How Do I Conditionally Import a Playbook?

[Chrono 7]

I'd like to know how to conditionally import a playbook.




I have a master playbook which calls several others





The master looks like this:




---

- name: Query user for information
  import_playbook: query_user.yaml

- name: Car required
  import_playbook: determine_car_information.yaml
  when: car_required == True

query_user.yaml looks like this

---

- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local

  vars_prompt:
  - name: car_required
    prompt: 'Is a car required (y / n)?'
    private: no

  tasks:
    - name: Register variable from above prompt
      set_fact:
        car_required: "{{ car_required }}"

No matter what, the determine_car_information playbook is always run, regardless of what car_required is set to.

I've also tried wrapping this in a tasks / block section as per the following:




---

- name: Query user for information
  import_playbook: query_user.yaml

- tasks:

 - name: Gather car info if car is required
  block:
  - name: Car required, query for info
  import_playbook: determine_car_information.yaml
  when: car_required|lower == "y"

This results in the following:

ERROR! this task 'import_playbook' has extra params, which is only allowed in the following modules: command, win_command, shell, win_shell, script, include, include_vars, 
include_tasks, include_role, import_tasks, import_role, add_host, group_by, set_fact, raw, meta

I'd really like to understand why this is occurring / if there's an alternate solution.

[Vladimir Botka]

On Sun, 25 Aug 2019 09:12:57 -0700 (PDT)
Chrono 7 <chro...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd like to know how to conditionally import a playbook.

> [...]

> - name: Car required
> import_playbook: determine_car_information.yaml
> when: car_required == True

It's not possible. "import_playbook" is not a task. Conditions don't apply
here. It's an open issue
Conditionally import_playbook aka include_playbook #34281
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/34281

Cheers,

-vlado

[Chrono 7]

Thanks! I figured it was a bit of a limitation at this point. Would be great to have this added at some point