Re: [Puppet Users] ENC with Hiera

2012-03-20 Thread Gary Larizza
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Pablo Fernandez wrote: > ** > > Thanks, > > > > Yes, I was thinking about something like: > > > > :hierarchy: > > - %{fqdn} > > - %{secundary_group} > > - %{primary_group} > > - %{productname} > > - all > > > > So, each machine goes and picks up the information fro

Re: [Puppet Users] ENC with Hiera

2012-03-20 Thread Pablo Fernandez
Thanks, Yes, I was thinking about something like: :hierarchy: - %{fqdn} - %{secundary_group} - %{primary_group} - %{productname} - all So, each machine goes and picks up the information from the more specific to the more generic group. So, I guess if the fqdn.yaml file is not there,

Re: [Puppet Users] ENC with Hiera

2012-03-16 Thread Gary Larizza
Hi Pablo, I have done a number of on-site consultations and implemented Hiera with very positive results. To answer a couple of your questions: 1. You don't NEED to have a YAML file for every node in your infrastructure, but if you need to overwrite values that are set at lower levels of the hi

[Puppet Users] ENC with Hiera

2012-03-14 Thread Pablo Fernandez
Hi, After some time playing with Puppet, I came to realize simple node inheritance with includes is not enough, and you may experience unwanted results. Then I started playing with the External Node Classifier that Puppet Dashboard brings in, and even though they implement node groups the way o