diff --git a/render-context.go b/render-context.go
index 92df1b6..3774e63 100644
--- a/render-context.go
+++ b/render-context.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func (ctx *renderContext) Config() (ba []byte, cfg *config.Config, err error) {
 
 	ctxMap := ctx.asMap()
 
+	// FIXME duplicate
 	sslCfg, err := cfsslconfig.LoadConfig([]byte(ctx.clusterConfig.SSLConfig))
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -76,6 +77,76 @@ func (ctx *renderContext) Config() (ba []byte, cfg *config.Config, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	extraFuncs := ctx.templateFuncs(secretData, ctxMap)
+
+	extraFuncs["static_pods"] = func(name string) (string, error) {
+		t := ctx.clusterConfig.StaticPodsTemplate(name)
+		if t == nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("no static pods template named %q", name)
+		}
+
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		err := t.Execute(buf, ctxMap, ctx.templateFuncs(secretData, ctxMap))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("host %s: failed to render static pods: %v", ctx.Host.Name, err)
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		return buf.String(), nil
+	}
+
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 4096))
+	if err = ctx.ConfigTemplate.Execute(buf, ctxMap, extraFuncs); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if secretData.Changed() {
+		err = secretData.Save()
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	ba = buf.Bytes()
+
+	cfg = &config.Config{}
+
+	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), cfg); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func (ctx *renderContext) StaticPods() (ba []byte, err error) {
+	// FIXME duplicate
+	sslCfg, err := cfsslconfig.LoadConfig([]byte(ctx.clusterConfig.SSLConfig))
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	secretData, err := loadSecretData(sslCfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if ctx.StaticPodsTemplate == nil {
+		err = notFoundError{fmt.Sprintf("static-pods %q", ctx.Group.StaticPods)}
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctxMap := ctx.asMap()
+
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 4096))
+	if err = ctx.StaticPodsTemplate.Execute(buf, ctxMap, ctx.templateFuncs(secretData, ctxMap)); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	ba = buf.Bytes()
+	return
+}
+
+func (ctx *renderContext) templateFuncs(secretData *SecretData, ctxMap map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
 	cluster := ctx.Cluster.Name
 
 	getKeyCert := func(name string) (kc *KeyCert, err error) {
@@ -122,23 +193,7 @@ func (ctx *renderContext) Config() (ba []byte, cfg *config.Config, err error) {
 		return string(ba), nil
 	}
 
-	extraFuncs := map[string]interface{}{
-		"static_pods": func(name string) (string, error) {
-			t := ctx.clusterConfig.StaticPodsTemplate(name)
-			if t == nil {
-				return "", fmt.Errorf("no static pods template named %q", name)
-			}
-
-			buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-			err := t.Execute(buf, ctxMap, nil)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("host %s: failed to render static pods: %v", ctx.Host.Name, err)
-				return "", err
-			}
-
-			return buf.String(), nil
-		},
-
+	return map[string]interface{}{
 		"token": func(name string) (s string, err error) {
 			return secretData.Token(cluster, name)
 		},
@@ -242,44 +297,32 @@ func (ctx *renderContext) Config() (ba []byte, cfg *config.Config, err error) {
 				},
 			})
 		},
-	}
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 4096))
-	if err = ctx.ConfigTemplate.Execute(buf, ctxMap, extraFuncs); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
+		"hosts_of_group": func() (hosts []interface{}) {
+			hosts = make([]interface{}, 0)
 
-	if secretData.Changed() {
-		err = secretData.Save()
-		if err != nil {
+			for _, host := range ctx.clusterConfig.Hosts {
+				if host.Group != ctx.Host.Group {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				hosts = append(hosts, asMap(host))
+			}
+
+			return hosts
+		},
+
+		"hosts_of_group_count": func() (count int) {
+			for _, host := range ctx.clusterConfig.Hosts {
+				if host.Group != ctx.Host.Group {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				count++
+			}
 			return
-		}
+		},
 	}
-
-	ba = buf.Bytes()
-
-	cfg = &config.Config{}
-
-	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), cfg); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	return
-}
-
-func (ctx *renderContext) StaticPods() (ba []byte, err error) {
-	if ctx.StaticPodsTemplate == nil {
-		err = notFoundError{fmt.Sprintf("static-pods %q", ctx.Group.StaticPods)}
-		return
-	}
-
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, 4096))
-	if err = ctx.StaticPodsTemplate.Execute(buf, ctx.asMap(), nil); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	ba = buf.Bytes()
-	return
 }
 
 func (ctx *renderContext) distFilePath(path ...string) string {
@@ -306,16 +349,7 @@ func (ctx *renderContext) Tag() (string, error) {
 }
 
 func (ctx *renderContext) asMap() map[string]interface{} {
-	ba, err := yaml.Marshal(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err) // shouldn't happen
-	}
-
-	result := make(map[string]interface{})
-
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(ba, result); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
+	result := asMap(ctx)
 
 	// also expand cluster:
 	cluster := result["cluster"].(map[interface{}]interface{})
@@ -324,3 +358,18 @@ func (ctx *renderContext) asMap() map[string]interface{} {
 
 	return result
 }
+
+func asMap(v interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
+	ba, err := yaml.Marshal(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err) // shouldn't happen
+	}
+
+	result := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(ba, result); err != nil {
+		panic(err) // shouldn't happen
+	}
+
+	return result
+}