20. Jinja2 configuration templates#

Jinja2 is a template language used in Python. Jinja is not the only template language (template engine) for Python and not the only template language in general.

Jinja2 is used to generate documents based on one or more templates.

Examples of use:

  • templates for generating HTML pages

  • templates for generating configuration files in Unix/Linux

  • templates for generating network device configuration files