You can check if you have a valid syntax at 

http://www.yamllint.com/

In YAML, sequences must have a dash followed by a space. 

On Friday, May 3, 2019 at 2:38:51 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
>
> I have the following playbook:
> ---
> - hosts: debian
>   order: sorted
>   tasks:
>   -name: postfix - set debconf defaults before postfix install
>     shell: debconf-set-selections <<< "postfix postfix/mailname string {{ 
> inventory_hostname }}" executable=/bin/bash
>     tags: postfix
>
> But i get the error:
> ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
>   mapping values are not allowed in this context
>
> The error appears to have been in '/opt/ansible/playbooks/postfix.yml': 
> line 6, column 12, but may
> be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.
>
> The offending line appears to be:
>
>     -name: postfix - set debconf defaults before postfix install
>       shell: debconf-set-selections <<< "postfix postfix/mailname string 
> {{ inventory_hostname }}" executable=/bin/bash
>            ^ here
> We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
> missing quotes.  Always quote template expression brackets when they
> start a value. For instance:
>
>     with_items:
>       - {{ foo }}
>
> Should be written as:
>
>     with_items:
>       - "{{ foo }}"
>
> Help, please! What am i doing wrong?
>

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