ansible-config: ensure we get templated default (#82974)

AKA all defaults rendered

changelogs/fragments/config_init_fix.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible-config will now properly template defaults before dumping them.

lib/ansible/cli/config.py

@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class ConfigCLI(CLI):
             if not settings[setting].get('description'):
                 continue
 
-            default = settings[setting].get('default', '')
+            default = self.config.template_default(settings[setting].get('default', ''), get_constants())
             if subkey == 'env':
                 stype = settings[setting].get('type', '')
                 if stype == 'boolean':
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class ConfigCLI(CLI):
                 if entry['key'] not in seen[entry['section']]:
                     seen[entry['section']].append(entry['key'])
 
-                    default = opt.get('default', '')
+                    default = self.config.template_default(opt.get('default', ''), get_constants())
                     if opt.get('type', '') == 'list' and not isinstance(default, string_types):
                         # python lists are not valid ini ones
                         default = ', '.join(default)
@@ -413,14 +413,16 @@ class ConfigCLI(CLI):
             if context.CLIARGS['format'] == 'display':
                 if isinstance(config[setting], Setting):
                     # proceed normally
+                    value = config[setting].value
                     if config[setting].origin == 'default':
                         color = 'green'
+                        value = self.config.template_default(value, get_constants())
                     elif config[setting].origin == 'REQUIRED':
                         # should include '_terms', '_input', etc
                         color = 'red'
                     else:
                         color = 'yellow'
-                    msg = "%s(%s) = %s" % (setting, config[setting].origin, config[setting].value)
+                    msg = "%s(%s) = %s" % (setting, config[setting].origin, value)
                 else:
                     color = 'green'
                     msg = "%s(%s) = %s" % (setting, 'default', config[setting].get('default'))

lib/ansible/config/manager.py

@@ -302,6 +302,17 @@ class ConfigManager(object):
         # ensure we always have config def entry
         self._base_defs['CONFIG_FILE'] = {'default': None, 'type': 'path'}
 
+    def template_default(self, value, variables):
+        if isinstance(value, string_types) and (value.startswith('{{') and value.endswith('}}')) and variables is not None:
+            # template default values if possible
+            # NOTE: cannot use is_template due to circular dep
+            try:
+                t = NativeEnvironment().from_string(value)
+                value = t.render(variables)
+            except Exception:
+                pass  # not templatable
+        return value
+
     def _read_config_yaml_file(self, yml_file):
         # TODO: handle relative paths as relative to the directory containing the current playbook instead of CWD
         # Currently this is only used with absolute paths to the `ansible/config` directory
@@ -555,18 +566,9 @@ class ConfigManager(object):
                                            to_native(_get_entry(plugin_type, plugin_name, config)))
                 else:
                     origin = 'default'
-                    value = defs[config].get('default')
-                    if isinstance(value, string_types) and (value.startswith('{{') and value.endswith('}}')) and variables is not None:
-                        # template default values if possible
-                        # NOTE: cannot use is_template due to circular dep
-                        try:
-                            t = NativeEnvironment().from_string(value)
-                            value = t.render(variables)
-                        except Exception:
-                            pass  # not templatable
-
-            # ensure correct type, can raise exceptions on mismatched types
+                    value = self.template_default(defs[config].get('default'), variables)
             try:
+                # ensure correct type, can raise exceptions on mismatched types
                 value = ensure_type(value, defs[config].get('type'), origin=origin, origin_ftype=origin_ftype)
             except ValueError as e:
                 if origin.startswith('env:') and value == '':

test/integration/targets/config/runme.sh

@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@ do
 	ANSIBLE_LOOKUP_PLUGINS=./ ansible-config init types -t lookup -f "${format}" > "files/types.new.${format}"
 	diff -u "files/types.${format}" "files/types.new.${format}"
 done
+
+# ensure we don't show default templates, but templated defaults
+[ "$(ansible-config init |grep '={{' -c )" -eq 0 ]