diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_intro.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_intro.rst index db6dcbcaeb..d0c702c071 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_intro.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_intro.rst @@ -73,6 +73,43 @@ For starters, here's a playbook that contains just one play:: - name: restart apache service: name=httpd state=restarted +We can also break task items out over multiple lines using the YAML dictionary +types to supply module arguments. This can be helpful when working with tasks +that have really long parameters or modules that take many parameters to keep +them well structured. Below is another version of the above example but using +YAML dictionaries to supply the modules with their key=value arguments.:: + + --- + - hosts: webservers + vars: + http_port: 80 + max_clients: 200 + remote_user: root + tasks: + - name: ensure apache is at the latest version + yum: + pkg: httpd + state: latest + - name: write the apache config file + template: + src: /srv/httpd.j2 + dest: /etc/httpd.conf + notify: + - restart apache + - name: ensure apache is running + service: + name: httpd + state: started + handlers: + - name: restart apache + service: + name: httpd + state: restarted + +.. note:: + + The above example using YAML dictionaries for module arguments can also be accomplished using the YAML multiline string syntax with the `>` character but this can lead to string quoting errors. + Below, we'll break down what the various features of the playbook language are. .. _playbook_basics: