/ansible-roles

Requirements

  • ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

Make sure gather_facts is enabled.

Example playbook.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: yes
  vars_files:
    - credentials.yml
  roles:
    - role: preconfig
      become: yes
    - role: software
      become: yes

Make sure to include_vars or vars_files the following credentials.yml in the playbook

Example credentials.yml

ansible_become_method: su
ansible_become_user: root
ansible_become_password: rootpassword
system_user: bob

include_vars take precedence over role vars.

vars_files vs include_vars

Include variables from a variable file created statically before running the configuration
vars_files: vars.yml

Dynamically include variables (based on a certain criteria or using a loop). Has higher priority than vars_files include_vars: vars.yml

import_tasks vs include_tasks

Statically import tasks (paste the tasks right here)
import_tasks: tasks/commands.yml

Dynamically import tasks with variables/tasks that can change during execution (tasks cen be looped, skipped and use variables form any asource)
include_tasks: tasks/commands.yml