Pass dictionary to jinja2 template from task loop - ansible

Question

I pass dictionary from play to task. I use loop to call another task from separate yml file again passing the dictionary. From there I call Jinja2 template and pass the dictionary again. I cannot access the dictionary values from Jinja2.
I tried to pass the dictionary to template with_items and with_dict. Still the same problem.
play:
- role: example
vars:
brands:
brand_1:
name: "brand1"
brand_2:
name: "brand2"
brand_3:
name: "brand_3"
task in role with loop:
- name: Loop through configuration files
include_tasks: generate_config_files.yml
loop: "{{ lookup('dict', brands) }}"
loop_control:
loop_var: outer_item
generate_config_files.yml
- name: Generate the configuration files
template:
src: "consumer.properties.j2"
dest: "{{ kafka_location }}/{{ item.key }}/consumer.properties"
owner: "{{ kafka_user }}"
group: "{{ kafka_group }}"
mode: 0644
with_dict: "{{ outer_item }}"
consumer.properties.j2
{% for item in outer_item %}
Name: "{{ item.name }}"
{% endfor %}
I expect to access the dictionary value in template and generate the same file with different values based on number of brands in dictionary. So if there are 3 brands I expect to generate 3 files with different Name: inside.
Unfortunately I am getting:
"msg": "AnsibleUndefinedVariable: 'str object' has no attribute 'name'"
Any ideas?

Answer 1

1) Indentation of vars: is wrong.
2) The single loop does the job.
3) Iteration in the template is not necessary.
4) Numeric mode must be quoted mode: '0644'.
The playbook below
- hosts: localhost
roles:
- role: example
vars:
kafka_user: admin
kafka_group: admin
kafka_location: /scratch
brands:
brand_1:
name: "brand1"
brand_2:
name: "brand2"
brand_3:
name: "brand_3"
with tasks
$ cat roles/example/tasks/main.yml
- include_tasks: generate_config_files.yml
, with the included task
$ cat roles/example/tasks/generate_config_files.yml
- name: Generate the configuration files
template:
src: "consumer.properties.j2"
dest: "{{ kafka_location }}/{{ item.key }}/consumer.properties"
owner: "{{ kafka_user }}"
group: "{{ kafka_group }}"
mode: '0644'
loop: "{{ brands|dict2items }}"
, and with the template
$ cat roles/example/templates/consumer.properties.j2
Name: "{{ item.value.name }}"
gives
$ tree /scratch/brand_*
/scratch/brand_1
└── consumer.properties
/scratch/brand_2
└── consumer.properties
/scratch/brand_3
└── consumer.properties
$ cat /scratch/brand_*/consumer.properties
Name: "brand1"
Name: "brand2"
Name: "brand_3"
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