default: &default configCache: false tmpdir: {API_PROJECT_DIR}tmp/ hosts: example.org: --- PyYAML says: expected , but found '' in "", line 4, column 30: tmpdir: {API_PROJECT_DIR}tmp/ ^ --- default: &default configCache: false tmpdir: '{API_PROJECT_DIR}tmp/' hosts: example.org: --- default: &default configCache: false tmpdir: |- {API_PROJECT_DIR}tmp/ hosts: example.org: