Can you single quote the value in your YAML file and then try again? Does
that work?
On Friday, March 23, 2012, Guy Matz <gm...@matz.org> wrote:
> Thanks, guys!
>
> Here's the relevant snippet from my manifest:
> @common::mkuser {
> 'root':
> uid => 0,
> comment => 'root',
> home => '/root',
> password => hiera('rootPassword'),
> managehome => false;
>
> And here's what it looks like when I run from command-line:
> # hiera -d rootPassword
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Hiera YAML backend starting
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Looking up rootPassword in YAML
backend
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Looking for data source 10-host/
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Cannot find datafile
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/hieradata/10-host/.yaml, skipping
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Looking for data source 20-env/
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Cannot find datafile
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/hieradata/20-env/.yaml, skipping
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Looking for data source 30-genv/
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Cannot find datafile
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/hieradata/30-genv/.yaml, skipping
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Looking for data source
40-tier-dc/-
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Cannot find datafile
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/hieradata/40-tier-dc/-.yaml, skipping
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Looking for data source 50-dc/
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Cannot find datafile
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/hieradata/50-dc/.yaml, skipping
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Looking for data source 60-app/
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Cannot find datafile
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/hieradata/60-app/.yaml, skipping
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Looking for data source 70-country/
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Cannot find datafile
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/hieradata/70-country/.yaml, skipping
> DEBUG: Fri Mar 23 09:12:27 -0400 2012: Looking for data source common
> $1$0DvOGiBl$hDKhH80CetcqW/u6nObQA/
>
> And my yaml file:
> # cat /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/hieradata/common.yaml
> ---
> rootPassword: $1$0DvOGiBl$hDKhH80CetcqW/u6nObQA/
> ntpserver: 10.73.206.12
>
> Again, the error is:
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
undefined method `empty?' for false:FalseClass at
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/common/manifests/accounts.pp:27
>
> That's the line where my hiera call is in my manifest . . .
>
> Thanks again!!
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Gary Larizza <g...@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
>
> On Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Guy Matz wrote:
>
> Hi! I think I've gone through the hiera install process correctly, but
still getting:
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
undefined method `empty?' for false:FalseClass at
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/common/manifests/accounts.pp:27 on node
>
> # gem list
>
> *** LOCAL GEMS ***
>
> activerecord (2.3.14)
> activesupport (2.3.14)
> ar-extensions (0.9.5)
> builder (2.1.2)
> dalli (1.1.2)
> hiera (0.2.0)
> hiera-puppet (0.2.0)
> multi_json (1.0.3)
> puppet-module (0.3.4)
> rack (1.1.3)
> rake (0.8.7)
> rubygems-update (1.8.12)
> sinatra (1.2.6)
> stomp (1.1.9)
> tilt (1.3.3)
>
> and I downloaded the tar file and uncompressed it in the right place
according to
http://puppetlabs.com/blog/first-look-installing-and-using-hiera/
>
> I can using the command line:
> # hiera ntpserver
> 10.73.206.12
>
> but not as a puppet module (see error above)
>
> I've found that if i remove the yaml backend from my hiera.yaml, the
puppet run is successful, i.e. it doesn't complain, however it doesn't read
from my YAML hiera files!
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Guy
>
> Guy,
> What does the hiera function call look like within your Puppet manifest?
It sounds like you may be trying to set a default to an empty string or
something like this? I've seen this error before, but it might help to see
a bit of your manifest and what a YAML file looks like that contains your
value?
> Thanks!
>
>
> P.S. - my hiera.yaml looks like:
> :backends: - yaml
> - puppet
>
> :logger: console
>
> :hierarchy: - 10-host/%{fqdn}
> - 20-env/%{env}
> - 30-genv/%{mserv_genv}
> - 40-tier-dc/%{mserv_tier}-%{mserv_dc}
> - 50-dc/%{mserv_dc}
> - 60-app/%{mserv_app}
> - 70-country/%{mserv_loc}
> - common
> :yaml:
> :datadir: /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/hieradata
>
> :puppet:
> :datasource: data
>
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