# YAML

The analysis of YAML files is disabled by default. You can enable it by setting the `sonar.yaml.activate` property to `true`.

This property does not affect analysis of language / framework specific YAML files.

YAML files that are detected as belonging to [cloudformation](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/analyzing-source-code/languages/cloudformation "mention"), [kubernetes](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/analyzing-source-code/languages/kubernetes "mention") or [ansible](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/analyzing-source-code/languages/ansible "mention") will be additionally analyzed by the dedicated analyzers, next to this general YAML analysis.

## Language-specific properties <a href="#language-specific-properties" id="language-specific-properties"></a>

Discover and update the YAML properties by going to **Administration** > **Configuration** > **General Settings** > **Languages** > **YAML**