How to include tasks downloaded from Galaxy

Question

I have next project roles:

hosts
site.yml
/roles
  /proxy
    /tasks
    ...
  /web
    /tasks
    ...
  /worker
    /tasks
    ...
  /db
    /tasks
    ...

I need to install chruby on web and worker. So installed https://github.com/ferrarimarco/ansible-role-chruby from Galaxy, but I don't know how to add tasks from chruby to web and worker roles.

Please advice.

udondan udondan · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-18T15:48:33

You can not include single tasks from roles. If you install a role, no matter if from Galaxy or any other source, you can use it as it is by adding it to the roles section of your playbook or as a dependency in any of your own roles.

The readme of the chruby role shows an example playbook:

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - ferrarimarco.chruby

I need to install chruby on web and worker

You can add it as a dependency to those roles. The format is the same. Create a file roles/web/meta/main.yml (and the same for the worker role) with the content:

dependencies:
  - ferrarimarco.chruby

If you were looking for tasks to actually use chruby, I have to disappoint you. There is nothing in the role. But it appears to me chruby simply is a command which you can use with the command or shell modules:

- name: Change ruby to 1.9.3
  shell: chruby 1.9.3

A role could provide mechanisms (tags or extra-vars) to trigger specific tasks, for example installing, updating or uninstalling software. Also a role could provide modules to interact with the installed software. But this is not the case with the chruby role. It simply installs chruby and its dependencies via apt.

How to include tasks downloaded from Galaxy

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