Variable interpolation inside hiera data

[Josh]

Hi,

I am using the latest version of hiera and puppet and wondering if there is any way to make variables in hiera interpolate when they are called, for example:

---

foo:

  bar: $::hostname

  baz: $some_variable

When I try to access this in puppet it invariably comes back with '$hostname' instead of the variable, as if it has been single quoted by default. The same applies if I set a variable in the module as in the second example. I tried double quoting the value to no effect.

I know I can fix this by looking at each variable and processing it but this seems clunky and becomes especially annoying when arrays are involved.

Any way to get puppet to take notice of the $ and look the actual value up?

Thanks

Josh

[Nan Liu]

In heira variable lookup is %{varname}, so in this case %{hostname}.

HTH,

Nan

[Josh]

So obvious now that I think about it! *slaps head*

Cheers

Josh