apache::mod::php::php_version - class versus hiera

[Paul van den Bergen]

Hey folks,

working with an older apache puppet module - 3.1.0 - that doesn't have use cases for bionic so I need to set my php version manually.

if I include

  class { '::apache::mod::php':

    php_version => '7.2'  # bionic

  }

in my profile manifest it works just fine...

if instead I try to specify the same value in hiera, vis:

apache::mod::php::php_version: '7.2'

in either the bionic.yaml
or the nodes definition yaml 
it gets ignored

puppet run fails with a package libapache2-mod-php7.0 not found error,

 or the link reverted, thus;  

Notice: /Stage[main]/Apache/File[/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.2.conf]/ensure: removed

Notice: /Stage[main]/Apache/File[/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.2.load]/ensure: removed

Any suggestions for other things to try or what  I'm missing gratefully appreciated.

[Paul van den Bergen]

OK, sorted - PEBKAC...

in removing the config in the profile I removed mod php completely... doh