role search path clarified

pull/13609/merge
Brian Coca 9 years ago
parent a4674906c6
commit 593d80c63d

@ -191,10 +191,7 @@ This designates the following behaviors, for each role 'x':
- If roles/x/handlers/main.yml exists, handlers listed therein will be added to the play - If roles/x/handlers/main.yml exists, handlers listed therein will be added to the play
- If roles/x/vars/main.yml exists, variables listed therein will be added to the play - If roles/x/vars/main.yml exists, variables listed therein will be added to the play
- If roles/x/meta/main.yml exists, any role dependencies listed therein will be added to the list of roles (1.3 and later) - If roles/x/meta/main.yml exists, any role dependencies listed therein will be added to the list of roles (1.3 and later)
- Any copy tasks can reference files in roles/x/files/ without having to path them relatively or absolutely - Any copy, script, template or include tasks (in the role) can reference files in roles/x/files/ without having to path them relatively or absolutely
- Any script tasks can reference scripts in roles/x/files/ without having to path them relatively or absolutely
- Any template tasks can reference files in roles/x/templates/ without having to path them relatively or absolutely
- Any include tasks can reference files in roles/x/tasks/ without having to path them relatively or absolutely
In Ansible 1.4 and later you can configure a roles_path to search for roles. Use this to check all of your common roles out to one location, and share In Ansible 1.4 and later you can configure a roles_path to search for roles. Use this to check all of your common roles out to one location, and share
them easily between multiple playbook projects. See :doc:`intro_configuration` for details about how to set this up in ansible.cfg. them easily between multiple playbook projects. See :doc:`intro_configuration` for details about how to set this up in ansible.cfg.

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