1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/templater.py b/cloudinit/templater.py
index c215bbbb..1e147d4a 100644
--- a/cloudinit/templater.py
+++ b/cloudinit/templater.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import collections
 import re
+import sys
 
 try:
     from Cheetah.Template import Template as CTemplate
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ except (ImportError, AttributeError):
 from cloudinit import log as logging
 from cloudinit import type_utils as tu
 from cloudinit import util
+from cloudinit.atomic_helper import write_file
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 TYPE_MATCHER = re.compile(r"##\s*template:(.*)", re.I)
@@ -180,4 +182,17 @@ def render_string(content, params):
     return renderer(content, params)
 
 
+def render_cloudcfg(variant, template, output):
+
+    with open(template, "r") as fh:
+        contents = fh.read()
+    tpl_params = {"variant": variant}
+    contents = (render_string(contents, tpl_params)).rstrip() + "\n"
+    util.load_yaml(contents)
+    if output == "-":
+        sys.stdout.write(contents)
+    else:
+        write_file(output, contents, omode="w")
+
+
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