[#entities-yaml]
= YAML entity files

YAML files are the default expected format, so you can use .yml, .yaml, or even .txt - as long as the file contains a valid yaml LIST, then it will be loaded. 

.`/etc/OliveTin/servers.yaml`
[source,yaml]
----
- name: server1
  state: started
  hostname: server1.example.com
  ip: 192.168.0.1
- name: server2
  state: started
  hostname: server2.example.com
  ip: 192.168.0.2
- name: server3
  state: stopped
  hostname: server3.example.com
  ip: 192.168.0.3
----