Hi Florian, I believe since $calling_module is a variable out of Puppet and not Facter, that you will need to ALSO setup the Puppet backend, in addition to the YAML backend, in the hiera.yaml file so Hiera can get its value.
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Florian Koch < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > i have some trouble with hiera and %{calling_module}. > > i have: > > class tomcat::instance{ > > $instances = hiera('tomcat_instances') > > tomcat::installer{$instances:} > > } > > define tomcat::installer { > > require 'tomcat' > > $instance_opts = hiera($name) > > $tomcat_user = $instance_opts[user] > $tomcat_group = $instance_opts[group] > $basedir = $instance_opts[basedir] > $logdir = $instance_opts[logdir] > $tomcat_name = $instance_opts[name] > > > $tomcat_version='6' > ... > } > > i specify the tomcat names in a hiera file and run the define wit the > names as array (so they get executed for each name) > > '/var/lib/environments/test/hieradata'/tomcat/crowd.yaml > > --- > tomcat_instances: > - crowd1 > - crowd2 > > > crowd1: > name: 'crowd1' > basedir: '/srv' > logdir: '/var/log' > user: 'crowd' > group: 'crowd' > > crowd2: > name: 'crowd2' > basedir: '/srv' > logdir: '/var/log' > user: 'crowd' > group: 'crowd' > > my hiera.yaml > --- > :hierarchy: > - %{calling_module}/%{fqdn} > - %{hostbasename} > - %{domain} > - common > :backends: > - yaml > :yaml: > :datadir: '/var/lib/environments/%{environment}/hieradata' > > > if i wrote the crowd.yaml content in the common.yaml all works, if its in > the module subdirectory, puppet can not find the data from the hiera lookup > in the tomcat::installer, but the call from the tomcat::instance class > works, i get the right tomcat names in the error. > > any idea? > > rgds Florian > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/ZjdL5rHQxBYJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- Gary Larizza Professional Services Engineer Puppet Labs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
