#!/usr/bin/python # -*- mode: python -*- # Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with Ansible. If not, see . 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." 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' static: description: - Gives Ansible a hint if this is a 'static' include or not. If static it implies that it won't need templating nor loops nor conditionals and will show included tasks in the --list options. required: False default: None 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: - THIS IS EARLY PREVIEW, THINGS MAY CHANGE - Handlers are made available to the whole play. - simple dependencies seem to work fine. - "Things not tested (yet): plugin overrides, nesting includes, used as handler, other stuff I did not think of when I wrote this." ''' EXAMPLES = """ - include_role: name=myrole - name: Run tasks/other.yml instead of 'main' include_role: role: 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 """