Use $Template rather than $template in config file
diff --git a/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.default.conf b/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.default.conf
index a9f422e..bd6a53f 100644
--- a/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.default.conf
+++ b/rsyslog/files/rsyslog.default.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
$IncludeConfig {{ global.rsyslog_d }}/*.conf
{% if global.format is defined -%}
-$template {{ global.format.name }},{{ global.format.template }}
+$Template {{ global.format.name }},{{ global.format.template }}
$ActionFileDefaultTemplate {{ global.format.name }}
{% else -%}
$template RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat