puppetlabs/puppet · error · Puppet::ParseError

Failed to parse inline template: %{detail}

Error message

Failed to parse inline template: %{detail}

What it means

Error "Failed to parse inline template: %{detail}" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/parser/functions/inline_template.rb:25

  output is all concatenated and returned as the output of the function.") do |vals|
  if Puppet[:tasks]
    raise Puppet::ParseErrorWithIssue.from_issue_and_stack(
      Puppet::Pops::Issues::FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED_WHEN_SCRIPTING,
      { :feature => 'ERB inline_template' }
    )
  end

  require 'erb'

  vals.collect do |string|
    # Use a wrapper, so the template can't get access to the full
    # Scope object.

    wrapper = Puppet::Parser::TemplateWrapper.new(self)
    begin
      wrapper.result(string)
    rescue => detail
      raise Puppet::ParseError, _("Failed to parse inline template: %{detail}") % { detail: detail }, detail.backtrace
    end
  end.join("")
end

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/parser/functions/inline_template.rb:25 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

Understand the failure class

• Parsing and encoding errors: unexpected token, malformed input — why parsers reject input and how to find the real culprit.

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