Hi
Can't you just set a fallback or default value in the manifest?
Example:
`$attr = hiera('other::attr','fallback')`
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/hiera/1/puppet.html#hiera-lookup-functions
Julian
> On 18 Sep 2015, at 23:36, Joao Morais <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Hello list. I am using the hiera() lookup function in order to query some few
> attributes from a http backend. Something like this:
>
> common.yaml
> ---
> ...
> class::attr: "%{hiera('other::attr')}"
>
> This works very well if other::attr is defined, but an empty string is
> returned in the lookup above if the other::attr isn't found. The hiera()
> function on the manifest fails the compilation if I do the same query, which
> is what I'd expect from the lookup above.
>
> Is there a way to enforce the declaration of the other::attr when using
> hiera() lookup function inside the hieradata?
>
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