Hi, Lookup always returns strings. You can use alias to retrieve the original value data type.
https://www.puppet.com/docs/puppet/7/hiera_merging.html#alias-function Hth, Martin > On 13. Nov 2023, at 17:35, 'Tidhar Klein Orbach' via Puppet Users > <puppet-users@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a hiera file that belongs to a server group. in that file there is a > key that expects a list of services. > for example > > job_name: "my-job" > feature: > services: > - 'foo' > - 'bar' > - 'baz' > > I want to be able to override the values, so I tried to define a default key > like: > feature::services:: 'foo,bar,baz' > > and then use it: > job_name: "my-job" > feature: > services: "%{lookup(feature::services)}" > > I tried different value variations: > feature::services:: foo,bar,baz > feature::services:: ['foo','bar','baz'] > and also using > lookup_options: > feature::services: > convert_to: > - "Array" > - true > > but it seems I can't convert the value to string array. > > is it possible at all? if so, how can I do it? > > thanks, > Tidhar > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/d57c9444-8b38-4394-a03b-8442c42a3662n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/d57c9444-8b38-4394-a03b-8442c42a3662n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/430CE6A5-3999-4F2D-B302-6FA7E7C3D081%40gmail.com.
