Multiline YAML Inserting \n in Template

[jaipepe]

I am trying to define a multiline yaml string in a defaults.yml file, but the newlines in that string are interpretting to \n instead of actual new lines in my template.

I have defined a multiline yaml string in a defaults.yml file. This is just the relevant code:

- Exec: |

             $Message = $raw_event;

             $raw_omsg=$raw_event;

             parse_syslog_ietf($Message);

             $meta_sip4 =$MessageSourceAddress;

In my state, I am passing this into my jinja like the below:

{% import_yaml "nxlog/defaults.yml" as default_settings %}

{% set nxlog_settings = salt['pillar.get']('nxlog', default_settings.nxlog, merge=True) %}

nxlog_config:

  file.managed:

    - name: /opt/nxlog/conf/nxlog.conf

    - source: salt://nxlog/files/nxlog.config.jinja

    - template: jinja

    - defaults:

        nxlog_settings: {{ nxlog_settings }}

I then put the data into the jinja template like this excerpt below. There are loops that I didn't include that get the proper data.

{{ exec_code }}

The issue that I am seeing on the minion side once the template is rendered is that the string is all one line with \n for newlines instead of actual new lines, like so:

 
  $Message = $raw_event;\n$raw_omsg=$raw_event;\nparse_syslog_ietf($Message);\n$meta_sip4 =$MessageSourceAddress;\n

But I am trying to achive:

$Message = $raw_event;

$raw_omsg=$raw_event;

parse_syslog_ietf($Message);

$meta_sip4 =$MessageSourceAddress;

Is there something that I am doing wrong or should be doing differently?
 

[Loren Gordon]

Try using multiline syntax to reference the `nxlog_settings` variable. I.e.:

{% import_yaml "nxlog/defaults.yml" as default_settings %}

{% set nxlog_settings = salt['pillar.get']('nxlog', default_settings.nxlog, merge=True) %}

nxlog_config:

  file.managed:

    - name: /opt/nxlog/conf/nxlog.conf

    - source: salt://nxlog/files/nxlog.config.jinja

    - template: jinja

    - defaults:

        nxlog_settings: |

          {{ nxlog_settings | indent(10) }}

IIRC, the "indent" number should match the number of spaces needed to indent the line so it is recognized by yaml, 10 in this case.

-Loren

[jaipepe]

Hi Loren, thanks for the reply. I got caught up in other tasks, so I am just now able to revisit this. This approach fails with the following:

AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'splitlines'

I am going to try using the indent within my template to see if I can achieve the desired results.