variable not replace when come from hiera

[fpommier]

Hi,

I use puppet 2.7.16

i try to use hiera to store file data

yaml file :

apt:

  '/etc/apt/preferences.d':

     ensure: directory

     recurse: true

     source: "puppet:///$environment/$module_name/preferences.d"

When i try to use it with create_resource , it fail because $environment and $module_name are not replace.

  $instance_apt = hiera("apt")

  $defauts = hiera("apt.defauts")

  create_resources(file,$instance_apt,$defauts)

-> 

err: /Stage[main]/Apt/File[/etc/apt/preferences.d]: Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate: Error 400 on SERVER: Cannot find file: Invalid path '$environment'

When i do the same with a hash, it work :

  $defauts = hiera("apt.defauts")

  $instance_apt = {

     "/etc/apt/preferences.d" => {   

     ensure => directory,

     recurse => true,

     source => "puppet:///$environment/$module_name/preferences.d",

     }  

  }

  create_resources(file,$instance_apt,$defauts)

Is it a bug or a lack of functionality ?

Regards

Fred.

[Craig Dunn]

On 23/11/2012 23:03, fpommier wrote:

Hi,

I use puppet 2.7.16

i try to use hiera to store file data

yaml file :

apt:

  '/etc/apt/preferences.d':

     ensure: directory

     recurse: true

     source: "puppet:///$environment/$module_name/preferences.d"

Try this with;

       source: "puppet:///%{environment}/%{module_name}/preferenced.d

Your source path confuses me a bit anyway, surely your environment dictates your modulepath and this should just be puppet:///modules/%{module_name}/preferences.d ?

Regards
Craig

-- 
Craig Dunn
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Puppet Labs Inc.
http://www.puppetlabs.com

[jcbollinger]

On Sunday, November 25, 2012 4:45:27 AM UTC-6, Craig Dunn wrote:

On 23/11/2012 23:03, fpommier wrote:

Hi,

I use puppet 2.7.16

i try to use hiera to store file data

yaml file :

apt:

  '/etc/apt/preferences.d':

     ensure: directory

     recurse: true

     source: "puppet:///$environment/$module_name/preferences.d"

Try this with;

       source: "puppet:///%{environment}/%{module_name}/preferenced.d

Your source path confuses me a bit anyway, surely your environment dictates your modulepath and this should just be puppet:///modules/%{module_name}/preferences.d ?

And, therefore, it's probably not useful to interpolate even the %{module_name}.  The datum is probably used only by one module, almost certainly having the same name in every environment, and that module knows its own name.  In fact, the whole thing probably ought to be written into the relevant class instead of being loaded indirectly via hiera.


John

[fpommier]

Hi Craig,

Your solution solve my problem.

Thank a lot.

I use this path because i want to seperate statics files and data hiera from puppet module (for versionning and test).

And i want also have different data with each environment.

My fileserver.conf :

[developpement]

  path /etc/puppet/puppetData/developpement/fichiers

  allow *

[production]

  path /etc/puppet/puppetData/production/fichiers

  allow *

When i try this, it don't work

[fichiers]

  path /etc/puppet/puppetData/%{environment}/fichiers       (or  $environment)

  allow *

May be not the best solution but it work now.

Thank again.

Fred