# import\_playbook?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-playbook/34848>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [March 24, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-playbook/34848 "2021-03-24T17:32:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Eggleston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@Mike\_Eggleston](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mike_Eggleston)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-playbook/34848/1 "2021-03-24T17:32:59Z")

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I want to provision my servers. I have a provision-1.yml that is run as root and a provision-2.yml that is run as a regular user. The sub playbooks are individually tested. I did this once before, but I forget how I did it. How do I make a playbook of playbooks? This is what I’m trying:

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-playbook/34848/2 "2021-03-24T19:25:40Z")

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import\_playbook is not a 'real task' and cannot be added inside a  
play, also it won't handle loops.

[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/import\_playbook\_module.html#synopsis](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/import_playbook_module.html#synopsis)