playbook syntax

[Alan Batie]

I'm giving ansible a try, and it seems the examples aren't quite right - using authorized_keys as a starting point:

http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/authorized_key_module.html

# cat e.yml
- name: Set authorized key took from file
  authorized_key:
    user: charlie
    state: present
    key: "{{ lookup('file', '/home/charlie/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
# ansible-playbook e.yml
ERROR! 'authorized_key' is not a valid attribute for a Play

The error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/e.yml': line 1, column 3, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

- name: Set authorized key took from file
^ here

I use a yaml syntax validator, which didn't like the comment after name: but removing that doesn't change anything.

[Matt Martz]

You have not created a playbook, effectively you have only created a tasks file.  A playbook will have a `hosts` declaration, and all tasks will be under a `tasks` section.

See http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_intro.html#playbook-language-example for more information.

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[Matt Davis]

PS: Alan Batie of Agora fame? 

[Alan Batie]

On Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 10:05:00 AM UTC-8, Matt Martz wrote:

You have not created a playbook, effectively you have only created a tasks file.  A playbook will have a `hosts` declaration, and all tasks will be under a `tasks` section.

It's still not happy with it:

# ansible-playbook e.yml --list-hosts
ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.

The error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/e.yml': line 5, column 1, but may

be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

    authorized_key:
      user: charlie
^ here 

# cat e.yml
- hosts: all
  tasks:
    - name: Make sure admin03 root ssh key is present

[Matt Martz]

A direct copy paste from your email works without problems for me:

$ ansible-playbook e.yml --list-hosts --list-tasks

playbook: e.yml

  play #1 (all): all TAGS: []

    pattern: [u'all']

    hosts (1):

      localhost

    tasks:

      Make sure admin03 root ssh key is present TAGS: []

I'm not sure if maybe you have tabs, or mixed indentation that didn't translate via email?  Generally speaking, make sure you only uses spaces in YAML.

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[Alan Batie]

Tabs were it, arrgh.  Thanks!