Yaml Tutorial | Learn YAML in 18 mins

YAML Tutorial for DevOps engineers | YAML Syntax explained with real examples
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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
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Code Editor Plugins for YAML, e.g. for Visual Studio Code (supports YAML validation, auto completion, formatting etc): ► github.com/redhat-developer/v...
Online YAML Validator: ► www.yamllint.com/
Json2Yaml Converter: ► www.bairesdev.com/tools/json2...
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▬▬▬▬▬▬ 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 Link 💡▬▬▬▬▬▬ Code Editor Plugin for Visual Studio Code (supports YAML validation, auto completion, formatting etc): github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-yaml 👉🏼 For any questions/issues/feedback, please leave me a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible. 👉🏼 Also please let me know what you want to learn about DevOps. Please don't forget to subscribe and give me a thumbs up if you liked my video 🤓

[@kalankaraivilakkam]

Really useful with timestamps

[@TechWorldwithNana]

@@kalankaraivilakkam Thanks for confirming, I thought so :)

[@sanjeevsiva17]

I like how you did indentation with the time stamps

[@thedude00]

I believe the video contains a mistake about environment variables (15:15​). The variable expansion is performed by bash, yaml does not recognize the $VAR syntax as anything special, it just sees it as a normal string

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks so much, really appreciate your positive feedback! :)

[@ashleyboykin2736]

Thank you Nana! I was honestly terrified of thinking I couldn't understand YAML quickly, but you made it so much clear and easy to understand. I learned this much quicker than JSON!

[@MistaT44]

Best tutorials on youtube. The moment I have a doubt/question, you always clear that up the next second (e.g. different indentation levels). So clear, concise, practical, and packed full of knowledge. Thank you!!!

[@kunalbangalore]

comprehensive but concise, and well structured content makes the comprehension so easy. so far the best yaml tutorial I have found

[@AlphaXenarc]

Needed to learn this for an internship this was such an easy, quick, and well done tutorial!!

[@harishphapale600]

Thanks for this tutorial. All the concept are explained very well. There are many videos on DevOps tools but no one talks about YAML, YAML syntax etc. I appreciate your efforts.

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you so much Attila, I appreciate your feedback very much 🙂

[@mkotechvid]

Nana, you are a no nonsense person. Thank you for explaining details of YAML in less that 20 minutes.

[@jackycwwang]

The best and most straight-to-the-point tutorial for YAML introduction I have ever seen. Thank you for your time and effort to cut to the chase!!!

[@VeraxMusic]

She's pretty much the best explainer of _any_ technical topic, not just yml.

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As a new dev to devops I find your channel very useful! Thank you and keep up the great work!

[@judestephen3634]

Super simplicity of teaching YAML. Never thought that someone can easily teach YAML in 17-18 minutes and the audience also able to learn in such a short and sweet time. You are awesome in all these short videos and it really helps in learning things very quickly. Keep up your good videos

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks so much Jude, really happy to hear that!! :)

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I am very new to the whole devOps environment, and your tutorials have, are and (hopefully) will help me a lot. So, a big thank you from me.

[@ashishrathod1296]

The perfect tutorial to get the basics of yaml and to start the docker and kubernetes tutorials. Thank you and keep it up creating good content.

[@giovannicruz7023]

Thanks a lot for sharing! I've always had difficult to understand Docker-Compose files due to YAML, until today. It's totally clear for me now, because your practical examples contextualized well the theory. Amazing!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Great to hear that my video is so valuable and helpful for you! :) Thanks so much for your feedback Giovanni 🙏

[@rajeevsai91]

Excellent video. Very comprehensive, clarity of thought is superb! Glad I found this channel!

[@monakanafi1057]

I wish I could like this video twice. This is the second time I am coming back to this video. Thank you Nana!

[@sukhwinder101]

so much content in just 18 min . Simple but effective - thanks a ton.

[@jump912]

really love the way you structure the tutorial and all the visual cue really helps in understanding the concept easily.

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you, I really appreciate your comment! especially that you can see the efforts behind my free content which take up so much time each week 🙉 Actually I am creating my first online course because as you said the effort should pay off, so that I can continue creating the free content on youtube.

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@@TechWorldwithNana Pls share here when you've the course :)

[@devdavid8439]

I'm really pleased by this introduction which is comprehensive and clear. It's worth every minute. Thank you.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

I'm really happy you think so, thanks so much! :)

[@arihantjain8347]

It is becoming a hobby to watch these tutorials, very useful - Thanks!

[@harshgoyal6822]

Very well explained. All YAML concepts in JUST 18 Mins. Appreciate your effots

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks, glad to hear :)

[@ashguillaume8584]

Wow you just blew my mind with the mutiple components in a single YAML file! Thanks for your video, this was insanely helpful for me and you're a great teacher!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Really happy to hear Ash, thank you for your comment! :)

[@nileshdeals]

Awesome tutorials, also the way you explains every bit of it in detail, really thankful.

