# roles and tasks reusability **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [May 23, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-and-tasks-reusability/24552 "2017-05-23T14:10:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lemaillet.efflam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@lemaillet.efflam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lemaillet.efflam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-and-tasks-reusability/24552/1 "2017-05-23T14:10:32Z")
Hello everyone, I did not found a elegant way of sharing tasks list between roles. I explain my problem : 1 I have a first role in which i include tasks (IE create\_user.yml) so i put the file in my\_firt\_role/tasks/create\_user.yml 2 I am writing an other role in which i would like to use the tasks create\_user.yml too The only solutions i found to use it in both playbooks are : hardcode the path of a common dir in my roles includes ( /var/ansible/common/create\_user.yml) duplicate the tasks in each playbook I was expecting a way to configure tasks lookup directories (like role\_path for roles) in ansible.cfg I try also to add a role dependencies but it seems that the pulled roles are not sharing tasks to upper roles. Am I missing an Ansible feature or good practice ? Any ideas to improve tasks re-usability and avoid duplication ? Regards, Efflam ---
**Author:** ![lemaillet.efflam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@lemaillet.efflam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lemaillet.efflam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-and-tasks-reusability/24552/2 "2017-05-23T15:55:04Z")
I finaly found a workaround : ansible seems to lookup in tasks directory (even symlinks) /etc/ansible/specific\_utils/ ├── utils\_stuff1.yml └── utils\_stuff2.yml /etc/ansible/common/ ├── common\_stuff1.yml └── common\_stuff2.yml /path/to/your/ansible/workdir ├── tasks → …/…/…/…/etc/ansible/common └── your\_role └── tasks ├── main.yml └── tasks → …/…/…/…/…/…/…/etc/ansible/specific\_utils ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_JD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@Daniel\_JD](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel_JD)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/roles-and-tasks-reusability/24552/3 "2017-05-30T05:37:55Z")
You could use the include\_role module like this: include\_role: name: my\_flirt\_role tasks\_from: create\_user