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Asked: 2016-09-15 10:49:41 +0800 CST

What is the correct syntax of defining role dependencies in the meta/main.yml in Ansible?

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meta/main.yml

dependencies:
  - { role: 030.sensu-install }

results in:

[DEPRECATION WARNING]: The comma separated role spec format, use the
yaml/explicit format instead..
This feature will be removed in a future release. 
Deprecation warnings can be disabled by setting deprecation_warnings=False in 
ansible.cfg.

when sudo ansible-galaxy install -r requirements/development.yml is issued.

Attempts to solve the issue

When

dependencies:
  - role: 030.sensu-install
    version: 0.1.0

is defined, the syntax check succeeds, but the deprecation warning persists.

When

dependencies:
  - src: 030.sensu-install
    version: 0.1.0

is defined, sudo ansible-galaxy install -r requirements/development.yml is run the deprecation warning is solved, but ansible-playbook /etc/ansible/roles/role_under_test/tests/${playbook} --syntax-check results in:

ERROR! role definitions must contain a role name
ansible ansible-playbook

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Updating the meta/main.yml according this snippet as follows:

    dependencies:
  - src: 030.firewall
    version: 0.1.0
    name: 030.firewall
  - src: 030.sensu-client
    version: 0.4.1
    name: 030.sensu-client
  - src: geerlingguy.ntp
    version: 1.3.0
    name: geerlingguy.ntp    
  - src: geerlingguy.postfix
    version: 1.1.0
    name: geerlingguy.postfix
  - src: geerlingguy.redis
    version: 1.4.1
    name: geerlingguy.redis
  - src: Stouts.rabbitmq
    version: 1.2.1
    name: Stouts.rabbitmq

    and installing the requirements by issuing ansible-galaxy install -r requirements/development.yml did not return the [DEPRECATION WARNING]: The comma separated role spec format issue anymore.

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  2. There is open bugfix pull request on github regarding this issue but its still unclear if its a bug or you should use src: instead, check the discussion.

    https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/14612

    I guess until the devs make up their minds you can ignore that warning. Moreover you are not really using comma separated syntax, so this warning should not appear in my opinion.

    dependencies:
    - { role: 030.sensu-install }

    should be ok.

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  3. if you are using private repo for galaxy then

    meta\main.yml

    ---
# local copy
#dependencies:
#   - { role: '/roles/java', java_packages: java-1.8.0-openjdk }
#http
#dependencies:
#   - { role: 'git+http://gitlabserver/ansible-galaxy/java.git,master'}
#ssh
dependencies:
   - name: java
     src: ssh://git@gitlabserver/ansible-galaxy/java.git
     scm: git
     version: master

    Note: you may need to have private key in the host for git clone

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