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What makes a directory a valid Ansible role?
- AIts subdirectory layout: tasks/, defaults/, handlers/
- BA galaxy_info block naming the author and licence
- CA requirements entry in the playbook that uses it
- DPublication to Ansible Galaxy before its first use
Why this is the answer
A role is a filesystem convention: Ansible looks for the known subdirectories and loads main.yml from each one present. galaxy_info in meta/ is optional metadata for publishing, a requirements file is how you fetch someone else's role, and nothing needs publishing to work locally.
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