task line > > item in the playbook output. I would like to avoid it attempting to > execute > > it altogether. > > > > https://gist.github.com/lconnell/dfb1dc5383517b3bdd9c4832ae9027e2 > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ansible Project" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/82198539- > 1af4-4885-8254-ae9788b9d85b%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to > pic/ansible-project/A_-BJFtygS8/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms > gid/ansible-project/CAK5eLPTNcibS6t92e1rEm%3DYiAqV6GvfYU0h66 > fDrw4tehT0NFQ%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BHjMCJ4FUAfrnm-zgPc3jTg1% > 2BSfpG4JtR9dwxPszfChDmVJEA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BHjMCJ4FUAfrnm-zgPc3jTg1%2BSfpG4JtR9dwxPszfChDmVJEA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEnKK1wB796hDy-QGqxeXME%2B88oHLsr7DWAMmUSioYswm%2BdQHw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
