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. 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