Write whole dict to file

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/vars/metacluster.yml

@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 #jinja2:variable_start_string:'[%' , variable_end_string:'%]'
-
-components:

ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml

@@ -25,13 +25,19 @@
 
     - name: Aggregate chart_values into dict
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        chart_values: "{{ chart_values | default({}) | combine({ item.key: { 'chart_values': (item.value.helm.chart_values | default('~')) } }) }}"
+        chart_values: "{{ chart_values | default({}) | combine({ item.key: { 'chart_values': item.value.helm.chart_values } }) }}"
+      when: item.value.helm.chart_values is defined
       loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.dict', components) }}"
       loop_control:
         label: "{{ item.key }}"
 
     - ansible.builtin.debug:
-        msg: "{{ chart_values | to_nice_yaml }}"
+        msg: "{{ chart_values | to_nice_yaml(default_style='\"', indent=2, width=4096) }}"
+
+    - name: Write dict to vars_file
+      ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
+        path: /opt/firstboot/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
+        block: "{{ { 'components': chart_values } | to_nice_yaml(default_style='\"', indent=2, width=4096) }}"
 
 - name: Parse helm charts for container images
   ansible.builtin.shell: