Excluding code

Ad-hoc

You can disable whole functionalities during ansible run using --skip-tags, for example:

ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml setup-ubuntu.yml --skip-tags "software" -K

See ansible roles section for full list.

Permanent

To exclude certain parts of ansible code for every subsequent runs, you can add to your ansible/vars/overrides.yml which sections you want to exclude:

software_tasks_exclude:
  - azurecli # do not install azurecli
  - puppet # do not install Puppet
config_tasks_exclude:
  - zsh # do not configure ZSH

For full list of exclude options, see software or config role description.