How to Include task from another role in ansible?

Question

I want to include a task from a different role.

I would not want to hardcode it like

- name : Set topology based on Jenkins job name
  include: ../../pre-req/tasks/set-topo.yml
  tags: core

Is there a way to do this with dependency? I tried creating a meta directory with files and tasks, somehow it' s not getting triggered.

something like this

vim roles/pre-req/meta/main.yml

---
allow_duplicates: yes
dependencies:
  - { role: topo, tags: ['core'] }

this is kind of a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30192490/include-tasks-from-another-role-in-ansible-playbook — Henrik Pingel, Nov 02 '16 at 17:22
@HenrikPingel yes it is but the solution 1 mentioned, still doesn't work. — Bhavik Bhavsar, Nov 02 '16 at 17:37

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 17 '23 at 11:03

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I would not want to hardcode it like

Why not? You want to include a task, and that's how you include a task.

If what you want to do is include the entire other role, Ansible 2.2 (released yesterday) added include_role.

edited Apr 17 '23 at 11:03

4wk_

answered Nov 02 '16 at 17:59

Xiong Chiamiov

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