win_nssm

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Hi All,

getting below error so you have any idea about it ?

ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
mapping values are not allowed in this context

The error appears to be in ‘/home/manish/mk/ansible/install_exe.yml’: line 6, column 13, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

  • name: Install & start application as Windows service (via nssm)
    win_nssm:
    ^ here

Playbook

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Curly braces put you in jinja context, and I don't think
"C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads" is a variable.
According to the docs application is "The application binary".

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Please share in case play book is available to install notepad++ which is already downloaded in the window server .

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win_nssm is for creating windows services with nssm (the Non-Sucking Service Manager). What you probably want is win_command (https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_command_module.html) so something like:

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getting below error :

ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML.
did not find expected hexdecimal number

The error appears to be in ‘/home/manish/mk/ansible/install_pkg.yml’: line 6, column 25, but may
be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.

The offending line appears to be:

tasks:

  • win_command: “C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\npp.7.7.1.Installer.exe”
    ^ here
    This one looks easy to fix. It seems that there is a value started
    with a quote, and the YAML parser is expecting to see the line ended
    with the same kind of quote. For instance:

when: “ok” in result.stdout

Could be written as:

when: ‘“ok” in result.stdout’

Or equivalently:

when: “‘ok’ in result.stdout”