Variables in include statements

[Alexey Malov]

Hello all,
Hope you are doing well.

Could you please tell me if it's possible to use variables in the include statement?
I'm trying to do next thing:
1. Have some role, for example 'superrole'.
2. And have some tasks inside it.
3. Use main task to include subtasks based on variables like
# main.yml
---
 - include {{ subtask }}.tml
3. To po next in the playbooks:
- { role: superrole, subtask: one_sub_task }
- { role: superrole, subtask: another_sub_task }

Thank you very much,
Alex.

[James Cammarata]

Hi Alexey,

It is possible to use variables in include statements, however there is one limitation - the variables must be known at the time the playbook YAML is parsed, and therefore cannot be based on "inventory" variables (facts, group_vars or host_vars) or parameterized role variables (which is why your test case is failing).

What you can do instead is a conditional include:

- include: one_sub_task.yml

  when: subtask == 'one_sub_task'

- include: another_sub_task.yml

  when: subtask == 'another_sub_task'

Hope that helps!

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