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Hi together, managing a bigger project I am defining role dependencies in role’s

`

meta.yml

  • name: myrole
    src: git+git@myserver/myrole.git
    version: master

`

The problem is that ansible also always executes the dependencies prior to the role,
some of the role dependencies should be executed at a certain point with include_role

Example:

  • I have a ‘java’ role which installs the newest java version .
  • The ‘java’ role depends on the certificates role, which needs to be executed after the java role,
    as the java keystore does not exist prior to that
  • thus the java role includes the certificates role

`

playbook.yml

  • hosts: myhost
    roles:
  • {role: java, tags: [‘java’]}

java/tasks/main.yml

  • include_tasks: do_install_java_and_more.yml

  • import_role:
    name: certificates

java/meta/main.yml

galaxy_info:
author: Me
description: Role to install java

dependencies:

  • name: certificates
    src: myserver/certificates.git
    version: master

`

→ This causes the certificates role to be executed twice.

Question: Is there any way to define dependencies just to be installed with galaxy?

Thanks :slight_smile: