I know you have to ability to call task tags from the command line, for example:
ansible-playbook -i staging_env mydeploy.yml --tags "web_stop" But, is there a way to call task tags from with in a playbook? I would rather create multiple playbooks such as web_start.yml, web_deploy.yml, stop_all.yml, start_all.yml and not have to worry about calling the appropriate tags at the command line. My issue is that not everyone on the Ops team is as familiar with ansible (and all of the tags we use), so allowing them to just run "ansible-playbook -i staging_env start_all.yml" seems easier and safer. And the goal is to keep my existing role/tasks structure without duplicating tasks between roles. The main issue with the playbook is that when you apply a role to hosts it applies all of the tasks in that role, no way to pick and choose tasks in the playbook. My dir structure for my web servers is as follows: roles/web/tasks main.yml stop.yml update_code.yml start.yml check_service.yml If it's not possible to call task tags from a playbook, is this something you're currently working? Is there another way to achieve this? Thanks so much for your time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/7e93c579-5ecc-426d-b168-728c06e946a7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.