Ansible Syntax

[stacksofplates]

So I recently learned that you can use a YAML dictionary for your tasks instead of the normal key=value syntax. So for example this task:

- name: Copy issue template
  template: src=issue.j2 dest=/etc/issue owner=root group=root mode=0644

is the same as:

- name: Copy issue template
  template:
    src: issue.j2
    dest: /etc/issue
    owner: root
    group: root
    mode: 0644

At least to me the second way is easier to read, and is more in line with other CM tools like Puppet where that would be:

file { '/etc/issue':
    content => template('ssh/issue.erb'),
    owner   => root,
    group   => root,
    mode    => 644,
}