What is a YAML file and how do we use it in Ansible?

Glorious Goldfinch answered on December 20, 2022 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 2/10

answer What is a YAML file and how do we use it in Ansible?

What is a YAML file and how do we use it in Ansible?

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YAML or files are like any formatted text file with few sets of rules 
just like JSON or XML. Ansible uses this syntax for playbooks 
as it is more readable than other formats.
An example of JSON vs YAML is:


1{
2 "object": {
3"key": "value",
4"array": [
5  {
6    "null_value": null
7  },
8  {
9    "boolean": true
10  },
11  {
12    "integer": 1
13  },
14  {
15    "alias": "aliases are like variables"
16  }
17]
18 }
19}
1---
2object:
3 key: value
4 array:
5 - null_value:
6 - boolean: true
7 - integer: 1
8 - alias: aliases are like variables

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