can you provide a more in dept example of how you currently do it? On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 5:47 PM Toni Mueller <supp...@oeko.net> wrote:
> > Hi, > > from normal package management systems, I am used to have "Provides" > which allows me to install any of a set of packages to satisfy a > dependency (eg. "Provides: mail-transport-agent"). I was wondering how > to best achieve a similar effect with Ansible, so I do not have to > hardwire all the role names in many places. Eg. if I want to switch > from one role that installs MySQL to one of the dozens of other roles > which do "basically" the same, I would like to just depend on a role > that provides "database-server", then decide later which database engine > I actually want by selecting one role that installs a database server > without having to go back to all the roles which are installing > applications depending on a database server to reference a different > role. > > How are you guys tackling this kind of problem? > > > Kind regards, > Toni > > -- > 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/20180813214709.xfofs4zt3kcqxls4%40spruce.office.oeko.net > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAFYJA%2BJ50EwXpM8wPpb2KHRsas2D4_tzx_BVKNFziORwP5Obpg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
