How to check the syntax of an Ansible playbook

Question

Hi Guys,

I am new to Ansible. I have created a playbook. But I am not sure about the syntax. How can I check the syntax of the playbook?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

Ansible has lots of commands, that help to work with ansible very easily. After creating a playbook you can check the syntax before you deploy the code in the production. You can use the below command.

$ ansible-playbook play.yml --syntax-check