ansible playbook execute in this order: task, role, task, role, task

Question

Forgive my newbie question, but I would like to execute three tasks and use two roles in a playbook, in the order:

1. task
2. role
3. task
4. role
5. task

This is what I have so far (task, role, task):

---
- name: Task Role Task
  hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false

  pre_tasks:
   - name: Do this task first
     foo:

  roles:
  - role: this role second
    foo:

  post_tasks: 
   - name: Do this task third
     foo:

Is this possible or should I be changing my tasks into roles?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30763709/ansible-playbook-execute-in-this-order-task-role-task-role-task

Answer 1

I recommend you create roles for post and pre tasks for you ansible.

Your site.yml must be some like this:

---
- hosts: localhost
  remote_user: "{{remote_user}}"
  sudo: yes
  gather_facts: false
  roles:
    - pre
    - main_role
    - post

in roles folder you must have three roles, pre, post and main_role.