Ansible Automation Ansible Roles & Galaxy 3

Question 1

How are role dependencies defined so they are automatically executed before the parent role?

Accepted Answer

In meta/main.yml under the 'dependencies' key

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In tasks/main.yml using import_role

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In defaults/main.yml under 'requires'

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In vars/main.yml under 'role_deps'

Question 2

What is the difference between 'include_role' and 'import_role' in Ansible?

Accepted Answer

include_role is dynamic (evaluated at runtime); import_role is static (evaluated at parse time)

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import_role is dynamic; include_role is static

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They are identical; both are static

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include_role supports variables; import_role does not

Question 3

What variable file in a role takes higher precedence than defaults/main.yml?

Accepted Answer

vars/main.yml

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defaults/main.yml

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meta/main.yml

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params/main.yml

Question 4

How do you pass a variable to a role when including it in a playbook?

Accepted Answer

Under the role entry using 'vars:' or as key-value pairs inline

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By editing defaults/main.yml directly before running

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Only via inventory host_vars

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Through ansible.cfg under [role_vars]

Question 5

What naming convention must a Galaxy role follow for its namespace and role name?

Accepted Answer

namespace.role_name using only letters, numbers, and underscores

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namespace/role-name using hyphens

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namespace:rolename using a colon separator

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namespace__rolename using double underscores

Question 6

Which file at the root of an Ansible Collection defines its namespace, name, and version?

Accepted Answer

galaxy.yml

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collection.yml

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manifest.yml

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meta.yml