We're using hiera_include here because we want different classes on different environments.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:02 AM, R.I.Pienaar <r...@devco.net> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dan White" <d_e_wh...@icloud.com> > > To: "puppet-users" <puppet-users@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:09:54 PM > > Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Wanna see something scary ? > > > From > https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/function.html#hierainclude > > > > To use hiera_include, the following configuration is required: > > > > • A key name to use for classes, e.g. classes. > > • A line in the puppet sites.pp file (e.g. > > /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/manifests/sites.pp) reading > hiera_include('classes'). > > Note that this line must be outside any node definition and below any > top-scope > > variables in use for Hiera lookups. > > > > (My italics) > > The documentation is certainly overstating the need for this, it works > best that > way in cases where people do like: > > node default { > $stuff_in_the_hierarchy = "foo" > hiera_include("x") > } > > but once you understand that there really is no reason not to put it > elsewhere. > > To be clear, all that hiera_include() does is: > > include(hiera_array("x")) neither hiera_array() or include() has issues > with where > they are run and they both behave in predictable ways when used in classes. > > I wrote hiera_include() because include() back in the day didnt take an > array, thats > all. > > The documentation is overstating it and people are reading too much into > it :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/390611328.90197.1434528163071.JavaMail.zimbra%40devco.net > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAMo7R_ckvB%3D1mBjoU-1vdE68K70usJDaLE3aCccvyQ9CN9f8cQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
