ansible playbook execute in this order: task, role, task, role, task

Question

Forgive my newbie question, but I would like to execute three tasks and use two roles in a playbook, in the order:

1. task
2. role
3. task
4. role
5. task

This is what I have so far (task, role, task):

--- - name: Task Role Task   hosts: 127.0.0.1   connection: local   gather_facts: false    pre_tasks:    - name: Do this task first      foo:    roles:   - role: this role second     foo:    post_tasks:     - name: Do this task third      foo: 

Is this possible or should I be changing my tasks into roles?

Answer 1

I recommend you create roles for post and pre tasks for you ansible.

Your site.yml must be some like this:

--- - hosts: localhost   remote_user: "{{remote_user}}"   sudo: yes   gather_facts: false   roles:     - pre     - main_role     - post 

in roles folder you must have three roles, pre, post and main_role.

Answer 2

Each "hosts:"-block will be executed one by one. So you can use multiple blocks to force the desired execution order:

--- - hosts: 127.0.0.1   tasks:    - name: Do this task first  - hosts: 127.0.0.1   roles:   - role: this role second  - hosts: 127.0.0.1   tasks:    - name: Do this task third