# How do I include another playbook in current playbook? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [January 22, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-include-another-playbook-in-current-playbook/32031 "2020-01-22T20:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xinhuan_Zheng)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-include-another-playbook-in-current-playbook/32031/1 "2020-01-22T20:46:59Z")
Hello, I created a playbook which needs to call another playbook. This is my current playbook: ---
**Author:** ![Mauricio\_Tavares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Mauricio\_Tavares](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mauricio_Tavares)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-include-another-playbook-in-current-playbook/32031/2 "2020-01-22T21:12:53Z")
> Hello, > > I created a playbook which needs to call another playbook. This is my current playbook: > > --- > # file: current\_playbook.yml > > - hosts: mywebservers >   gather\_facts: yes > > #- import\_playbook: another.yml > >   roles: >     - role: testrole1 >       tags: testrole1 > >   post\_tasks: >     - name: Install configuration file >       template: >         src: myconf.j2 >         dest: /remote-path/myconf >       tags: testrole1 > >     - name: Install cron >       cron: >          name: 'run every day' >          minute: '0' >          hour: '0' >          job: "/remote-path/job" >        tags: testrole1 > > I want to run playbook like: ansible-playbook -i myinventory -l mywebservers current\_playbook.yml --tags testrole1. But another.yml playbook needs to run first. Here is another.yml playbook: > > --- > # file: another.yml > > - hosts: all >   gather\_facts: yes > >   roles: >     - role: myrole1 >     - role: myrole2 > > When I comment back in `#- import\_playbook: another.yml' line in current\_playbook.yml file, I got below error: > > ERROR! 'roles' is not a valid attribute for a PlaybookInclude > - import\_playbook: another.yml >   ^ here > > How do I call another.yml playbook in my current\_playbook.yml file? > > Thank you, > > - Xinhuan Zheng       Take a look again at the example in [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/import\_playbook\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/import_playbook_module.html). To me it does not know where   roles:     - role: testrole1       tags: testrole1 belongs. Should it be - hosts: mywebservers   gather\_facts: yes   roles:     - role: testrole1       tags: testrole1 #- import\_playbook: another.yml i.e. those roles are related to mywebservers? Or are they related to all hosts as defined in another.yml? ---
**Author:** ![Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xinhuan_Zheng)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-include-another-playbook-in-current-playbook/32031/3 "2020-01-22T21:24:45Z")
> Take a look again at the example in > [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/import\_playbook\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/import_playbook_module.html). > To me it does not know where > > roles: > > - role: testrole1 > tags: testrole1 > > belongs. Should it be > > - hosts: mywebservers > gather\_facts: yes > > roles: > > - role: testrole1 > tags: testrole1 > > #- import\_playbook: another.yml > > i.e. those roles are related to mywebservers? Or are they related to > all hosts as defined in another.yml? testrole1 belongs to mywebservers. It isn’t related to all hosts as defined in another.yml file. However, another.yml file needs to be called first. I tried using pre\_tasks with import\_playbook. It doesn’t work either. I also tried using include, still not working. Since another.yml file contains a list of roles, it is supposed to be import\_playbook, but I’m not sure how to make import\_playbook working in current\_playbook.yml file. Thanks again, - Xinhuan ---
**Author:** ![acozine1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@acozine1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/acozine1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-include-another-playbook-in-current-playbook/32031/4 "2020-01-23T17:25:16Z")
You cannot import a playbook anywhere inside a play - importing a playbook is a play of its own. If you want to run the imported playbook first, try: - name: this play runs ‘another.yml’ on the hosts it defines import\_playbook: another.yml - name: this play runs two roles on all hosts in the mywebservers group hosts: mywebservers gather\_facts: yes roles: - role: testrole1 tags: testrole1 - role: testrole2 tags: othertag If you want to run the roles first, reverse the order of the two plays. You can also review the general documentation on importing and including at [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/user\_guide/playbooks\_reuse.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/user_guide/playbooks_reuse.html). You may want to edit “another.yml” to make it a tasks file instead of a playbook for greater flexibility. Hope this helps, Alicia ---
**Author:** ![Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@Xinhuan\_Zheng](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Xinhuan_Zheng)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-do-i-include-another-playbook-in-current-playbook/32031/5 "2020-02-11T21:31:51Z")
Hello Alicia, This is great. I got the idea. Thanks for your help! - Xinhuan