In An Ansible Playbook, Which Is Processed First, Roles Or ansible.builtin.import_role?

In an Ansible playbook, roles are processed before the ansible.builtin.import_role task.

Roles are a collection of tasks, handlers, templates, files, and other resources grouped together to perform a specific function. When a role is included in a playbook, Ansible first processes the role’s tasks and handlers before continuing with the rest of the playbook’s tasks.

The ansible.builtin.import_role task is a built-in task that allows you to import and run a role within a playbook. When this task is executed, Ansible processes the role’s tasks and handlers before continuing with the rest of the playbook’s tasks.

Therefore, if you use the ansible.builtin.import_role task to import a role in a playbook, the role’s tasks and handlers will be processed before the tasks in the playbook that come after the ansible.builtin.import_role task.

Here is an example playbook that uses the ansible.builtin.import_role task to import a role:

- hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: Import role
      ansible.builtin.import_role:
        name: myrole

    - name: Run tasks after role
      debug:
        msg: "Tasks after role"

In this example, the myrole role will be processed before the Run tasks after role task.