YAML File check

[Asad Hasan]

Hi All ,

         Is there any good tool or web link to verify the yaml file .

Thanks,

[Didier BOURRIAUD]

Hi Asad Hasan,

Personally, I use YamlLint from the "sdesbure/yamllint" Docker Image -> https://hub.docker.com/r/sdesbure/yamllint

I made this alias in my BashRc to mount local path to /yaml in the container and launch it in every path: alias yamllint='eval docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}:/yaml sdesbure/yamllint yamllint'

You can then write your own rules in a .yamllint file to override defaults. Rules documentation are here : https://yamllint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/rules.html

I setup the rules like this :

---
extends: "default"

rules:
  line-length: "disable"
  indentation:
    indent-sequences: no
  comments:
    require-starting-space: yes
    min-spaces-from-content: 2
  comments-indentation: "disable"
  quoted-strings:
    quote-type: "double"
  truthy:
    allowed-values:
    - "yes"
    - "no"

Hope you'll find your happiness !

Best regards,

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[Brian Coca]

Most yaml linters will only tell you if the file is valid YAML and to theri opinion/spec, which is not always what Ansible uses, we relly on pyyaml which is following YAML 1.1 spec.

You have ansible-lint as a general tools, but if you just want a quick test for playbooks `ansbile-playbook --syntax-check playbook.yml `, for vars files i would use `ansbile -m include_vars ....`, for roles `ansbile -m import_role ...`

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Brian Coca