On 28. juli 2016 22:20, venkat velpuri wrote:
I am new to ansible getting error

ansible-playbook -vvvv -i apphosts file.yml
ERROR: parse error: playbooks must be formatted as a YAML list, got <type
'dict'>

 tasks:
  - name: Check that the somefile.conf exists
    stat: path=/etc/file.txt
    register: stat_result

  - name: Create the file, if it doesnt exist already
    file: path=/etc/file.txt state=touch
    when: stat_result.stat.exists == False

can any one please help me to sort this problem


This is a task list not a playbook, I suggest reading this short intro and you'll learn the difference.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_intro.html

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