[WARNING]: While constructing a mapping from /etc/ansible/playbooks/touch.yml, line 2, column 3, found a duplicate dict key (tasks). Using last defined value only.

[Anfield]

I have the following playbook and I got the above error. This created the directory but not the file. Any ideas?

---

- hosts: local

  tasks:

   - name: create a file if it doesnt exist

     file:

       path: /home/ansible/touchfile.txt

       state: touch

       mode: 0755

  tasks:

   - name: create a directory if it doesnt exist

     file:

       path: /home/ansible/touchdir

       state: directory

       mode: 0755

[Anfield]

When I comment out the directory piece and run it again, ansible will create the file

[Kai Stian Olstad]

You can only have one tasks: in a play.
And as the message say only the last one will be executed.

So this is the correct syntax.

---
- hosts: local
tasks:
- name: create a file if it doesnt exist
file:
path: /home/ansible/touchfile.txt
state: touch
mode: 0755

- name: create a directory if it doesnt exist
file:
path: /home/ansible/touchdir
state: directory
mode: 0755

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Kai Stian Olstad

[Anfield]

Only one task for each playbook? Didnt know that

[Anfield]

Ok, nevermind. Only one instance of the tasks:, but multiple tasks underneath. Thanks!