This is a solution/hack I'm using:
tasks/main.yml:
- name: parametrized template - a
template:
src: test.j2
dest: /tmp/templateA
with_items: var_a
- name: parametrized template - b
template:
src: test.j2
dest: /tmp/templateB
with_items: var_b
vars/main.yml
var_a:
- 'this is var_a'
var_b:
- 'this is var_b'
templates/test.j2:
{{ item }}
After running this, you get this is var_a in /tmp/templateA and this is var_b in /tmp/templateB.
Basically you abuse with_items to render the template with each item in the one-item list. This works because you can control what the list is when using with_items.
The downside of this is that you have to use item as the variable name in you template.
If you want to pass more than one variable this way, you can dicts as your list items like this:
var_a:
-
var_1: 'this is var_a1'
var_2: 'this is var_a2'
var_b:
-
var_1: 'this is var_b1'
var_2: 'this is var_b2'
and then refer to them in your template like this:
{{ item.var_1 }}
{{ item.var_2 }}