On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Douglas Garstang
<doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Justin Stoller <jus...@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Douglas Garstang
>> <doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Douglas Garstang
>>> <doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Douglas Garstang
>>>> <doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Douglas Garstang
>>>>> <doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Stephen Gran
>>>>>> <stephen.g...@guardian.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 21:00 -0700, Douglas Garstang wrote:
>>>>>>>> I know I did this once before but can't find docs on how to do it
>>>>>>>> again.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have this in a yaml file:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> pvdisks:
>>>>>>>> ec2_pvdisks_m1.small:
>>>>>>>> disks: /dev/xvdb1
>>>>>>>> enabled: yes
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Loading it with hiera.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Manifest has:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> $testkey = hiera('pvdisks')
>>>>>>>> notice ("TESTKEY=$testkey[ec2_pvdisks_m1.small]")
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is printing
>>>>>>>> TESTKEY=ec2_pvdisks_m1.smalldisks/dev/xvdb1enabledtrue['ec2_pvdisks_m1.small']
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try inspecting it some other way than printf debugging - notice always
>>>>>>> flattens variables by calling .to_s on them, so it is not a very useful
>>>>>>> tool. I am assuming that things are indeed fine, but this is confusing
>>>>>>> matters.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've since learned that I have to use hiera_array and hiera_hash,
>>>>>> which aren't documented anywhere.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now I've got:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ec2_config:
>>>>>> instance:
>>>>>> m1.small:
>>>>>> pvdisks:
>>>>>> - /dev/xvdb1
>>>>>> swapvol_size: 2G
>>>>>> logvol_size: 64G
>>>>>> m1.medium:
>>>>>> pvdisks:
>>>>>> - /dev/xvdb1
>>>>>> swapvol_size: 2G
>>>>>> logvol_size: 64G
>>>>>> m1.large:
>>>>>> pvdisks:
>>>>>> - /dev/xvdb1
>>>>>> - /dev/xvdc1
>>>>>> swapvol_size: 4G
>>>>>> logvol_size: 64G
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and I've tried to access the data every witch way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This gives me a syntax error...
>>>>>> $pvdisks =
>>>>>> hiera_array(ec2_config['instance'][$::ec2_instance_type]['pvdisks'])
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and this:
>>>>>> $pvdisks =
>>>>>> hiera_array($ec2_config['instance'][$::ec2_instance_type]['pvdisks'])
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gives me:
>>>>>> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
>>>>>> SERVER: ec2_config is not an hash or array when accessing it with
>>>>>> instance at
>>>>>> /truth/sauce/env/prod/modules/role/manifests/base_server.pp:27
>>>>>> on node gfs01.us1.xxx.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ugh.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Doug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Actually, apparently, no, that's not what these functions are for. :(
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug.
>>>>
>>>> :(
>>>
>>> Apparently this is difficult and/or not supported...
>>
>> Is this what you're trying to do?
>>
>> $ec2_config = hiera('ec2_config')
>> $pvdisks = $ec2_config['instance'][$::ec2_instance_type]['pvdisks']
>>
>>
>> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/2.7/reference/lang_datatypes.html#hashes
>
> No luck.
>
> With:
>
> ec2_config:
> instance:
> m1.small:
> pvdisks:
> - /dev/xvdb1
> swapvol_size: 2G
> logvol_size: 64G
> m1.medium:
> pvdisks:
> - /dev/xvdb1
> swapvol_size: 2G
> logvol_size: 64G
>
> etc...
>
> and in the manifest:
>
> $foo = hiera_hash('ec2_config')
> $pvdisks = $foo['instance'][$::ec2_instance_type]['pvdisks'] #
> Line 17 from error below.
> notice ("PVDISKS = $pvdisks")
>
> puppet bails with:
>
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
> SERVER: $foo["instance"] is not an hash or array when accessing it
> with m1.large at
> /truth/sauce/env/prod/modules/role/manifests/base_server.pp:17 on node
> gfs01.us1.xxx.co,
>
> Grrrr.
>
> Doug.
I think I got it... yaml file was bad...
Doug.
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