ansible.builtin.template – retrieve contents of file after templating with Jinja2

Note

This module is part of ansible-base and included in all Ansible installations. In most cases, you can use the short module name template even without specifying the collections: keyword. Despite that, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the module documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have the same module name.

New in version 0.9: of ansible.builtin

Synopsis

  • Returns a list of strings; for each template in the list of templates you pass in, returns a string containing the results of processing that template.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
_terms
string
list of files to template
convert_data
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
whether to convert YAML into data. If False, strings that are YAML will be left untouched.
variable_end_string
string
added in 2.8 of ansible.builtin
Default:
"}}"
The string marking the end of a print statement.
variable_start_string
string
added in 2.8 of ansible.builtin
Default:
"{{"
The string marking the beginning of a print statement.

Examples

- name: show templating results
  debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('template', './some_template.j2') }}"

- name: show templating results with different variable start and end string
  debug:
    msg: "{{ lookup('template', './some_template.j2', variable_start_string='[%', variable_end_string='%]') }}"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this lookup:

Key Returned Description
_raw
list / elements=raw
success
file(s) content after templating


Authors

  • Michael DeHaan

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/ansible/builtin/template_lookup.html