# Ansible-playbook ejecution error

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ejecution-error/18693>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 6, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ejecution-error/18693 "2015-07-06T20:05:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Alejandro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Alejandro](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alejandro)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ejecution-error/18693/1 "2015-07-06T20:05:42Z")

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Hi Guys,

Any know why I get this error?

ansible-playbook -vv /etc/ansible/roles/env-stb/channels1.yml  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/usr/bin/ansible-playbook”, line 324, in   
sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))  
File “/usr/bin/ansible-playbook”, line 264, in main  
pb.run()  
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/ansible/playbook/ **init**.py”, line 310, in run  
play = Play(self, play\_ds, play\_basedir, vault\_password=self.vault\_password)  
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/ansible/playbook/play.py”, line 103, in **init**  
ds = self.\_load\_roles(self.roles, ds)  
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/ansible/playbook/play.py”, line 440, in \_load\_roles  
roles = self.\_build\_role\_dependencies(roles, , {})  
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/ansible/playbook/play.py”, line 274, in \_build\_role\_dependencies  
defaults\_data = utils.parse\_yaml\_from\_file(defaults, vault\_password=self.vault\_password)  
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/ansible/utils/ **init**.py”, line 780, in parse\_yaml\_from\_file  
process\_yaml\_error(exc, data, path, show\_content)  
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/ansible/utils/ **init**.py”, line 706, in process\_yaml\_error  
probline = data.split(“\n”)[mark.line]  
IndexError: list index out of range

Run in ansible 1.9.2

My playbook is really simple:

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**Author:** ![Diego\_Kogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Diego\_Kogan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Diego_Kogan)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ejecution-error/18693/2 "2015-08-04T17:39:26Z")

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Hi Alejandro,

Maybe you have some malformed .yml file.

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**Author:** ![Virendra\_Bhalothia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Virendra\_Bhalothia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Virendra_Bhalothia)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbook-ejecution-error/18693/3 "2015-08-04T20:05:06Z")

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Ale,

Can you create a pastebin and share? [pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com)

PS: Hide confidential information from your playbook.