# getting error when trying to use asa\_command playbook **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 31, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-use-asa-command-playbook/24118 "2017-03-31T21:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Meyer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Andrew\_Meyer1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Meyer1)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-use-asa-command-playbook/24118/1 "2017-03-31T21:39:18Z")
When I run my playbook i’m getting the following: ansible-playbook asa-config1-test.yml ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. The error appears to have been in ‘/home/andrew.meyer/playbooks/asa-config1-test.yml’: line 11, column 16, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: name: test - asa\_command: ^ here cat asa-config1-test.yml vars: cli: host: 10.150.1.1 username: “{{ username }}” password: “{{ password }}” authorize: yes auth\_pass: “{{ password }}” transport: cli name: test - asa\_command: commands: - show version - show run - show memory provider: “{{ connections.ssh }}” context: system Not sure why it is failing… ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-use-asa-command-playbook/24118/2 "2017-04-03T17:43:16Z")
This is not a correct playbook file, I suggest reading this [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_intro.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_intro.html) And you task should be - name: test    asa\_command: