Dan, The second example worked, thank you for taking the time to resolve this problem! :)
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Dan Vaida <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I'll provide a short example to prove my point (b11be68249): > $ cat whatever.yml > --- > - hosts: localhost > gather_facts: false > vars: > foo: bar > tasks: > - name: test > local_action: > module: copy > src: ./src > dest: ./dest > > $ ansible-playbook whatever.yml > ERROR: dest is not a legal parameter in an Ansible task or handler > > Whereas: > $ cat whatever.yml > --- > - hosts: localhost > gather_facts: false > vars: > foo: bar > tasks: > - name: test > local_action: > module: copy > src: ./src > dest: ./dest > > $ ansible-playbook whatever.yml > > PLAY [localhost] > ************************************************************** > > TASK: [test] > ****************************************************************** > ok: [localhost -> 127.0.0.1] > > PLAY RECAP > ******************************************************************** > localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 > > I'm sorry you feel like that way about the link. I know it's sometimes easy > to oversee the local_action attribute. It is mostly used (although it's not > the only way) when one calls SDK/APIs through localhost. > > Can you perhaps show how and where you include this create_web.yml of yours? > Perhaps the scope is not set right. > > Cheers, > Dan. > > > On Monday, 23 March 2015 18:14:40 UTC+1, Michael Bushey wrote: >> >> Dan, >> >> Thanks for your response. Since you feel my spacing is wrong, please >> let me know what is wrong. Proving a link to yaml spacing whitepaper >> is not helping. How do you propose that incorrect spacing will result >> in the error of "ERROR: datacenter is not a legal parameter at this >> level in an Ansible Playbook"? Typically spacing errors result in >> something like "ERROR: Syntax Error while loading YAML script". >> >> Michael >> >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Dan Vaida <[email protected]> wrote: >> > You're missing indentation. Take a look at the examples on the module >> > page. >> > Here's a good explanation: http://yaml.org/spec/current.html#id2519916 >> > >> > On Wednesday, 18 March 2015 19:38:02 UTC+1, Michael Bushey wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm attempting to use the first example on page: >> >> http://docs.ansible.com/linode_module.html >> >> >> >> ⇒ ansible-playbook --version >> >> ansible-playbook 1.7.2 >> >> >> >> ⇒ ansible-playbook -i ../hosts create_web.yml >> >> ERROR: datacenter is not a legal parameter at this level in an Ansible >> >> Playbook >> >> >> >> ⇒ cat create_web.yml >> >> --- >> >> - local_action: >> >> module: linode >> >> api_key: 'Myapikeyishere' >> >> name: web1 >> >> plan: 2 >> >> datacenter: 2 >> >> distribution: 130 >> >> password: 'mypasword' >> >> >> >> any ideas? >> >> >> >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/0S1OeNZj_Qk/unsubscribe. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> > [email protected]. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/bc512bbb-cabc-442c-b20a-2cbf7ee4d7bc%40googlegroups.com. >> > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ansible-project/0S1OeNZj_Qk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/5febd0d1-9204-4dd1-a505-c3b4788c02e7%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAPJTyAXRoPtd7vf8B2hdtRZr3N_kY-QB4mXf1s_jGYogJt2BgQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
