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Hiera is able to read yaml files based on facts, .e.g. if facter domain returns dev.example.com and a dev.example.com.yaml file exist the file is read and the key-values are used. Using hiera can reduce the number of Puppet code lines.

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Pass same parameter value to multiple classes using Puppet Hiera

I'm using Hiera with Puppet and I want to pass the same parameter value to multiple classes without repeating it. Right now I've got (in Yaml): --- class_a::database_server: myoraclebox.example.com class_b::database_server:…
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Puppet/Hiera: Error 400 on SERVER: undefined method `empty_answer' for Hiera::Backend:Module

I had a puppet master running for quite some time. After a restart of the process recently, I started getting: # puppet agent -t info: Retrieving plugin info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/mountpoints.rb info: Loading…
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How to exclude Puppet modules for a few nodes?

I have 80 nodes, 78 need to have a specific module, except for 2. [root@puppetmaster puppet]# cat hiera.yaml :backends: - yaml :hierarchy: - environment/%{::environment}/%{::hostname} - environment/%{::environment} -…
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How do I conditionally enable a managed repo using puppet-yum?

The puppet-yum documentation is very straightforward, and explains how to add your own managed repo via hiera data. However, in addition to our 'release' repo, I want to conditionally add our 'build' repo to servers in our 'test' environment. In a…
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how to make our servers aware of the names of the other servers in the environment in Puppet

Can you please guide me on how I can use hiera or site.pp to make our servers aware of the names of the other servers in the environment? for example , we have 10 servers in uat2 ,Id like to get a list of them into puppet such that the servers know…
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Puppet and systemctl trouble

I have some trouble with puppet and systemctl. I used to load several parameters for a 'service' but it's not working anymore on centos7. This is my error: Error: Could not enable [ntpd ntpdate]: Error: /Stage[main]/Ntp::Service/Service[[ntpd…
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Vagrant Puppet apply manifest with wrong environment

I use Puppet 3.7 in standard client-server mode, with environments, and using Hiera for data. I use Vagrant to test the Puppet manifests directly from my Puppet repository. I recently started to use Hiera and changed my Vagrantfile (and Vagrant…
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Using hiera to access facts of another node

What we're trying to do is generate firewall rules (puppetlabs/firewall) for iptables. Our nodes are grouped like so conceptually: -- site1 ---- shared1 ------ specific1 ------ specific2 ---- shared2 ------ specific3 ------ specific4 The node…
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Puppet parse hiera in inline_template

I have got some .yaml hiera file with: iptables::test: ip: 1.1.1.1 : 'adm-1' 2.2.2.2 : 'adm-2' 3.3.3.3 : 'adm-3' And i want to parse this file in inline_template. I write: $variable1 = hiera('iptables::test.ip') $variable2 =…
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Overriding Puppet class parameters with hiera

Im trying to use heira to override class parameters in puppet. I have this class: class test( $parameter1="codeddefault" ) { notify {"parameter1 is $parameter1": } } This is my hiera.yaml: --- version: 5 defaults: # The default value for…
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Module not executing with r10k/puppet on masterless system

I was following this guide to set up a masterless puppet machine that could use puppet to manage itself (in a way that would let me add nodes and use this as the master later, but that's irrelevant now). And I have a basic module set up that should…
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Using Foreman's host groups in hiera.yaml :hierarchy section

Does anyone know how to set a correct path in :hierarchy section of hiera.yaml config to apply configuration to Foreman's host groups? I tried to use this settings with %{::hostgroup} variable, but it didn't work for me:…
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Get array output in puppet ERB from hiera

I have a array defined in the following format in hiera. master_servers: - "stage-01.com" - "stage-02.com" I am trying to populate the config file with ERB in the following format discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["stage-01.com",…
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Managing Puppet certnames with dynamic servers

I have a puppet setup where each node manifest is named something like /^web-\d+\.example\.com$/ We do this so we can spin up new servers for additional capacity and give each one a unique certname using the timestamp from when it was…
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Hiera lookup of datasource failing on new node

I'm trying to set up a new node using puppet, but it fails with an error that leads me to believe that hiera isn't finding the correct datasource: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Function Call, undefined method `empty?' for…
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