can roles and tasks exist in the same playbook?

Question

---
# file: main.yml

- hosts: fotk
  remote_user: fakesudo
  tasks:
  - name: create a developer user
    user: name={{ user }}
          password={{ password }}
               


        

Answer 1

Actually this should be possible and I remember I did this a few times during testing. Might be something with your version - or the order does matter, so that the tasks will be executed after the roles.

I would have posted this as a comment, rather than an answer, but I wouldn't be able to give the following example in a comment:

Whatever might be the reason why your task is not executed, you can always separate your playbook into several plays, like so:

---
# file: main.yml

- hosts: fotk
  remote_user: fakesudo
  tasks:
  - name: create a developer user
    user: name={{ user }}
          password={{ password }}
          shell=/bin/bash
          generate_ssh_key=yes
          state=present

- hosts: fotk
  remote_user: fakesudo
  roles:
  - { role: create_developer_environment, sudo_user: "{{ user }}" }
  - { role: vim, sudo_user: "{{ user }}" }