- hosts: localhost gather_facts: no vars: foo: "top-level-foo" tasks: - set_fact: template_result: "{{ lookup('template', '72615.j2') }}" - assert: that: - "'template-level-bar' in template_result" - "'template-nested-level-bar' in template_result" - assert: that: - "'top-level-foo' not in template_result" - "'template-level-foo' in template_result" - "'template-nested-level-foo' in template_result"