[@BijouBakson]

I am glad I spent 30min of my time watching this. It's so simple, until you're told what is going where. Thank you for this Nana. :)

[@alanrudolf]

Thank you for all these videos Nana, they have been so helpful!

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Great work with the tutorial. To the point and well explained. Kudos and keep them coming

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[@josephnduati1214]

I like this tutorial: No drama, Straight to the point with real examples! Thank you! Now back to your docker tutorial. (Already Liked and Subscribed).

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks Joseph!! :D

[@easy-waytolearn4118]

Thank you for this awesome tutorial, I was very confused between yaml and json but after watching this tutorial, now I can able to write conf files using yaml.

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One of the best videos available on the internet on YAML. Keep up the good work NANA. :)

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Wow thank you so much Pravata! 🙂

[@aryan368]

NANA I just stop to listen your voice. So neat , so engaged. Thank you for making such videos it is definitely helping me to move forward in my career.

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Thank you for the good Tutorial, a clear good understandable voice makes so much of a diffrence !

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[@ClausPolanka]

Wow. This was really well structured and very informative. Thank you so much for it. Good job.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks a lot Claus, really happy to hear! Check out my other videos as well :)

[@mikesmith2315]

Thankyou Nana I have watched a few videos on YAML structure and this is easily the best on KZbin

[@navneethparthasarathy8395]

This is fantastic explanation Nana. Thank you so much for this content.

[@karthickbaskar6886]

Superb explanation. Carrying these doubts for many months, now got cleared about the yaml indentation. Thank you. Expecting more videos with same clarity. Have been watching your channel continuously.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Wow happy to hear that I could help in clarification :) Thanks a lot Karthick!

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[@ChuckHahm]

Great video! Clear, nicely organized with relevent examples.

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This tutorial was Awesome 👏. Thank you Nana . I learned a lot from your channel .

[@xarmandop]

Awesome, thanks for this short, handy and clear introduction to YAML

[@amour_armour]

Thank you, Nana! wow, this feeling of understanding is incredible

[@VladimirPeric22]

Clear, simple, very informative. Thank You !

[@sami-nn9fg]

The dash in the ">-" symbol at 15:36 is a "block chomping indicator". From the specification: "Stripping is specified by the “-” chomping indicator. In this case, the final line break and any trailing empty lines are excluded from the scalar’s content."

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you never stop surprising me , thanks for your lessons!

[@jairunet]

That was a really clear and to the point explanation, really appreciate it.

[@MK72887]

Always on point and I learn a lot from your vids. Thank you Nana

[@hp.ramesh]

Great video with very clear explanation. Looks like you skipped a few other features like anchoring and type conversion. I would have also liked to hear about what happens to comments and multi sections ("---" feature) when YAML is converted to JSON. Thank you for teaching us!

[@johncarrell11]

I agree this was wonderful and simple to follow. I wonder, however about two things. It seems as if the concepts of environment variables and placeholders are parser specific. It doesn't seem to be a part of the core YAML syntax. I understand that it is used when describing Kubernetes deployments but the title of this video says nothing about a specific use case for YAML. I explored this using the canonical `pyyaml` Python package and confirmed that, out-of-the-box, it doesn't understand these concepts. It treats a "$" prepended string as a normal string and actually raises an exception when an unquoted string is used starting with "{{". These are obviously valuable concepts for a particular use case, like K8s but should be clearly denoted as not something you'll find in a basic YAML parser. I'm open to feedback on if I have misunderstood this concept. Thank you, nonetheless!

[@siddharthojha4190]

Most useful YAML tutorial for DevOps engineers. Appreciate the effort.

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks a lot Siddharth, really happy to hear it's useful for you guys :)

[@amoodi]

Probably best video on Yaml to kick start.

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Nana, you are outstanding in Teaching , Simple and Best . Many Thanks

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thanks for this high quality introduction, clear and to the point !

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I like your tutorials and this is all explained in an easy to understand way. 👍

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Great and very clear explanation! Thanks a lot for your job, it is really useful!!!

[@boyizhang1476]

Concise, to the point tutorial. Thank you so much!

[@bgable7707]

VERY NICE!!! Clear & thorough. On to your "Kubernetes YAML File Explained "

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amazing tutorial. always simple and straight to the point

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AWESOME, thank you nana... thank you to share such a great content for free... you helping many people❤🍻

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Mam your concepts are so good and you explain everything with its purpose and in detail. Thank you so much for making your channel, may it grow to millions of subscribers. Just keep going like this and explain every devops tool

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Hi Shubham, thank you so much for your comment. This is really motivating, happy you think so 🙏 🙂 That's exactly my plan to explain many many more devops tools, which are extremely helpful for you guys 😇

[@xxxxxx542]

finally I understand YAML !! , great explanation !!😁😁 Thank you Nana !! 👍😁

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Cool glad it was so helpful 🙂👍

[@PGhai]

Thanks for creating this video, I use notepad++ a lot, apart from coding I use it for documentation too, I was looking for some simple solution to fold block of sentence / lines so thought this would be the best option

[@juanmacoo]

Amazing video! Very well structured and the editing was on point. I already knew most of these being a daily kubernetes user but I still found huge value in watching. Thank you!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thanks Juan! Really happy to hear you got some value out of it, even though you are more experienced :)

[@chun-lunlin7397]

this is sooo good and well explained! thanks Nana!

