[chef] Template Variable as a Hash

["Michael L." < >]

Greetings !
I am trying to pass a Hash as a variable to the Template like this:

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params = {'key1' => 'val1', 'key2' => 'val2'}

template "/etc/test.conf" do
  mode 0640
  variables(
    :params => params
  )
end
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My Template looks like this:

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..
params =  <%= @params.each_pair {|k,v| print "#{k}=#{v} "} %>
..
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But this doesn't work, giving the errors on the compile time:


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..
(erubis):84: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting ')'
(erubis):90: syntax error, unexpected tIDENTIFIER, expecting ')'
 ..
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Please advise.

Thanks !