Hi everyone.
When trying to template out a weblogic wl.properties file, I am running into a Jinja2 template problem.
Here is a snippet of code I am running into issues with:
################################################################################
# ADDITIONAL MACHINE PROPERTIES
################################################################################
ADDITIONAL_MACHINES={% for server in my_servers %}{{ server }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}
{% for more_servers in my_servers %}
{{ [more_servers] }}LISTEN_ADDRESS={{ ansible_nodename }}
{% endfor %}
BAD OUTPUT:
################################################################################
# ADDITIONAL MACHINE PROPERTIES
################################################################################
ADDITIONAL_MACHINES=myserver02,myserver03,myserver04,myserver05,myserver06,myserver07,myserver08
[u'myserver02']LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[u'myserver03']LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[u'myserver04']LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[u'myserver05']LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[u'myserver06']LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[u'myserver07']LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[u'myserver08']LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
It appears that the square brackets around the j2 variable more_servers cause rendering issues and makes python inject the unicode "u" as well as single quotes into the final output.
EXPECTED OUTPUT:
################################################################################
# ADDITIONAL MACHINE PROPERTIES
################################################################################
ADDITIONAL_MACHINES=myserver02,myserver03,myserver04,myserver05,myserver06,myserver07,myserver08
[myserver02]LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[myserver03]LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[myserver04]LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
['myserver05]LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[myserver06]LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[myserver07]LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
[myserver08]LISTEN_ADDRESS=ansible_host
I have tried many different filters to get this to work, but just cannot get it. Filters include: to_json, to_nice_json, to_yaml, to_nice_yaml,join, replace.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
- Tom