# Introduction to Ansible

**URL:** https://forum.networklessons.com/t/introduction-to-ansible/52811
**Category:** Lessons Discussion
**Created:** [October 15, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/introduction-to-ansible/52811 "2024-10-15T10:51:14Z")
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### Author: ![ReneMolenaar](https://cdn-forum.networklessons.com/user_avatar/forum.networklessons.com/renemolenaar/32/488_2.png) [@ReneMolenaar](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/ReneMolenaar)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/introduction-to-ansible/52811/1 "2024-10-15T10:51:14Z")

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This topic is to discuss the following lesson:

> **[Introduction to Ansible](https://networklessons.com/network-automation/introduction-to-ansible)**
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> Ansible is a configuration management tool for automation that uses YAML playbooks. You can configure servers, network devices, and more.

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### Author: ![davidilles](https://cdn-forum.networklessons.com/user_avatar/forum.networklessons.com/davidilles/32/9686_2.png) [@davidilles](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/davidilles)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/introduction-to-ansible/52811/2 "2025-06-10T09:11:20Z")

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Hi, I have a quick question.

In this YAML file

```auto
&#35; Employee records
- martin:
    name: Martin D'vloper
    job: Developer
    skills:
      - python
      - perl
      - pascal
- tabitha:
    name: Tabitha Bitumen
    job: Developer
    skills:
      - lisp
      - fortran
      - erlang

```

**skills:** is a list that contains three values - python, perl, and pascal? (for the first employee record).

Thank you.  
David

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### Author: ![lagapidis](https://cdn-forum.networklessons.com/user_avatar/forum.networklessons.com/lagapidis/32/4949_2.png) [@lagapidis](https://forum.networklessons.com/u/lagapidis)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/introduction-to-ansible/52811/3 "2025-07-02T06:24:00Z")

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Hello David

Yes, that is correct. The `skills` field for the first employee (`martin`) is a YAML list (array) containing three values: `python`, `perl`, and `pascal`. YAML uses hyphens (`-`) to denote individual items in a list, with each item on a separate line.

Similarly, the `skills` field for the second employee (`tabitha`) contains three elements: `lisp`, `fortran`, and `erlang`.

So in both employee records, the `skills` field represents an array with three elements each.

I hope this has been helpful!

Laz