syntax error while loading yaml script

[ansible_novice]

I`m trying to launch one playbook:

 ---

 - hosts:group1

   user:user1

   sudo:yes

   gather_facts:yes

 tasks:

 - name: ensure update

   apt:update_cache=yes

   apt:upgrade=full

I`m running this by command sudo ansible-playbook -i /etc/ansible/hosts test1.yml and Ansible said that my playbook has syntax error.

ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script, test1.yml

Note: The error may actually appear before this position: line 7, column 7

 tasks:

        ^

Maybe someone had similar problem, who knows, what is the reason of error, give me an answer, please.

[Brian Coca]

it should look like this

tasks:
- name: ensure update
apt:update_cache=yes

- apt:upgrade=full

You cannot have multiple tasks per task, name is optional but - is not
as it indicates when the 'next task' starts


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Brian Coca

[ansible_novice]

Ok, now I have another code in playbook

 ---

 - hosts:group1

   user:chinkovm

   sudo:yes

   gather_facts:yes

tasks:

 - name: ensure update

   apt:update_cache=yes

 - name: ensure upgrade

   apt:upgrade=full

But ansible says about the same error in the same place: in colon of word 'tasks'.

[David Karban]

Hi, 

tasks should have more spaces, it should be aligned to user, sudo, etc. keywords:

---

- hosts:group1

  user:chinkovm

  sudo:yes

  gather_facts:yes

  tasks:

   - name: ensure update

     apt:update_cache=yes

   - name: ensure upgrade

     apt:upgrade=full

David Karban
Linux server specialist/Specialista na správu linuxových serverů
www.karban.eu

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[pixel fairy]

theres an intro to yaml syntax here. http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/YAMLSyntax.html

be carefull cutting and pasting from groups because things can get reformatted. heres an example with the code highlighting. i hope it comes out ok. also, you can put multiple variables in a single module call like this.

---
- hosts: group1
  user: user1
  sudo: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  tasks:
  - name: ensure

update
    apt: update_cache=yes upgrade=full cache_valid_time=3600

[ansible_novice]

I`m trying to run your example, but I have a message of error again. Now this is another position. I thougth there could be a problem with spaces, but changes doesn`t work too.

ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script, test1.yml

Note: The error may actually appear before this position: line 10, column 1

    apt:update_cache=yes upgrade=full cache_valid_time=3600

^

[Brian Coca]

you need a space after :

apt: update_cache=yes upgrade=full cache_valid_time=3600



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Brian Coca

[ansible_novice]

Thank you. Now playbook doesn`t have syntax errors, but I have a permission error.

PLAY [group1] *****************************************************************

GATHERING FACTS ***************************************************************

<172.17.251.236> ESTABLISH CONNECTION FOR USER: user1

<172.17.251.236> REMOTE_MODULE setup

<172.17.251.236> EXEC ssh -C -tt -vvv -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s -o ControlPath="/root/.ansible/cp/ansible-ssh-%h-%p-%r" -o Port=22 -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -o PreferredAuthentications=gssapi-with-mic,gssapi-keyex,hostbased,publickey -o PasswordAuthentication=no -o User=user1 -o ConnectTimeout=10 172.17.251.236 /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1444203780.43-167481022998325 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1444203780.43-167481022998325 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1444203780.43-167481022998325'

fatal: [172.17.251.236] => SSH Error: Permission denied (publickey,password).

    while connecting to 172.17.251.236:22

It is sometimes useful to re-run the command using -vvvv, which prints SSH debug output to help diagnose the issue.

TASK: [ensure update] *********************************************************

FATAL: no hosts matched or all hosts have already failed -- aborting

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************

           to retry, use: --limit @/root/test1.retry

172.17.251.236             : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=1    failed=0

I guess there might ba problem with SSH key and I have to make it and save in directory /root/.ansible/cp/. But SSH agent can`t open a connection to my authentication agent. Do you know, where does the trouble lie?