reversing the processing sequence of hiera data

[Frank Ihringer]

hello

I'm just taking my first steps with puppet and aws (puppetlabs/aws module). Setting up resources (controlled by hiera)  works fine (using .each loop). But if I want to delete the resources afterwards (with absent) I get dependency errors (which is obvious, because the resources are processed in the same order). I have to do it resource by resource from the end of the list. Is there a simple way to reverse the processing order (last hiera aws object first) ???

I'm hoping someone here can give me an advice ...

(btw: I'm working with puppet 6)

Best regards 

Frank

[Henrik Lindberg]

On 2020-06-16 13:56, 'Frank Ihringer' via Puppet Users wrote:
> hello
> I/'/m just taking my first steps with puppet and aws (puppetlabs/aws

> module). Setting up resources (controlled by hiera)  works fine (using
> .each loop). But if I want to delete the resources afterwards (with
> absent) I get dependency errors (which is obvious, because the resources
> are processed in the same order). I have to do it resource by resource
> from the end of the list. Is there a simple way to reverse the
> processing order (last hiera aws object first) ???
>
> I'm hoping someone here can give me an advice ...

There is a `reverse_each()` function in puppet. Is that what you are
looking for ?

- henrik

>
> (btw: I'm working with puppet 6)
>
> Best regards
>
> Frank
>

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[Frank Ihringer]

Hi Henrik (yeah, I took my time, but I was otherwise stressed)

good idea and I have tested the 'reverse_each' allready, but it seems that everything is reversed (including the sub levels) and therefore the hiera data does not make sense anymore after reverting. It would only make sense if it could be limited to the top level of the hierarchy. I have solved it now in such a way that I have manually reversed the order of the aws objects (which is unfortunately error-prone, since every time a change must be made here too)

Best regards

Frank

[Henrik Lindberg]

On 2020-07-14 20:49, 'Frank Ihringer' via Puppet Users wrote:
> Hi Henrik (yeah, I took my time, but I was otherwise stressed)
>
> good idea and I have tested the 'reverse_each' allready, but it seems
> that everything is reversed (including the sub levels) and therefore the
> hiera data does not make sense anymore after reverting. It would only
> make sense if it could be limited to the top level of the hierarchy. I
> have solved it now in such a way that I have manually reversed the order
> of the aws objects (which is unfortunately error-prone, since every time
> a change must be made here too)
>
>

The reverse_each function only iterates over the top level (and in
reverse) so impossible that it inverts everything that is nested.

- henrik

> Best regards
>
> Frank
>
> Am Montag, 22. Juni 2020 15:41:56 UTC+2 schrieb Henrik Lindberg:
>
> On 2020-06-16 13:56, 'Frank Ihringer' via Puppet Users wrote:
> > hello
> > I/'/m just taking my first steps with puppet and aws (puppetlabs/aws
> > module). Setting up resources (controlled by hiera)  works fine
> (using
> > .each loop). But if I want to delete the resources afterwards (with
> > absent) I get dependency errors (which is obvious, because the
> resources
> > are processed in the same order). I have to do it resource by
> resource
> > from the end of the list. Is there a simple way to reverse the
> > processing order (last hiera aws object first) ???
> >
> > I'm hoping someone here can give me an advice ...
>
> There is a `reverse_each()` function in puppet. Is that what you are
> looking for ?
>
> - henrik
> >
> > (btw: I'm working with puppet 6)
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Frank
> >
>
>
>

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