trying win_msi

[skinnedknuckles]

Ansible 1.8
CentOs 7
Powershell 3

When I run this playbook

---
    - hosts: windows
         tasks:
         - name: test msi installer
          win_msi:
              path='C:/Home/ansmgr/documents/wixedit-0.7.5.msi'
              creates='C:\Program Files (x86)\WixEdit\binaries\WixEdit'
              state=present

I get the following error message

[ansmgr@localhost ansible]$ ansible-playbook test.yml
ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script, test.yml
Note: The error may actually appear before this position: line 4, column 14

    -hosts: windows
        tasks:
             ^

I'm guessing I've missed something very simple but I can't find it.  Is there a recommended YAML editor that can help me with syntax errors?

[Matt Martz]

Your indentation is off.  the word "tasks" is indented too far.  Here is a properly indented playbook:

---

- hosts: windows

  tasks:

    - name: test msi installer

      win_msi:

        path='C:/Home/ansmgr/documents/wixedit-0.7.5.msi'

        creates='C:\Program Files (x86)\WixEdit\binaries\WixEdit'

        state=present

There are many editors that should be able to perform syntax highlighting on YAML, such as notepadd++ on Windows, Sublime on Mac.  You can also use something like: http://yaml-online-parser.appspot.com

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[skinnedknuckles]

Thanks for the tip.  It works fine now.  I should have used a simple YAML format checker.