swap $ for {{

playbooks/roles/discern/tasks/main.yml

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 
 #Upload config files for django (auth and env)
 - name: create discern application config env.json file
-  template: src=env.json.j2 dest=$app_base_dir/env.json owner={{remote_user}} group=edx mode=0640
+  template: src=env.json.j2 dest={{app_base_dir}}/env.json owner={{remote_user}} group=edx mode=0640
 
 - name: create discern auth file auth.json
-  template: src=auth.json.j2 dest=$app_base_dir/auth.json owner={{remote_user}} group=edx mode=0640
+  template: src=auth.json.j2 dest={{app_base_dir}}/auth.json owner={{remote_user}} group=edx mode=0640
 
 #Needed if using redis to prevent memory issues
 - name: change memory commit settings -- needed for redis
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 - name: add github to the known hosts file
   shell: ssh-keyscan -H github.com > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
-- name: set permissions on $app_base_dir sgid for edx
-  file: path=$app_base_dir owner={{remote_user}} group=edx mode=2775 state=directory
+- name: set permissions on app_base_dir sgid for edx
+  file: path={{app_base_dir}} owner={{remote_user}} group=edx mode=2775 state=directory
   file: path={{venv_dir}} owner={{remote_user}} group=edx mode=2775 state=directory
 
 - name: Install git so that we can clone repos