Hi Martin,

no currently only for the tomcat::instances.
we currently change our modules to hiera, so maybe i find other cases.

rgds Florian

Am Freitag, 16. März 2012 09:03:44 UTC+1 schrieb mawi:
>
> Hi Florian,
> Interesting post. I was planning the same sort of approach for apache
> vhosts with hiera and create_resources. This is good proof that the
> idea works.
>
> Are you using this approach in other modules as well, if so which?
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin
>
> 2012/3/16 Gary Larizza <[email protected]>:
> > Ahh,
> >
> > Good catch - thanks for replying back with the fix
> >
> > -Gary
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Florian Koch
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Gary,
> >>
> >> hm for other classes it works , so i think the puppet backend is not
> >> needed
> >>
> >> (
> https://github.com/ripienaar/hiera-puppet/commit/a7350529a99e5d1bad8b03749661f3f4c7f00216
> ),
> >> the problem is the define, i guess that a define won't set $module_path
> >> correct, the hiera cass from the class tocat::instance works perfect.
> >>
> >> But i have found better solution, i use create_resources to build the
> >> defines, works really smart
> >>
> >>
> >> class tomcat::instance{
> >>
> >> $instances = hiera('tomcat_instances')
> >>
> >>         create_resources('tomcat::installer',$instances)
> >> }
> >> define tomcat::installer ($user,$group,$basedir,$logdir,$name){ ....}
> >> ---
> >> tomcat_instances:
> >>         crowd1:
> >>                 name: 'cr1'
> >>
> >>                 basedir: '/srv'
> >>                 logdir: '/var/log'
> >>                 user: 'crowd'
> >>                 group: 'crowd'
> >>
> >>         crowd2:
> >>                 name: 'cr2'
> >>
> >>                 basedir: '/srv'
> >>                 logdir: '/var/log'
> >>                 user: 'crowd'
> >>                 group: 'crowd'
> >>
> >>
> >> rgds Florian
> >> Am Donnerstag, 15. März 2012 21:33:17 UTC+1 schrieb Gary Larizza:
> >>>
> >>> 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
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