# Import\_role and module\_defaults **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [March 8, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277 "2024-03-08T20:02:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DengelFred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/1 "2024-03-08T20:02:33Z")
Hello, I currently learn ansible and write a few roles for handling a proxmox cluster. Each role uses several proxmox modules and each module needs the login data. therefore I tried to create a role “prox\_common” with the module\_defaults in it: ```auto # prox_common/tasks/main.yml: - name: Define proxmox module defaults meta: noop module_defaults: community.general.proxmox_vm_info: api_host: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['ansible_host'] }}" api_user: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['proxmox_api_user'] }}" api_token_id: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['proxmox_api_token_id'] }}" api_token_secret: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['proxmox_api_token_secret'] }}" node: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['inventory_hostname_short'] }}" community.general.proxmox_kvm: api_host: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['ansible_host'] }}" api_user: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['proxmox_api_user'] }}" api_token_id: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['proxmox_api_token_id'] }}" api_token_secret: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['proxmox_api_token_secret'] }}" node: "{{ hostvars['pve1']['inventory_hostname_short'] }}" ``` I import that role into another role, but unfortunately the default values are not recocnized: ```auto # prox_create_vm/tasks/main.yml - import_role: name: prox_common - name: Check status of VM delegate_to: pve1 community.general.proxmox_vm_info: vmid: '{{ vm_id }}' config: current register: proxmox_vms ``` I get the Error: “missing required arguments: api\_host, api\_user” How can I achive that I have the logindata only at one place? Thanks a lot 🙂 Thomas ---
**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/2 "2024-03-09T02:31:13Z")
@DengelFred Hi. How about specifying module\_defaults at play level not task level? ```auto - hosts: pve1 module_defaults: community.general.proxmox_vm_info: api_host: "{{ ansible_host }}" api_user: "{{ proxmox_api_user }}" api_token_id: "{{ proxmox_api_token_id }}" api_token_secret: "{{ proxmox_api_token_secret }}" node: "{{ inventory_hostname_short }}" tasks: - name: Import prox_create_vm ansible.builtin.import_role: name: prox_create_vm ``` ---
**Author:** ![DengelFred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/3 "2024-03-09T11:01:11Z")
… because I don’t want the same block in each playbook. 😉 Unfortunately it’s not only a single module for handling a proxmox cluster, the functionality is distributed accross several modules and each module needs the same defaults… ---
**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/4 "2024-03-09T11:43:41Z")
Unfortunately perhaps the current version does not allow for it. Instead, I submitted a pull request to allow using [module default group](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/playbook_guide/playbooks_module_defaults.html#module-defaults-groups) for `community.general.proxmox_*` modules. [https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8074](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8074) ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/5 "2024-03-09T11:43:48Z")
There’s currently a plan to move the proxmox modules from community.general to a separate collection (community.proxmox). That collection will also have a module default group that should solve this problem 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/6 "2024-03-09T11:50:17Z")
CC [@proxmox-collection](https://forum.ansible.com/groups/proxmox-collection) ---
**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/7 "2024-03-09T11:50:18Z")
Due to the above reasons [my PR](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8074) will not be merged. Wait for `community.proxmox` collectionto be released 😀 ---
**Author:** ![DengelFred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/8 "2024-03-09T12:02:57Z")
ok, then I will wait for the release. Thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/9 "2024-03-09T12:06:45Z")
@DengelFred Then, how about using environment variables? ```yaml - hosts: proxmox environment: PROXMOX_HOST: proxmoxhost PROXMOX_USER: user PROXMOX_PASSWORD: passowrd tasks: - name: Gather VM Info community.general.proxmox_vm_info: type: qemu node: node01 - name: List existing nodes community.general.proxmox_node_info: register: proxmox_nodes ``` ---
**Author:** ![DengelFred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@DengelFred](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DengelFred)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/10 "2024-03-09T12:42:43Z")
Thanks for the hint, but it seems that not all proxmox modules support PROXMOX\_TOKEN\_ID and PROXMOX\_TOKEN\_SECRET ---
**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/11 "2024-03-09T13:00:06Z")
Oops, my bad. Forgot to mention that you are not using passwords. Unfortunately, `PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID` and `PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET` are not supported as you have indicated. > Let’s wait for the release of `community.proxmox`, after all. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/import-role-and-module-defaults/4277/12 "2024-04-08T13:00:53Z")
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