How to get current role name in an ansible task

Question

How can I get the current role name in an ansible task yaml file?

I would like to do something like this

---
# role/some-role-name/tasks/main.yml

- name         


        

Answer 1

As of Ansible 2.8 there is ansible_play_name which contains the name of the currently executed play.

• https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/48562
• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/special_variables.html