ERROR! 'win_updates' is not a valid attribute for a Play. Pls suggest

[Abhishek Mishra]

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

My yaml file

-

  name: "Install all security updates with automatic reboots"

  win_updates:

    category_names:

      - SecurityUpdates

    reboot: true

ERROR msg while running

[asadmin@ansible Playbook]$ ansible-playbook winupdate.yaml -i windowsinventory.txt

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

The error appears to have been in '/home/asadmin/test_project/Playbook/winupdate.yaml': line 2, column 3, but may

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

The offending line appears to be:

-

  name: "Install all security updates with automatic reboots"

  ^ here

[Justin Schmitz]

Your name needs to start with

- name: "Install all security updates with     automatic reboots"

  win_updates:

    category_names:

      - SecurityUpdates

    reboot: true

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[Abhishek Mishra]

Is any module or plugin required for win_update ? 
Still getting same message. 'win_updates' is not a valid attribute for a Play

- name: "Install all security updates with     automatic reboots"

  win_updates:

    category_names:

      - SecurityUpdates

    reboot: true

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[Justin Schmitz]

Your syntax is incorrect. There is nothing extra needing to be installed. Have a look at the examples from the documentation. 

Thanks

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[Jordan Borean]

Sounds like you are trying to call a list of tasks directly with 'ansible-playbook' rather than a playbook. Have a read through https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_intro.html#playbook-language-example to see how to write a playbook that contains variaous tasks. Once you are comfortable with this you can start to move onto roles which are highly recommended.

Thanks

Jordan