# IOS\_Config Question. New User

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ios-config-question-new-user/23585>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [January 29, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ios-config-question-new-user/23585 "2017-01-29T02:45:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Neal\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Neal\_Z](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neal_Z)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ios-config-question-new-user/23585/1 "2017-01-29T02:45:18Z")

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I am a new user of Ansible.

I am trying to use the IOS\_Config module and a I cannot find the syntax error in my playbook (See Below). I suspect I may be missing the IOS\_Config module? I am on Mac running 2.2. But I am unsure if I have the developer modules or not.

Have confirmed no invisible characters in the file.

I am getting this error:

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MacBook-Pro:ansible nealzipper$ ansible-playbook -i inventory backup-configs.yml -vvv

Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file

ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.

The error appears to have been in ‘/Users/neal/ansible/backup-configs.yml’: line 20, column 7, but may

be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

- name: SAVE AND BACKUP CONFIGS

^ here

MacBook-Pro:ansible neal$  
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Here my playbook :

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**Author:** ![Jinesh\_Choksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jinesh\_Choksi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jinesh_Choksi)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ios-config-question-new-user/23585/2 "2017-02-01T10:20:19Z")

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Hi

There were a couple of small yaml syntax errors in your playbook. Here is what it should look like:

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