Chapter 4. Manually adding the Ansible language to YAML files

Procedure

1. Open or create a YAML file in VS Code.
2. Hover the cursor over the language identified in the status bar at the bottom of the VS Code window to open the Select Language Mode list.

3. Select Ansible in the list.

   The language shown in the status bar at the bottom of the VS Code window for the file is changed to Ansible.

Procedure

1. Open the settings.json file:

   1. Click View Command Palette to open the command palette.
   2. Enter Workspace settings in the search box and select Open Workspace Settings (JSON).

2. Add the following code to settings.json.

   {
     ...
   
     "files.associations": {
       "*plays.yml": "ansible",
       "*init.yml": "yaml",
     }
   }

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