#!/usr/bin/python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright: Ansible Project # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function __metaclass__ = type ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1', 'status': ['preview'], 'supported_by': 'core'} DOCUMENTATION = ''' --- author: - "Ansible Core Team (@ansible)" module: include_role short_description: Load and execute a role description: - Loads and executes a role as a task, this frees roles from the `role:` directive and allows them to be treated more as tasks. - This module is also supported for Windows targets. version_added: "2.2" options: name: description: - The name of the role to be executed. required: True tasks_from: description: - "File to load from a Role's tasks/ directory." required: False default: 'main' vars_from: description: - "File to load from a Role's vars/ directory." required: False default: 'main' defaults_from: description: - "File to load from a Role's defaults/ directory." required: False default: 'main' allow_duplicates: description: - Overrides the role's metadata setting to allow using a role more than once with the same parameters. required: False default: True private: description: - If True the variables from defaults/ and vars/ in a role will not be made available to the rest of the play. default: None notes: - Handlers are made available to the whole play. - Before 2.4, as with C(include), this task could be static or dynamic, If static it implied that it won't need templating nor loops nor conditionals and will show included tasks in the --list options. Ansible would try to autodetect what is needed, but you can set `static` to `yes` or `no` at task level to control this. - After 2.4, you can use M(import_role) for 'static' behaviour and this action for 'dynamic' one. ''' EXAMPLES = """ - include_role: name: myrole - name: Run tasks/other.yml instead of 'main' include_role: name: myrole tasks_from: other - name: Pass variables to role include_role: name: myrole vars: rolevar1: 'value from task' - name: Use role in loop include_role: name: myrole with_items: - '{{ roleinput1 }}' - '{{ roleinput2 }}' loop_control: loop_var: roleinputvar - name: conditional role include_role: name: myrole when: not idontwanttorun """ RETURN = """ # this module does not return anything except tasks to execute """