Set `tags: always` on your include_role task, so that it always runs.
On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 12:31:16 PM UTC-5 [email protected]
wrote:
> I'd like to start a discussion on the ability to define roles to
> `import_role` from within host_vars. Instead of *only* defining those roles
> statically in a playbook.
>
> My goal is to be able to give an inventory_host the ability to define any
> [extra] roles it should import [on top of what is expressed in the
> playbook].
>
> ```
> roles/include-roles/tasks/main.yml
> ---
> - name: host_vars defined roles
> include_role:
> name: "{{ r }}"
> loop: "{{ roles }}"
> loop_control:
> loop_var: r
> ```
>
> This is reasonably effective, but I lose the ability to use tags I've set
> in the roles I include.
>
> ### Conclusion
> Overall the rendered task file that imports all the roles does most
> everything I need, but it feels incorrect. Like I abused the tool into
> working how I wanted it to work and not how it was intended to be used. Is
> there some Ansible-ism that I'm not aware of?
>
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