# \[ansible-2.0.0-0.7.rc2\] os\_server\_facts module - Syntax Error while loading YAML **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** ubuntu\ **Created:** [December 17, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040 "2015-12-17T14:26:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stavros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Stavros](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stavros)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/1 "2015-12-17T14:26:46Z")
Hi, I am trying to use the os\_server\_facts module, but I get a syntax error: The inventory file “oshost” contains only the following line: localhost ansible\_connection=local The playbook “os\_server\_facts.yml” is a simple as the example given in the documentation: - os\_server\_facts: server: W1 - debug: var: openstack\_servers And this is what I get: [admin:~/temp](mailto:admin@cvm01485:~/temp)\> ansible-playbook -i oshost os\_server\_facts.yml ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. The error appears to have been in ‘/home/admin/temp/os\_server\_facts.yml’: line 2, column 1, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: - os\_server\_facts: server: W1 ^ here [admin:~/temp](mailto:admin@cvm01485:~/temp)\> By the way, the OpemStack environment variables are loaded from the RC file. Other cloud modules, like os\_server, are working properly: [admin:~/temp](mailto:admin@cvm01485:~/temp)\> cat os\_server\_test.yml # Test - name: Launch an instance gather\_facts: no tasks: - name: Launch a “Ubuntu 14 LTS” instance os\_server: state: present name: Test01 image: a79d8041-b92b-49cc-82c1-fa354469bde0 flavor: 4488da6d-6173-4112-8870-9f76d138ad00 key\_name: ‘oskey’ nics: - net-id: 00d39765-718d-43c3-8256-6c73d4bb3752 [admin:~/temp](mailto:admin@cvm01485:~/temp)\> Any idea, why the os\_server\_facts returns a syntax error? Regards Stavros ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/2 "2015-12-17T14:31:02Z")
since there is nothing apparent from the keys or values i'm going to guess you have a tab somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Stavros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Stavros](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stavros)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/3 "2015-12-17T14:46:39Z")
Even the syntax without any tabs, empty spaces,… brings the same error: - os\_server\_facts: server: W1 - debug: var: openstack\_servers The offending line appears to be: - os\_server\_facts: server: W1 ^ here Regards Stavros ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/4 "2015-12-17T15:59:03Z")
seems to be incorrectly indented, no sure if its just email formatting: - os\_server\_facts:          server: W1 server should be indented farther in than os\_server\_facts, but only using spaces, no tabs. ---
**Author:** ![Stavros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Stavros](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stavros)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/5 "2015-12-18T11:08:30Z")
I’ve tried that already…using spaces instead of tabs…but I still get the same error. I use actually already successfully some of the other cloud modules…but this one returns the same syntax error. Stavros ---
**Author:** ![Stavros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Stavros](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stavros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/6 "2015-12-21T09:06:25Z")
I checked that with the YAML Lint and after adding/removing a couple of spaces… - os\_server\_facts: server: W1 - debug: var: openstack\_servers …it doesn’t return a YAML syntax error, but: [admin:~/temp](mailto:admin@host-160-46-99-249:~/temp)\> ansible-playbook -i oshost os\_server\_facts.yml -vvvv Using /home/admin/.ansible.cfg as config file ERROR! ‘os\_server\_facts’ is not a valid attribute for a Play The error appears to have been in ‘/home/admin/temp/os\_server\_facts.yml’: line 1, column 3, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: - os\_server\_facts: ^ here ‘os\_server\_facts’ is not a valid attribute?? The os\_server\_facts module exists in 2.0 as far I can see: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/core/cloud/openstack/os\_server\_facts.py Should I open an issue ticket? Stavros ---
**Author:** ![Jakub\_x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f08c70/32.png) [@Jakub\_x](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jakub_x)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/7 "2015-12-21T10:40:08Z")
Can You post a whole playbook? Put it on pastebin or sth. W dniu poniedziałek, 21 grudnia 2015 10:06:25 UTC+1 użytkownik Stavros napisał: ---
**Author:** ![Stavros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Stavros](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stavros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/8 "2015-12-21T14:56:06Z")
There is actually no more (for now) than these 4 lines: [http://pastebin.com/download/uzxvCB9k](http://pastebin.com/download/uzxvCB9k) ---
**Author:** ![Stavros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Stavros](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stavros)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/9 "2016-01-07T12:26:13Z")
Hi there, I upgraded to 2.0 RC3 and tested the os\_server\_facts module…and still get the same error: ERROR! ‘os\_server\_facts’ is not a valid attribute for a Play ---
**Author:** ![Stavros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Stavros](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Stavros)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-0-0-0-7-rc2-os-server-facts-module-syntax-error-while-loading-yaml/20040/10 "2016-01-11T13:53:00Z")
Fyi, I got it finally working with the following playbook: - name: Retrieve facts about server instances from OpenStack hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: - name: Retrieve facts for all W\* servers os\_server\_facts: server: W\* register: result - debug: var: result Hope it helps, if someone is looking for an example … 🙂