Tagging all imported tasks

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Hi,

Is there a way to apply a tag to all of the import_tasks statements
in a role's tasks/main.yml file without stating it on every
import_tasks line?

That is, given a directory structure a bit like this:

.
├── roles
│ ├── some_server
│ │ └── tasks
│ │ ├── configure_this.yml
│ │ ├── create_that.yml
│ │ ├── main.yml
│ │ └── other_config.yml
│ ├── other_role
. .
.
└── site.yml

site.yml:

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - {
        role: some_server,
        tags: some_server,
      }
    - {
        role: other_role,
        tags: other_role,
      }
# etc..

And roles/some_server/tasks/main.yml:

- import_tasks: configure_this.yml
- import_tasks: create_that.yml
- import_tasks: other_config.yml

If I tried to conditionally apply only tag "some_server" then it
does process roles/some_server/tasks/main.yml but not any of the
imports within it.

If I add a tag attribute to each of those imports, i.e.:

- import_tasks: configure_this.yml tags=some_server
- import_tasks: create_that.yml tags=some_server
- import_tasks: other_config.yml tags=some_server

then that works as the tasks within each of those imported files do
inherit the tag. It seems ugly and repetitious though.

Is there a nice way to say that "every following import_tasks should
have these tags"?

Thanks,
Andy

2

Is there a way to apply a tag to all of the import_tasks statements
in a role's tasks/main.yml file without stating it on every
import_tasks line?

That is, given a directory structure a bit like this:

.
├── roles
│ ├── some_server
│ │ └── tasks
│ │ ├── configure_this.yml
│ │ ├── create_that.yml
│ │ ├── main.yml
│ │ └── other_config.yml
│ ├── other_role
. .
.
└── site.yml

site.yml:

- hosts: all
  roles:
    - {
        role: some_server,
        tags: some_server,
      }

That's what you're do here, add tag some_server on all task in the role role_server.

    - {
        role: other_role,
        tags: other_role,
      }

And this will add tag other_role on all tasks in the role.

And roles/some_server/tasks/main.yml:

- import_tasks: configure_this.yml
- import_tasks: create_that.yml
- import_tasks: other_config.yml

If I tried to conditionally apply only tag "some_server" then it
does process roles/some_server/tasks/main.yml but not any of the
imports within it.

If I add a tag attribute to each of those imports, i.e.:

- import_tasks: configure_this.yml tags=some_server
- import_tasks: create_that.yml tags=some_server
- import_tasks: other_config.yml tags=some_server

Since you are setting the tag on the role in the play, you don't need to tag it here again.

3

Hi Kai,

>If I add a tag attribute to each of those imports, i.e.:
>
>- import_tasks: configure_this.yml tags=some_server
>- import_tasks: create_that.yml tags=some_server
>- import_tasks: other_config.yml tags=some_server

Since you are setting the tag on the role in the play, you don't need to tag
it here again.

If I leave out the "tags=some_server" and then do:

$ ansible-playbook --tags some_server

none of the imported tasks are executed (or maybe not even
imported).

If I add "tags=some_server" on the end of them, then they are.

This is with Ansible version 2.5.1.

Cheers,
Andy

4

Hi Kai,

5

import tasks does not allow for 'inline keywords', you need to set
them at task level:

- import_tasks: other_config.yml
  tags:
     - some_server