Hmm, I moved the config file to /etc/puppet/ but my client is still giving
me grief.
On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:15:49 AM UTC-5, Andreas Paul wrote:
>
> AFAIK hiera-puppet looks for
> */etc/puppet/hiera.yaml*
> whereas the hiera CLI looks for
> */etc/hiera.yaml*
>
> You can still use the CLI by specifying the config file
> hiera -c /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml sshpackages environment=development
> or just symlink it :)
>
> On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 3:31:43 PM UTC+2, Luke Baker wrote:
>>
>> Hey there,
>>
>> I'm new to hiera and I' m looking to configure it to use multiple
>> environments. I'm able to query hiera keys from using the hiera CLI,
>> however my clients seem to be having problems identifying the look up
>> variables.
>>
>> *On the puppet master, CLI query*
>> [root@puppet-dev puppet]# hiera -a sshpackages environment=development
>> ["openssh", "openssh-clients"]
>> *
>>
>> Puppet master, testing gem load*
>> [root@puppet-dev puppet]# irb
>> irb(main):001:0> require 'rubygems'
>> => true
>> irb(main):002:0> require 'hiera'
>> Invalid gemspec in
>> [/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/specifications/tilt-1.3.3.gemspec]: invalid date
>> format in specification: "2011-08-25 00:00:00.000000000Z"
>> => true
>>
>>
>> *Directory structure*
>> [root@puppet-dev puppet]# tree /etc/puppet/environments/ -d -L 2
>> /etc/puppet/environments/
>> ├── development
>> │ ├── hieradata
>> │ └── modules
>> └── production
>> ├── hieradata
>> └── modules
>>
>>
>> *Configuration file*
>> [root@puppet-dev puppet]# cat /etc/hiera.yaml
>> ---
>> :hierarchy:
>> - %{environment}
>> - %{operatingsystem}
>> - common
>> :backends:
>> - yaml
>> :yaml:
>> :datadir: '/etc/puppet/environments/%{environment}/hieradata/'
>>
>>
>> *Test manifest*
>> class hiera_test {
>>
>> $packages = hiera('sshpackages')
>> notify { $packages: }
>> }
>>
>>
>> However, my test client errors out with the following message:
>> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
>> Could not find data item sshpackages in any Hiera data file and no default
>> supplied at
>> /etc/puppet/environments/development/modules/hiera_test/manifests/init.pp:16
>> on node bakerlu-sb.missouri.edu
>>
>> Anyone have words of wisdom or see anything wrong with my configuration?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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