How to instantiate multiple instances of the same resource using Hiera

Question

Using Hiera, is it possible to instantiate two classes with different properties?

I know I can do add to my node declaration:

user{'francois':
  uid => 1000,
  # ...
}

user{'julien':
  uid => 1001,
  # ...
}

Is there a way to do this from Hiera?

For **classes**, this is not possible, with or without Hiera. For **resources** (as in your example with users), it is quite simple, yes. — Felix Frank, Dec 03 '14 at 13:18

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

3

Use hashes for your data and use create_resources to instantiate.

The Puppet documentation has an example for users. The StackOverflow question Puppet hiera and create_resource issue covers basically the same problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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answered Dec 02 '14 at 17:37

mschuett

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