# How to use the cache plugins for example the "yaml - YAML formatted files" plugin

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-cache-plugins-for-example-the-yaml-yaml-formatted-files-plugin/27584>\
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**Created:** [May 21, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-cache-plugins-for-example-the-yaml-yaml-formatted-files-plugin/27584 "2018-05-21T20:42:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ibrahim\_Mohamed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Ibrahim\_Mohamed](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ibrahim_Mohamed)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-cache-plugins-for-example-the-yaml-yaml-formatted-files-plugin/27584/1 "2018-05-21T20:42:14Z")

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How to use the cache plugins for example the “yaml - YAML formatted files” plugin

There is no documentation or exampleshttps://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/plugins/cache/yaml.html

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-use-the-cache-plugins-for-example-the-yaml-yaml-formatted-files-plugin/27584/2 "2018-05-21T20:50:17Z")

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Start with the more generic docs for caching plugins, which can be found at [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/plugins/cache.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.5/plugins/cache.html)

The above link describes how to enable the plugins.