Ansible : Use Playbook#52015/04/22

	It's possible to include tasks or Playbooks from other Playbooks.
[1]	If you'd like to include other tasks, write "include: ***" in "tasks" section.

[cent@dlp ~]$

vi playbook_sample.yml

# include "included.yml" under the "tasks" directory

- hosts: target_servers
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  tasks:
    - include: tasks/included.yml
      vars:
        general_packages: vim-enhanced,wget,unzip

[cent@dlp ~]$

mkdir tasks

[cent@dlp ~]$

vi tasks/included.yml

- name: General packages are installed
  yum: name="{{ item }}" state=installed
  with_items:
    - "{{ general_packages }}"
  tags: General_Packages

[cent@dlp ~]$

ansible-playbook playbook_sample.yml --ask-become-pass

SUDO password:

PLAY [target_servers] *********************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [10.0.0.52]
ok: [10.0.0.51]

TASK: [General packages are installed] ****************************************
changed: [10.0.0.52] => (item=vim-enhanced,wget,unzip)
changed: [10.0.0.51] => (item=vim-enhanced,wget,unzip)

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
10.0.0.51                  : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0
10.0.0.52                  : ok=2    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0

[2]	If you'd like to include other Playbooks, write like following example.

[cent@dlp ~]$

vi playbook_sample.yml

- hosts: target_servers
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  tasks:
    - include: tasks/included.yml
      vars:
        general_packages: vim-enhanced,wget,unzip

# include another Playbook

- include: httpd.yml

[cent@dlp ~]$

vi httpd.yml

- hosts: target_servers
  become: yes
  become_method: sudo
  tasks:
  - name: httpd is installed
    yum: name=httpd state=installed
  - name: httpd is running and enabled
    service: name=httpd state=started enabled=yes

[cent@dlp ~]$

ansible-playbook playbook_sample.yml --ask-become-pass

SUDO password:

PLAY [target_servers] *********************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [10.0.0.52]
ok: [10.0.0.51]

TASK: [General packages are installed] ****************************************
changed: [10.0.0.51] => (item=vim-enhanced,wget,unzip)
changed: [10.0.0.52] => (item=vim-enhanced,wget,unzip)

PLAY [target_servers] *********************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************
ok: [10.0.0.52]
ok: [10.0.0.51]

TASK: [httpd is installed] ****************************************************
ok: [10.0.0.51]
ok: [10.0.0.52]

TASK: [httpd is running and enabled] ******************************************
ok: [10.0.0.51]
ok: [10.0.0.52]

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************
10.0.0.51                  : ok=5    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0
10.0.0.52                  : ok=5    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0

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