ansible.builtin.import_role - Import a role into a play

This module is part of ansible-base and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name import_role even without specifying the collections: keyword. Despite that, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the module documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same module name.

New in version 2.4: of ansible.builtin

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• See Also
• Examples

Synopsis

• Much like the roles: keyword, this task loads a role, but it allows you to control when the role tasks run in between other tasks of the play.

• Most keywords, loops and conditionals will only be applied to the imported tasks, not to this statement itself. If you want the opposite behavior, use ansible.builtin.include_role instead.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
allow_duplicates boolean	no yes ←	Overrides the role's metadata setting to allow using a role more than once with the same parameters.
defaults_from string	Default: "main"	File to load from a role's defaults/ directory.
handlers_from string	Default: "main"	File to load from a role's handlers/ directory.
name string / required		The name of the role to be executed.
tasks_from string	Default: "main"	File to load from a role's tasks/ directory.
vars_from string	Default: "main"	File to load from a role's vars/ directory.

Notes

• Handlers are made available to the whole play.

• Since Ansible 2.7 variables defined in vars and defaults for the role are exposed at playbook parsing time. Due to this, these variables will be accessible to roles and tasks executed before the location of the ansible.builtin.import_role task.

• Unlike ansible.builtin.include_role variable exposure is not configurable, and will always be exposed.

See Also

See also

ansible.builtin.import_playbook

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.import_playbook module.

ansible.builtin.import_tasks

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.import_tasks module.

ansible.builtin.include_role

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.include_role module.

ansible.builtin.include_tasks

The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.include_tasks module.

Including and importing

More information related to including and importing playbooks, roles and tasks.

Examples

- hosts: all
  tasks:
    - import_role:
        name: myrole

    - name: Run tasks/other.yaml instead of 'main'
      import_role:
        name: myrole
        tasks_from: other

    - name: Pass variables to role
      import_role:
        name: myrole
      vars:
        rolevar1: value from task

    - name: Apply condition to each task in role
      import_role:
        name: myrole
      when: not idontwanttorun

Authors

• Ansible Core Team (@ansible)

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