# Credstash Plugin Lookup Failure with Variable

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/credstash-plugin-lookup-failure-with-variable/23758>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 17, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/credstash-plugin-lookup-failure-with-variable/23758 "2017-02-17T15:08:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/credstash-plugin-lookup-failure-with-variable/23758/1 "2017-02-17T15:08:21Z")

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I am trying to lookup a secret through Ansible’s credstash plugin by first setting the variable of the table (since I have multiple credstash tables) and then looking it up - , something like this:

`  
credstash\_table: “foo\_credstash\_{{ bar }}”"  
password: “{{ lookup(‘credstash’, ‘password’, table={{ credstash\_table }} ) }}”

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Somehow, it doesn’t seem to like this:

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fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “msg”: “AnsibleError: {{ lookup(‘credstash’, ‘password’, table={{ credstashtable }} ) }}: template error while templating string: expected token ‘:’, got ‘}’. String: {{ lookup(‘credstash’, ‘password’, table={{ credstashtable }} ) }}”}

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```auto

I tried this approach:

```

```auto

```

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credstash\_table: “foo\_credstash\_{{ bar }}”"  
password: “{{ lookup(‘credstash’, ‘password’, table=‘{{ credstash\_table }}’ ) }}”

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