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Yaml Tutorial | Learn YAML in 18 mins

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YAML Tutorial for DevOps engineers | YAML Syntax explained with real examples ► Subscribe To Me On Youtube: https://bit.ly/2z5rvTV In this complete YAML tutorial you will learn what YAML is, what it's used for and I demonstrate the basic YAML syntax with real Kubernetes configuration files. YAML stands for YAML Ain't Markup Language and is a data serialization language. The basic building block of YAML documents are key-value pairs. Indentation is used to denote structure and tabs are not allowed. In all my tutorial videos for Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible etc. I've used YAML for the example configuration files, because YAML has actually become a widely used format for writing configurations files. One of the reasons for its popularity is that the language is human-readable, intuitive and flexible. In fact, it can be used with nearly any application that needs to store or transmit data. In this Yaml Tutorial I cover the below: ▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S 0:00 - Intro 0:11 -YAML is popular 0:36 - What is YAML? 1:13 - Why learn YAML? YAML Format compared to XML and JSON 2:37 - YAML Use Cases 2:52 - YAML Syntax 2:56 - key-value pairs 3:56 - comments 4:18 - objects 5:31 - lists 5:51 - boolean 6:21 - more about lists 8:48 - Real Kubernetes YAML Configuration Example 11:54 - Multi-line strings 15:15 - environment variables 16:07 - placeholders 16:42 - multiple yaml documents 17:17 - YAML and JSON in Kubernetes ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Useful Links ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Code Editor Plugins for YAML, e.g. for Visual Studio Code (supports YAML validation, auto completion, formatting etc): ► https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-yaml Online YAML Validator: ► http://www.yamllint.com/ Json2Yaml Converter: ► https://www.json2yaml.com/ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Maybe also interesting videos for you ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Full Kubernetes and Docker tutorial ► https://bit.ly/2YGeRp9 DevOps Tools, like Ansible ► https://bit.ly/2W9UEq6 What is Kubernetes? ► https://youtu.be/VnvRFRk_51k #yaml #yamltutorial #devops #techworldwithnana ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Connect with me 👋 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Join private Facebook group ► https://bit.ly/32UVSZP Don't forget to subscribe ► https://bit.ly/3mO4jxT DEV ► https://bit.ly/3h2fqiO INSTAGRAM ► https://bit.ly/2F3LXYJ TWITTER ► https://bit.ly/3i54PUB LINKEDIN ► https://bit.ly/3hWOLVT

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693.018, 'text': 'And here you see that this is this alternative syntax of defining lists.', 'start': 687.231, 'duration': 5.787}, {'end': 696.643, 'text': 'So arguments is a list and we use it like this.', 'start': 693.459, 'duration': 3.184}, {'end': 702.285, 'text': 'And then we have the two items here, one and two.', 'start': 698.482, 'duration': 3.803}, {'end': 710.812, 'text': 'So knowing how YAML syntax works should make it easier to understand the Kubernetes configuration file structure better.', 'start': 702.786, 'duration': 8.026}, {'end': 717.638, 'text': 'Another important concept of YAML syntax is when you have multi line strings.', 'start': 711.973, 'duration': 5.665}, {'end': 721.401, 'text': 'So, for example, file contents, multi line.', 'start': 718.178, 'duration': 3.223}, {'end': 726.016, 'text': "string Let's call it the attribute.", 'start': 723.374, 'duration': 2.642}, {'end': 735.621, 'text': 'And instead of writing this multi line string here with the carriage, I can write it actually on multiple lines like this.', 'start': 726.396, 'duration': 9.225}, {'end': 739.243, 'text': "So I don't need that thing anymore.", 'start': 735.941, 'duration': 3.302}, {'end': 751.439, 'text': 'So This is a multi line and string and this is the next line, et cetera.', 'start': 739.263, 'duration': 12.176}, {'end': 756.886, 'text': 'Right And the way I can do that is using the pipe symbol.', 'start': 752.12, 'duration': 4.766}, {'end': 763.009, 'text': 'So Yamo will see that character and will interpret everything here as a multiline text.', 'start': 757.126, 'duration': 5.883}, {'end': 765.431, 'text': 'So these line breaks will actually stay.', 'start': 763.23, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 771.894, 'text': 'Another case could be if you have this super long string which has to be on a single line.', 'start': 765.631, 'duration': 6.263}, {'end': 780.099, 'text': 'So, for example, this is a single line string that should be all on one line.', 'start': 771.954, 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