# Tagging all imported tasks **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [November 29, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-all-imported-tasks/29148 "2018-11-29T05:21:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andy\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Andy\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-all-imported-tasks/29148/1 "2018-11-29T05:21:53Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-all-imported-tasks/29148/2 "2018-11-29T06:17:06Z")
> 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. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Andy\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-all-imported-tasks/29148/3 "2018-11-29T06:41:03Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Andy\_Smith](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andy_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-all-imported-tasks/29148/4 "2018-11-29T06:47:03Z")
Hi Kai, ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/tagging-all-imported-tasks/29148/5 "2018-11-30T14:51:55Z")
import tasks does not allow for 'inline keywords', you need to set them at task level: - import\_tasks: other\_config.yml   tags:      - some\_server