On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Pablo Fernandez wrote:
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> Thanks for the hint!
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> Let me ask you a couple of questions:
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> - Does the "puppetbackend::data" have to be imported by the node?
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No, not if you're using Hiera. It just needs to be named appropriately and
placed in the cor
Thanks for the hint!
Let me ask you a couple of questions:
- Does the "puppetbackend::data" have to be imported by the node?
- Is the name static, or can I name it "myclass::mydata", and use
":datasource: mydata"?
- When you call hiera() inside the module, does it go to other modules to
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Hi Pablo,
The Puppet backend accepts a 'datasource' parameter whose value will be the
class name for where it will look for Puppet variables. Take my hiera.yaml
for example:
---
:backends: - puppet
:puppet:
:datasource: data
I'm telling it to look for a ::data class, and to check within
Hi all,
I am trying to understand how does hiera puppet backend work, so I created the
following example:
hiera.yaml has only:
---
:backends:
- puppet
---
And the node:
node 'testnode' {
$variable = 'kk'
$thing = hiera ("variable")
notify { "note: $thing": }
}
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