Hiera is a dependency of Puppet 3 in all of its packaged forms. Hiera-puppet (the puppet backend for hiera), is included in Puppet for 3.0, but is available as a separate package for Puppet 2.7.x.
As Josh and John mentioned, Hiera is required for Puppet 3.0 on the master, and is also needed on any agents if using `puppet apply`. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Josh Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:36 AM, j a <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am confused, it was my understanding that hiera is necessary on all of the >> agent nodes with puppet 3.0 >> However, after reading the docs, they seem to indicate this is not the >> case... >> >> Would someone kindly verify this requirement for me? >> >> My understanding is now that we do NOT need to install hiera on the agent >> nodes. >> Is this correect? > > Starting with Puppet 3, hiera is included in puppet, so you do not > need to install it[1]. The confusion is likely because Hiera had to be > installed separately when used with Puppet 2.7. There was also a > dependency on hiera-puppet, but that too is unnecessary in Puppet 3. > > Note puppet uses hiera to retrieve data during catalog compilation. In > agent/master setups, compilation occurs on the master. The install (if > on Puppet 2.7) and configuration (2.7 & 3.x) need to be done on the > master[2] > Josh > > [1] http://docs.puppetlabs.com/#hierahiera1 > [2] http://docs.puppetlabs.com/hiera/1/installing.html > -- > Josh Cooper > Developer, 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. > -- Matthaus Owens Release Manager, 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.
