Role namespacing directories vs. dot notation

[Mirko Friedenhagen]

Hello,

when you have a lot of roles, it might be feasible give them a
structure. What's the preferred way in ansible?
Using directory hierarchies like roles/fizz/buzz or dots roles/fizz.buzz?

Regards Mirko
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[Matt Martz]

Dot notation is currently used by Galaxy, however the namespaces there are typically usernames.

Ansible doesn't necessarily support nested role directories like you mention, so I am going to stick with dot notation.

It's really just a directory name with a period in it at that point.

To reference it, you need to use the full dot notated name such as "fizz.buzz"

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[Michael DeHaan]

"Ansible doesn't necessarily support nested role directories like you mention, so I am going to stick with dot notation."

Ansible can check out role paths anywhere you want, you'll just have to configure the roles path in ansible.cfg OR stick the "/" in there when referring to the role name.

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[Mirko Friedenhagen]

Thanks for the answers.

Regards Mirko
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