Ansible Roles · Schema

Role

An Ansible role published on Galaxy, containing tasks, handlers, defaults, templates, and metadata for reuse across playbooks.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	Unique numeric identifier for the role.
name	string	Name of the role.
namespace	string	Galaxy namespace (usually GitHub username) of the role author.
description	string	Short description of what the role does.
github_user	string	GitHub username of the role author.
github_repo	string	GitHub repository name for this role.
github_branch	string	Default branch for this role's repository.
download_count	integer	Total number of times this role has been downloaded.
stargazers_count	integer	Number of GitHub stars for this role.
forks_count	integer	Number of GitHub forks for this role.
open_issues_count	integer	Number of open GitHub issues for this role.
min_ansible_version	string	Minimum Ansible version required by this role.
license	string	Software license for this role.
created	string	When this role was first published to Galaxy.
modified	string	When this role was last updated.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ansible-roles/refs/heads/main/json-schema/ansible-roles-role-schema.json",
  "title": "Role",
  "description": "An Ansible role published on Galaxy, containing tasks, handlers, defaults, templates, and metadata for reuse across playbooks.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {"type": "integer", "description": "Unique numeric identifier for the role.", "example": 500123},
    "name": {"type": "string", "description": "Name of the role.", "example": "nginx"},
    "namespace": {"type": "string", "description": "Galaxy namespace (usually GitHub username) of the role author.", "example": "geerlingguy"},
    "description": {"type": "string", "description": "Short description of what the role does.", "example": "Installs and configures Nginx web server."},
    "github_user": {"type": "string", "description": "GitHub username of the role author.", "example": "geerlingguy"},
    "github_repo": {"type": "string", "description": "GitHub repository name for this role.", "example": "ansible-role-nginx"},
    "github_branch": {"type": "string", "description": "Default branch for this role's repository.", "example": "master"},
    "download_count": {"type": "integer", "description": "Total number of times this role has been downloaded.", "example": 1250000},
    "stargazers_count": {"type": "integer", "description": "Number of GitHub stars for this role.", "example": 1800},
    "forks_count": {"type": "integer", "description": "Number of GitHub forks for this role.", "example": 750},
    "open_issues_count": {"type": "integer", "description": "Number of open GitHub issues for this role.", "example": 12},
    "min_ansible_version": {"type": "string", "description": "Minimum Ansible version required by this role.", "example": "2.8"},
    "license": {"type": "string", "description": "Software license for this role.", "example": "MIT"},
    "created": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time", "description": "When this role was first published to Galaxy.", "example": "2015-01-01T00:00:00Z"},
    "modified": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time", "description": "When this role was last updated.", "example": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z"}
  },
  "required": ["id", "name", "namespace"]
}

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