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Reputation: 1624

Simple ansible playbook syntax error (YAML)

I've just started ansible and have created a simple playbook to deploy nginx on a target server. The YAML playbook file (myplaybook.yml) looks like this:-

- name: Configure webserver with nginx
  hosts: webservers
  sudo: True
  tasks:
    - name: install nginx
    - apt: name=nginx update_cache=yes
       environment:
          http_proxy: myproxy.com:8088
          https_proxy: myproxy.com:8088

When I execute:-

$ ansible-playbook myplaybook.yml

I get:-

ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script, nginx-ansible.yml Note: The error may actually appear before this position: line 7, column 23

- apt: name=nginx update_cache=yes
       environment:
                  ^

I don't see why this error occurs - the hosts file contains the [webservers] section OK - can anyone help?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 23531

Answers (1)

Bruce P
Bruce P

Reputation: 20759

You've got a couple problems with your YAML. First, - name and - apt shouldn't both have the - prefix. That's making Ansible think you have one task with a name of install nginx but no module or anything else associated with it, then you have a second task with no name but invokes the apt module.

The second problem is indentation. You have an extra space in front of the word environment that makes YAML think you're starting a new child element and not just adding attributes to the current task. So your entire task should look something like this (and remember that spacing is critical):

tasks:
  - name: install nginx
    apt: name=nginx update_cache=yes
    environment:
      http_proxy: myproxy.com:8088
      https_proxy: myproxy.com:8088

Upvotes: 5

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