[@petermobiel1447]

Thank you Nana!! Very well explained and usefull to implement generics in my scripts

[@patricknelson]

YAML has one idiosyncrasy regarding list indentation that I don’t really like, but whichever you choose - be consistent. You can even see this variation in how list indentation can be expressed at 8:09 (happens to me a lot by accident, too). So, apparently with YAML lists, you can actually put the dash/hyphen at the SAME indentation level as the parent. You just have to ensure that the first attribute (e.g. “app” in your example) and all other attributes under it are still indented by the same amount (e.g. if you’re using 2 spaces for indentation, the dash takes up one space, then one space after that, then the first attribute). Then subsequent attributes are _also_ still indented with 2 spaces relative to the parent. It’s more dense and even if you’re using normal 2 space indentation, it’s more of a subjective decision: Which do *you* choose? E.g. When you conceptualize a list, does the list itself start indented at the dash or is it’s indentation location dictated by the list contents? 🧐

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Your channel is amazing. Thanks a lot for that!

[@denniswillenborg4828]

Thanks for the very clear and nuanced video!

[@buju7]

Thanks a lot for the video. Amazing. One tiny thing that wasn't mentioned is the difference between > and >- as seen in your example. I believe >- will remove the trailing new line at the end of the single line

[@ashraffouad]

Helpful video, clear explanation, many thanks for your effort.

[@SudharshanAcharia]

Very well put video, effective and precise. Brilliantly explained, Cheers to you 👍😉

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you Sudharshan, glad you liked the video and teaching style 👩🏻‍💻🙂

[@mmm763]

What a great explanation....Nana, you are great.

[@flaviaruffner1074]

Thanks. Really great review and refreshher for the rules of yaml.

[@northshorepx]

Excellent. Simple and easy to understand. Thank you!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

You're welcome, glad you liked my teaching style :)

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[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you! glad I met your expectations :D

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[@SA-xq3xe]

Very clear. Thank you Nana for this tutorial

[@alagurajar.k3463]

Nice explaination and good to hear XML json yaml comparision.

[@amitrastogi1405]

Thanks for this video. It's an excellent tutorial on YAML!

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Super fantastic explanation and organisation!!! Subscribed after watching the first video 🤩

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Thank you 🤗

[@apollo2278]

Danke! Das war genau der überblick den ich gerade gebraucht habe. Super erklärt!

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Danke Mike, das freut mich zu hören! 😊

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This is an excellent video on Yaml. Thanks a ton.

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Thank you so much for the excellent and detailed explanation.

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I love your tutorials - pls carry on - Thanks

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So much help in one video! Thanks!

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Excellent, very intuitive.. much appreciated 👍

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Beautifull explanation! Subscribed!!!

[@michaelcolun9849]

Thank you Nana, very well put together

[@janituma9769]

Awesome Video ! Love the way how you explain ❤️ can you pls make videos: - how to create secret and add to your deployment config - how to start writing a deploymentConfig for a app - ConfigMap (when we need it and how to config it) - how to bring a application on OpenShift, step by step. For example Jira to OpenShift - detailed explanation of a deploymentConfig - explain config of PV/PVC

[@TechWorldwithNana]

Hi, thank you for your feedback and all your suggestions!! :) Did you already check out my Kubernetes Playlist? kzbin.info/aero/PLy7NrYWoggjwPggqtFsI_zMAwvG0SqYCb I cover already many of your mentioned topics. Except Openshift

[@alekseyslovyagin6056]

Best explanation of YML ever, thx

[@jaya3926]

Your explanation is amazing... Thank you very much ..

[@dallastee1005]

best tech teacher in KZbin! qq to anyone, newbie here, at 10:55, isn’t “ports” here a “list of objects” instead of just a “list”? ty

[@dmitriysolodukha9646]

Awesome. Very helpful. Thank you Nana

[@barrywang1586]

Thanks for the intepretation, very clear and helpful. Learn a new tool, YAML.

[@ca7986]

Very well explained, thanks ❤️

[@manasviniganesh8202]

Thanks, Nana for the smooth explanations. You're a great teacher! I have a doubt: at 15:40 Line number 5 you have typed >- You have explained uses of > and - separately but how should they be interpreted together?

[@danieljayne2906]

Was going to ask this too. It means no line break at the end.

[@skdogra2010]

Thanks for super easy and fun tutorials. Timestamps are something I like the most. Lots of good wishes.... Keep up the good work ..thanks