err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: undefined method `merge' for "mysqlbackup_monthly":String at /root/puppet/modules/cron/manifests/init.pp:40

[potlipin]

Hi guys,

I'm testing a new Puppet cron module to be used with Hiera (https://github.com/roman-mueller/rmueller-cron).

I'm trying to create a new cron job on a test node by passing data with hiera_hash and create resources.

init.pp

class cron (

  $manage_package = false,

  $package_ensure = 'installed',

) {

  if $manage_package {

    class { '::cron::install':

      package_ensure => $package_ensure,

    }

  }

  # Create jobs from hiera

  $cron_job=hiera_hash('cron::job', undef)

  if $cron_job {

    create_resources('cron::job',$cron_job)

  }

job.pp

define cron::job (

  $command,

  $ensure      = 'present',

  $minute      = '*',

  $hour        = '*',

  $date        = '*',

  $month       = '*',

  $weekday     = '*',

  $environment = [],

  $user        = 'root',

  $mode        = '0644',

  $description = undef,

) {

node.yaml in Hiera

cron::job:

  'mysqlbackup':

    command: 'mysqldump -u root mydb'

    minute: 0

    hour: 0

    date: '*'

    month: '*'

    weekday: '*'

    user: root

    environment:

      - 'MAILTO=root'

      - 'PATH="/usr/bin:/bin"'

    description: 'Mysql backup'

But when I run "puppet agent --test" from the test node I get the below error.

err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: undefined method `merge' for "mysqlbackup_monthly":String at /root/puppet/modules/cron/manifests/init.pp:40 on node test

warning: Not using cache on failed catalog

err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

Any pointers?

Thx.