Embedding JSON Data into YAML file
Solution 1:
I believe taking it into quotes should do the trick:
portslist: '[{"name":"ob1","port_type" ... }]'
Solution 2:
clarkevans' comment on the accepted answer suggested a better answer for long bits of JSON, because you can wrap the lines. I looked up the block scalar syntax he mentioned, and thought I would include an example here:
portslist: >
[{"name":"ob1","port_num":0,"port_type":"network"},
{"name":"ob2","port_nu...