Chef template variables syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting keyword_end - ruby

Question

For my following recipe:
template '/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml' do
source 'filebeat.yml.erb'
owner 'root'
group 'root'
mode '0600'
variables(
stack_name: stack_name,
instance_ip: instance_ip
)
end
I am getting following error:
Chef::Mixin::Template::TemplateError
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(erubis):74: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting keyword_end
Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /var/chef/runs/8f9aa33c-6b69-419d-8a02-5668701a228a/local-mode-cache/cache/cookbooks/filebeat/recipes/filebeat.rb
28: template '/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml' do
29: source 'filebeat.yml.erb'
30: owner 'root'
31: group 'root'
32: mode '0600'
33: variables(
34: stack_name: stack_name,
35: instance_ip: instance_ip
36: )
37: end
38:
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /var/chef/runs/44a77122-2816-4f89-97c4-9cbff0bbdfcb/local-mode-cache/cache/cookbooks/-filebeat/recipes/filebeat.rb:28:in `from_file'
template("/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml") do
action [:create]
retries 0
retry_delay 2
default_guard_interpreter :default
source "filebeat.yml.erb"
variables {:stack_name=>"fsdfsd", :instance_ip=>"172.31.63.242"}
declared_type :template
cookbook_name "filebeat"
recipe_name "filebeat"
owner "root"
group "root"
mode "0600"
path "/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml"
end
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I think the error is in your template file, e.g. filebeat.yml.erb
The reason for my assumption is based on (erubis):74: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting keyword_end - erubis is a fast eRuby-compatible template engine ("erb") used by chef. So the error origins from parsing/rendering the template file, not a chef specific issue.