Ansible "block" error

[Keith Mills]

How do I troubleshoot the Ansible Error “block is not a valid attribute for a Play”? Or, is there a better attribute to use here?

Ansible Version:

ansible 2.9.18

  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

  configured module search path = [u'/home/keith/.ansible/plugins/modules', u'/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']

  ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible

  executable location = /usr/bin/ansible

  python version = 2.7.5 (default, Nov 16 2020, 22:23:17) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44)]

Playbook:

---

- name: Get diagnostic info block

  block:

    - name: Get top process diagnostic info

      script: library/diag_top_processes.ps1

      failed_when: false

      changed_when: false

      register: diag_top_proc_out

    - name: Get memory and pagefile usage diagnostic info

      script: library/diag_memory_and_pagefile.ps1

      failed_when: false

      changed_when: false

      register: diag_mem_page_out

    - name: Get CPU info

      script: library/diag_cpu_info.ps1

      failed_when: false

      changed_when: false

      register: diag_cpu_info_out

    - name: Init diag message

      set_fact:

        diag_msg: "Diagnostic information:"

        proc_info:

          "{{ diag_top_proc_out.stdout|regex_replace('\r\n|\n|\r', '') }}"

        cpu_info: "{{ diag_cpu_info_out.stdout_lines | join(' ') }}"

    - name: Add top process info

      set_fact:

        diag_msg: "{{ [diag_msg, proc_info] | join(' ') }}"

    - name: Add memory info

      set_fact:

        diag_msg:

          "{{ [diag_msg, diag_mem_page_out.stdout_lines[0]] | join(' ') }}"

    - name: Add CPU info

      set_fact:

        diag_msg:

          "{{ [diag_msg, cpu_info] | join(' ') }}"

  rescue:

    - name: Diag info collection failed, setup variable

      set_fact:

        diag_failed: true

Error:

ERROR! 'block' is not a valid attribute for a Play

The error appears to be in '/home/keith/Ansible/ansible-role-high-cpu-usage-win/tasks/get_diagnostic.yml': line 3, column 3, but may

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

The offending line appears to be:

- name: Get diagnostic info block

  ^ here

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

On 4/13/21 5:04 PM, Keith Mills wrote:
> How do I troubleshoot the Ansible Error “block is not a valid attribute for a Play”? Or, is there a better attribute to
> use here?

Your code in your playbook should be inside "tasks:".

Regards
Racke

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