Puppet - hash - inline template

gistfile1.pp

# This works                                                                
#$snippet = { 'index'                      => { 'configDir' => 'haha'}}     
                                                                            
# This not..                                                                
# snippet is not an hash or array when accessing it with index              
$snippet = inline_template("<%= { 'index' => { 'configDir' => 'haha'}} %>") 
                                                                            
notice("${snippet['index']['configDir']}")