Blockinfile indentation

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I am using blockinfile to write lines to a vars file that includes a few different layers of indentation. How do I make sure the indentation levels are maintained correctly using the block | statement?

Thanks!
Joanna

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You can use a block indentation indicator http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#id2793979

e.g:

  • blockinfile:
    dest: /etc/postfix/master.cf
    insertafter: “^submission inet n - n - - smtpd$”
    block: |2
    -o syslog_name=postfix/submission
    -o …

The number specifies how many spaces there are that are meaningful, so there’s a total of 8 leading spaces, 6 of which are yaml indentation and 2 for the block itself.

From this excellent answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/21699210

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Thanks!

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This seems to be broken in Ansible 2.1.1.0.

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Block indentation indicator still broken in ansible 2.3 :frowning:

Raised a new issue #23777 YAML block indentation indicator not working in Ansible 2.3.0.0.

Jonathan