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YAML Format
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This page provides a basic overview of correct YAML syntax, which is how Ansible
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playbooks (our configuration management language) are expressed.
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You may also wish to read playbook examples and will quickly pick this up from those.
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YAML Basics
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For `ansible`, every YAML file must be a list at it's root-most
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element. Each item in the list is a dictionary. These dictionaries
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represent all the options you can use to write an `ansible` file. In
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addition, all YAML files (regardless of their association with
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`ansible` or not) should start with ``---``.
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In YAML a list can be represented in two ways. In one way all members
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of a list are lines beginning at the same indentation level starting
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with a ``-`` character::
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# A list of tasty fruits
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- Apple
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- Orange
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- Strawberry
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- Mango
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In the second way a list is represented as comma separated elements
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surrounded by square brackets. Newlines are permitted between
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elements::
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# A list of tasty fruits
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[apple, orange, banana, mango]
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A dictionary is represented in a simple ``key:`` and ``value`` form::
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# An employee record
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name: John Eckersberg
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job: Developer
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skill: Elite
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Like lists, dictionaries can be represented in an abbreviated form::
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# An employee record
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{name: John Eckersberg, job: Developer, skill: Elite}
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.. _truthiness:
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You can specify a boolean value (true/false) in several forms::
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knows_oop: True
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likes_emacs: TRUE
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uses_cvs: false
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Finally, you can combine these data structures::
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# An employee record
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name: John Eckersberg
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job: Developer
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skill: Elite
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employed: True
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foods:
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- Apple
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- Orange
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- Strawberry
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- Mango
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languages:
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ruby: Elite
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python: Elite
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dotnet: Lame
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That's all you really need to know about YAML to get started writing
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`Ansible` playbooks.
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.. seealso::
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`YAMLLint <http://yamllint.com/>`_
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YAML Lint gets the lint out of your YAML
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