Re: [ansible-devel] Re: Playbook help - syntax

[Kai Stian Olstad]

On 25.05.2016 07:23, 'jhawkesworth' via Ansible Development wrote:
Single line ansible module calls can use the key=value key=value 
syntax,
but when you are using the multi-line yaml style syntax it needs to be 
key:

value


This statement is not correct.


yamllint.com or a yaml-aware text editor can be a help when you are 
getting

used to writing playbooks.


Code like this work
- name: Update the Apache config
  copy: >
src=httpd.conf
dest=/etc/httpd/httpd.conf

Even dropping the bigger than and it works, also yamllint.com says it is 
valid.


More about multiline here
https://support.ansible.com/hc/en-us/articles/201957837-How-do-I-split-an-action-into-a-multi-line-format-

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[ansible-devel] Re: Playbook help - syntax

['jhawkesworth' via Ansible Development]

Yes, Will is right, this is really a question for ansible-project.

However, it looks to me like you have an = where there should be a : in 

log_path= "c:/temp/ansible_wu.txt"


should be

log_path: "C:/temp/ansible_wu.txt"

Single line ansible module calls can use the key=value key=value syntax, 
but when you are using the multi-line yaml style syntax it needs to be key: 
value

yamllint.com or a yaml-aware text editor can be a help when you are getting 
used to writing playbooks.

All the best,

Jon


On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 2:09:15 AM UTC+1, Will Thames wrote:
>
> This is a question for the ansible-project list rather than ansible-devel.
>
> The playbook you've posted doesn't appear complete, as the error message 
> relates to a task name that isn't in the below playbook (this is feedback 
> so that you can have better luck in ansible-project)
>
> On Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 4:35:10 AM UTC+10, Bud Calabrese wrote:
>>
>> I am working on a Ansible file that will update our Windows boxes instead 
>> of using SCCM. I keep getting an error. Here is my playbook. 
>>
>> ---
>> - hosts: Windows
>>   connection: winrm
>>   tasks:
>> - name: Install Critical Updates
>>   win_updates:
>> category_names:
>>   - CriticalUpdates
>> log_path= "c:/temp/ansible_wu.txt"
>> - name: Reboot Servers
>>   raw: shutdown.exe /r /t 10  
>> The error is:ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>>
>>
>> The error appears to have been in '/home/bud/ansible/WinUpdate.yml': line 
>> 13, column 5, but may
>> be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>>
>> The offending line appears to be:
>>
>>
>> - name: Restart machine
>> ^ here
>>
>>

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