# Showing Syntax error in a module **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [March 2, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/showing-syntax-error-in-a-module/23858 "2017-03-02T07:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nexio.global](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@nexio.global](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nexio.global)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/showing-syntax-error-in-a-module/23858/1 "2017-03-02T07:47:09Z")
Hello, I am trying to deploying wordpress using Ansible for first time. I installed LAMP on my remote server using Ansible but there was a syntax error while I was trying to install wordpress. it shows– The error appears to have been in ‘/home/nxadmin/wordpress-ansible/roles/wordpress/tasks/main.yml’: line 2, column 36, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: ---
**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:** [March 2, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/showing-syntax-error-in-a-module/23858/2 "2017-03-02T16:48:59Z")
> Hello, I am trying to deploying wordpress using Ansible for first time. I > installed LAMP on my remote server using Ansible but there was a syntax > error while I was trying to install wordpress. it shows-- > > The error appears to have been in > '/home/nxadmin/wordpress-ansible/roles/wordpress/tasks/main.yml': line 2, > column 36, but may > be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. > > The offending line appears to be: > > --- > - name: Download WordPress get\_url: >                                    ^ here > > My script for deploying Word Press in roles/wordpress/tasks/main.yml are- > > --- > - name: Download WordPress get\_url: >     url=[https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz](https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz) >     dest=/tmp/wordpress.tar.gz >     validate\_certs=no The module name, get\_url, must be on the next line, and not on the same line as - name:. - name: Download WordPress    get\_url:      url=[https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz](https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz)      dest=/tmp/wordpress.tar.gz      validate\_certs=no > - name: Extract WordPress unarchive= src=/tmp/wordpress.tar.gz > dest=/var/www/ copy=no >   sudo: yes The same goes for this one, unarchive: must be on the next line. And you need to use a colon and not a equal sign after the module name. ---
**Author:** ![nexio.global](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@nexio.global](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nexio.global)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/showing-syntax-error-in-a-module/23858/3 "2017-03-03T05:13:00Z")
Thank you for helping me I tried that solution but now it is showing syntax error on different module The offending line appears to be: - name: Update default Apache site ^ here Can you please check the whole script and tell me all the mistakes I have been done in this. It would be very thankful Thank you ---
**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:** [March 3, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/showing-syntax-error-in-a-module/23858/4 "2017-03-03T08:08:13Z")
I did an corrected them all except for sudo: that should be become:, but sudo will work, you just get a deprecation message. You have probably introduced new ones, so without the new code it's difficult to see what's wrong now. But your code should look like this now. ---
**Author:** ![nexio.global](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@nexio.global](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nexio.global)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/showing-syntax-error-in-a-module/23858/5 "2017-03-03T09:01:41Z")
It is working now. Thank you very much for helping me. 🙂