Kindly refer to Creating valid variable names
<https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_variables.html#creating-valid-variable-names>
-
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_variables.html#creating-valid-variable-names.
E.g. I had to drop usage of dash in variable names in order to get my
playbook to parse without errors.
On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 4:20:42 PM UTC+2, JiElPe-Fr38 wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have defined a var which contains some special characters (actually, a
> password in a vault).
> Let's assume the vault contains :
> myPasswd: foo@bar
>
> There is no problem when creating the encrypted file.
>
> When I use it somewhere in a playbook, for example :
> password: "{{ myPasswd }}"
>
> I get the error message in the subject :
>
> jinja2 templating error : template error while templating string:
> unexpected char '@' at 5. String: {{foo@bar}}"
>
> So, though the var is encrypted in the vault (and can be correctl
> decrypted when viewing or editing), and is actually decrypted when used, it
> cannot be "jinja2 evaluated".
> Note that when removing such a character (! has the same problem, and I
> often use it in passwords), there is no more problem and the var is
> correctly set and used.
> It is clear not a vault problem.
>
> Could it be a bug around jinja2 templating, or is there something to use
> in order to escape such characters ?
>
> Thanks for your help !
>
> Best Regards
> J-L
>
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