Hiera as a command line tool is unaware of the $::operatingsystem variable available to Puppet as a fact. So when running through puppet, operatingsystem would be a known value, but when running through the command line, you need to specify whatever information hiera needs to parse.
-Eric -- Eric Shamow Professional Services http://puppetlabs.com/ (c)631.871.6441 On Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 10:49 AM, windowsrefund wrote: > $ cat /etc/hiera.yaml > --- > :hierarchy: > - %{operatingsystem} > - common > :backends: > - yaml > :yaml: > :datadir: /tmp/hieradata > > $ cat /tmp/hieradata/Debian.yaml > --- > kitty : 'Handsome' > > $ cat /tmp/hieradata/common.yaml > --- > kitty : 'Evil' > > $ facter operatingsystem > Debian > > $ hiera -d kitty > DEBUG: Thu Feb 09 10:09:01 -0500 2012: Hiera YAML backend starting > DEBUG: Thu Feb 09 10:09:01 -0500 2012: Looking up cat in YAML backend > DEBUG: Thu Feb 09 10:09:01 -0500 2012: Looking for data source common > Evil > > $ hiera -d kitty operatingsystem=Debian > DEBUG: Thu Feb 09 10:46:20 -0500 2012: Hiera YAML backend starting > DEBUG: Thu Feb 09 10:46:20 -0500 2012: Looking up cat in YAML backend > DEBUG: Thu Feb 09 10:46:20 -0500 2012: Looking for data source Debian > Handsome > > Shouldn't Debian.yaml take priority over common.yaml though? Not sure > why I need to pass operatingsystem=Debian in as an argument to hiera > > Best, > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com > (mailto:puppet-users@googlegroups.com). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > (mailto:puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
