Conflict between new docs and puppet

[Joshua Schaeffer]

The docs on lookup(). state that in order to upgrade to to hiera v5 you should follow the below list:

• Change any hiera/hiera_array/hiera_hash calls in your manifests to use lookup instead.

• Set environment_data_provider = hiera in puppet.conf. (Individual environments can override this in environment.conf if needed.)

• Create a hiera.yaml (version 5) file in each environment, recreating your existing hierarchy. See below for the file format.

• Edit your classic hiera.yaml config to use a datadir outside your environments (like /etc/puppetlabs/code/hieradata), so that classic Hiera won’t interfere with the new environment data provider.

Specifically, it states to set the environment_data_provider. However when I do this on puppet 4.9.2 I get a warning when I do a lookup subcommand. This is after setting environment_data_provider in my environment.conf file

#puppet lookup classes --explain
Info: Loading facts
Warning: Defining environment_data_provider='hiera' in environment.conf is deprecated. A 'hiera.yaml' file should be used instead
   (in /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/environment.conf)
Searching for "lookup_options"

When I set it in my puppet.conf file, I get a similar warning:

# puppet lookup classes --environment sandbox --explain
Warning: Setting 'environment_data_provider' is deprecated.
   (at /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/defaults.rb:584:in `block in <module:Puppet>')
Info: Loading facts
Info: Loading facts
Warning: Defining environment_data_provider='hiera' in environment.conf is deprecated
   (in /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/sandbox/environment.conf)

I found this was necessary when working with PE 2016.02 which runs puppet 4.5.2 and uses hiera v4.

[Henrik Lindberg]

On 28/02/17 20:22, Joshua Schaeffer wrote:
> The docs on lookup()
> <https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/4.9/lookup_quick.html>. state that in

> order to upgrade to to hiera v5 you should follow the below list:
>

> * Change any |hiera|/|hiera_array|/|hiera_hash| calls in your

> manifests to use |lookup| instead.
>

> * Set |environment_data_provider = hiera| in |puppet.conf|.

> (Individual environments can override this
> in |environment.conf| if needed.)
>

> * Create a |hiera.yaml| (version 5) file in each environment,

> recreating your existing hierarchy. See below for the file
> format.

> <https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/4.9/lookup_quick.html#there-are-two-hierayaml-formats-now>
>
> * Edit your classic |hiera.yaml| config to use a datadir outside
> your environments (like |/etc/puppetlabs/code/hieradata|), so

> that classic Hiera won’t interfere with the new environment data
> provider.
>
>
> Specifically, it states to set the environment_data_provider. However
> when I do this on puppet 4.9.2 I get a warning when I do a lookup
> subcommand. This is after setting environment_data_provider in my
> environment.conf file
>
> |
> #puppet lookup classes --explain
> Info:Loadingfacts
> Warning:Definingenvironment_data_provider='hiera'inenvironment.conf

> isdeprecated.A 'hiera.yaml'file should be used instead
> (in/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/environment.conf)
> Searchingfor"lookup_options"

> |
>
> When I set it in my puppet.conf file, I get a similar warning:
>
> |
> # puppet lookup classes --environment sandbox --explain
> Warning:Setting'environment_data_provider'isdeprecated.
> (at
> /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/defaults.rb:584:in`block
> in <module:Puppet>')
> Info: Loading facts
> Info: Loading facts
> Warning: Defining environment_data_provider='hiera' in environment.conf
> is deprecated
> (in /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/sandbox/environment.conf)
> |
>
> I found this was necessary when working with PE 2016.02 which runs
> puppet 4.5.2 and uses hiera v4.
>

Yes, so the (experimental) v4 support is still present but it is
deprecated in puppet 4.9.0 - and that is why it started to present warnings.

- henrik

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