use the YAML style parameter passing

playbooks/roles/forum/handlers/main.yml

 ---
 - name: restart the forum service
-  supervisorctl: >
-    name=forum
-    supervisorctl_path={{ supervisor_ctl }}
-    config={{ supervisor_cfg }}
-    state=restarted
+  supervisorctl:
+    name: forum
+    supervisorctl_path: "{{ supervisor_ctl }}"
+    config: "{{ supervisor_cfg }}"
+    state: restarted
   when: forum_installed is defined and not disable_edx_services

playbooks/roles/forum/tasks/deploy.yml

 ---
-
 - name: create the supervisor config
-  template: >
-    src=forum.conf.j2 dest={{ supervisor_available_dir }}/forum.conf
-    owner={{ supervisor_user }}
-    group={{ supervisor_user }}
-    mode=0644
+  template:
+    src: forum.conf.j2
+    dest: "{{ supervisor_available_dir }}/forum.conf"
+    owner: "{{ supervisor_user }}"
+    group: "{{ supervisor_user }}"
+    mode: 0644
   sudo_user: "{{ supervisor_user }}"
   register: forum_supervisor
   tags:
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
     - install:configuration
 
 - name: enable the supervisor config
-  file: >
-    src={{ supervisor_available_dir }}/forum.conf
-    dest={{ supervisor_cfg_dir }}/forum.conf
-    owner={{ supervisor_user }}
-    state=link
-    force=yes
-    mode=0644
+  file:
+    src: "{{ supervisor_available_dir }}/forum.conf"
+    dest: "{{ supervisor_cfg_dir }}/forum.conf"
+    owner: "{{ supervisor_user }}"
+    state: link
+    force: yes
+    mode: 0644
   sudo_user: "{{ supervisor_user }}"
   when: not disable_edx_services
   register: forum_supervisor
@@ -28,20 +28,22 @@
     - install:configuration
   
 - name: create the supervisor wrapper
-  template: >
-    src={{ forum_supervisor_wrapper|basename }}.j2
-    dest={{ forum_supervisor_wrapper }}
-    mode=0755
+  template:
+    src: "{{ forum_supervisor_wrapper|basename }}.j2"
+    dest: "{{ forum_supervisor_wrapper }}"
+    mode: 0755
   sudo_user: "{{ forum_user }}"
   notify: restart the forum service
   tags:
     - install
     - install:configuration
 
-- name:  git checkout forum repo into {{ forum_code_dir }}
-  git_2_0_1: >
-    dest={{ forum_code_dir }} repo={{ forum_source_repo }} version={{ forum_version }}
-    accept_hostkey=yes
+- name: git checkout forum repo into {{ forum_code_dir }}
+  git_2_0_1:
+    dest: "{{ forum_code_dir }}"
+    repo: "{{ forum_source_repo }}"
+    version: "{{ forum_version }}"
+    accept_hostkey: yes
   sudo_user: "{{ forum_user }}"
   register: forum_checkout
   notify: restart the forum service
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@
     - install:code
 
 - name: install comments service bundle
-  shell: bundle install --deployment --path {{ forum_gem_root }} chdir={{ forum_code_dir }}
+  shell: "bundle install --deployment --path {{ forum_gem_root }} chdir={{ forum_code_dir }}"
   sudo_user: "{{ forum_user }}"
   environment: "{{ forum_environment }}"
   notify: restart the forum service
@@ -73,18 +75,23 @@
     - manage:update
 
 - name: ensure forum is started
-  supervisorctl: >
-    name=forum
-    supervisorctl_path={{ supervisor_ctl }}
-    config={{ supervisor_cfg }}
-    state=started
+  supervisorctl:
+    name: forum
+    supervisorctl_path: "{{ supervisor_ctl }}"
+    config: "{{ supervisor_cfg }}"
+    state: started
   when: not disable_edx_services
   tags:
     - manage
 
-- include: test.yml tags=deploy
+- include: test.yml
+  tags:
+    - deploy
 
-- include: tag_ec2.yml tags=deploy
+- include: tag_ec2.yml
   when: COMMON_TAG_EC2_INSTANCE
+  tags: 
+    - deploy
 
-- set_fact: forum_installed=true
+- set_fact:
+    forum_installed: true

playbooks/roles/forum/tasks/main.yml

 ---
-
 # forum
 #
 # Dependencies:
@@ -22,12 +21,12 @@
 #   - forum
 
 - name: create application user
-  user: >
-    name="{{ forum_user }}"
-    home="{{ forum_app_dir }}"
-    createhome=yes
-    shell=/bin/false
-    generate_ssh_key=yes
+  user:
+    name: "{{ forum_user }}"
+    home: "{{ forum_app_dir }}"
+    createhome: yes
+    shell: /bin/false
+    generate_ssh_key: yes
   notify: restart the forum service
   tags:
     - install
@@ -35,21 +34,23 @@
 
 # Ensure the directory is accessible to the web service
 - name: set forum app dir permissions
-  file: >
-    path="{{ forum_app_dir }}"
-    state=directory
-    owner="{{ forum_user }}"
-    group="{{ common_web_group }}"
+  file:
+    path: "{{ forum_app_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ forum_user }}"
+    group: "{{ common_web_group }}"
   notify: restart the forum service
   tags:
     - install
     - install:base
 
 - name: setup the forum env
-  template: >
-    src=forum_env.j2 dest={{ forum_app_dir }}/forum_env
-    owner={{ forum_user }}  group={{ common_web_user }}
-    mode=0644
+  template:
+    src: forum_env.j2
+    dest: "{{ forum_app_dir }}/forum_env"
+    owner: "{{ forum_user }}" 
+    group: "{{ common_web_user }}"
+    mode: 0644
   notify:
     - restart the forum service
   tags:
@@ -57,12 +58,16 @@
     - install:base
 
 - name: create {{ forum_data_dir }}
-  file: >
-    path={{ forum_data_dir }} state=directory
-    owner="{{ common_web_user }}" group="{{ common_web_group }}"
-    mode=0777
+  file:
+    path: "{{ forum_data_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ common_web_user }}"
+    group: "{{ common_web_group }}"
+    mode: 0777
   tags:
     - install
     - install:base
     
-- include: deploy.yml tags=deploy
+- include: deploy.yml
+  tags: 
+    - deploy

playbooks/roles/forum/tasks/tag_ec2.yml

 ---
-
 - name: get instance information
   action: ec2_facts
 
 - name: tag instance
-  ec2_tag: resource={{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }} region={{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}
-  args:
-    tags:
+  ec2_tag:
+    resource: "{{ ansible_ec2_instance_id }}"
+    region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"
+  tags:
       "version:forum" : "{{ forum_source_repo }} {{ forum_checkout.after|truncate(7,True,'') }}"
   when: forum_checkout.after is defined

playbooks/roles/forum/tasks/test.yml

 ---
-
 - name: test that the required service are listening
-  wait_for: port={{ item.port }} host={{ item.host }} timeout=30
-  with_items: forum_services
+  wait_for:
+    port: "{{ item.port }}"
+    host: "{{ item.host }}"
+    timeout: 30
+  with_items: "{{ forum_services }}"
   when: not disable_edx_services
 
 - name: test that mongo replica set members are listing
-  wait_for: port={{ FORUM_MONGO_PORT }} host={{ item }} timeout=30
-  with_items: FORUM_MONGO_HOSTS
+  wait_for:
+    port: "{{ FORUM_MONGO_PORT }}"
+    host: "{{ item }}"
+    timeout: 30
+  with_items: "{{ FORUM_MONGO_HOSTS }}"
   when: not disable_edx_services