Right, that's what I was originally doing and works just fine. My thought
process whas to add it as a dependency so it would get installed via the
galaxy command automatically. Without the role added as a dependency, it
will need to be a manual process.

Thanks!

On Jul 9, 2017 12:09 PM, "Maciej Delmanowski" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>> >
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