ERROR: parse error: playbooks must be formatted as a YAML list, got <type 'dict'

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Hello,
I am using ansible 1.9.0.1
I get the following error. Let me know if I am doing something incorrect.

ansible-playbook site.yml --syntax-check

Following error occurs

ERROR: parse error: playbooks must be formatted as a YAML list, got <type ‘dict’

site.yml file

hosts: ansible_slaves

user: ansible

sudo: yes

#Define user and password variables

vars:

created with:

password : dummyuser

user : dummypassword

Define task to add user

tasks:

  • name: add user

action: user name={{ user }} password={{ password }} update_password=always

shell=/bin/bash home=/home/{{ user }}

tags:

  • user
2

you were missing a dash (-), see below:

# site.yml file
- hosts: ansible_slaves
  user: ansible
  sudo: yes

  #Define user and password variables
  vars:
    # created with:
    password : dummyuser
    user : dummypassword

  # Define task to add user
  tasks:
    - name: add user
      action: user name={{ user }} password={{ password }}
update_password=always
                   shell=/bin/bash home=/home/{{ user }}
      tags:
        - user

3

Thanks Brian for the quick response. This fixed it.