Hi Ansible developers,
I've been wondering about something. Ansible's syntax for module arguments
is key=value parameters, all on a single line. This then needs to be
parsed, and the key=value elements properly separated.
Wouldn't it be much nicer if the module parameters were also just written
in YAML syntax? For example:
- hosts: all
tasks:
- name: blah
yum:
- name: package
- state: installed
And it might even be an idea to pass the playbook through Jinja first,
allowing things like:
- name: blah
yum:
{% for pkg in packages %}
- name: "{{ pkg }}"
- state: installed
{% endfor %}
We would not need the "when:" conditional, or the shlex module to split
key=value pairs. This would allow taking full advantage of Jinja's
templating features.
Could this be an idea for Ansible 2.0?
Regards,
Anand
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