J.1 Example Template File

Basic guidelines to follow while working with YAML files:
  • The file must be ended with .yaml extension.
  • YAML must be case-sensitive and indentation-sensitive.
  • YAML does not support the use of tabs. Instead of tabs, it uses spaces.
YAML is a human-friendly data serialization standard for all programming languages.
The values of the key:value can be broadly classified into the following types:

Table J-1 key:value Types

Type Description Examples
string A literal string. “String param”
number An integer or float. “2”; “0.2”
comma_delimited_list An array of literal strings that are separated by commas. The total number of strings should be one more than the total number of commas. [“one”, “two”]; “one, two”;

Note: “one, two” returns [“one”, ” two”]

json A JSON-formatted map or list. {“key”: “value”}
boolean Boolean type value, which can be equal “t”, “true”, “on”, “y”, “yes”, or “1” for true value and “f”, “false”, “off”, “n”, “no”, or “0” for false value. “on”; “n”