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conditional.yml

- name: Playbook
  hosts: all

  roles:
    - role: sshd
      when: 
        - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' 
        - ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('6', '>=')

Examples

# Patch files from command line
$ cd ~/ansible-playbooks/playbooks/
$ ansible-playbook -i ~/temp_patches patch_things.yml -e 'target_hosts=all'

# Load ad-hoc inventory patches into Ansible Tower
$ tower-manage inventory_import --source patch_hosts --inventory-name Patches --overwrite --overwrite-vars

===========
# Playbook
- name: Patch all the things
  hosts: "{{ target_hosts | default('all') }}"

  roles:
    - sshd
    - changerootpw

gitlab-ci-test.yml

---
- hosts: localhost
  remote_user: root
  roles:
    - role-elasticsearch-curator

gitlab-ci.yml

---
image: "samdoran/gitlab-ci-test-el6"

before_script:
  - ansible --version
  - printf '[defaults]\nroles_path=../' > ansible.cfg

test:
  script:
    # Basic role syntax check
    - ansible-playbook tests/gitlab-ci-test.yml -i tests/inventory --syntax-check

    # Run the first time
    - ansible-playbook tests/gitlab-ci-test.yml -i tests/inventory -c local -b

    # Run again and expect no changes
    - >
      ansible-playbook tests/gitlab-ci-test.yml -i tests/inventory -c local -b
      | grep -q 'changed=0.*failed=0'
      && (echo 'Idempotence test: pass' && exit 0)
      || (echo 'Idempotence test: fail' && exit 1)

requirements.yml

- src: git@git.acme.com:ansible/role-gitlab.git
  name: gitlab
  scm: git