So… I'm coming across a situation where I foresee myself having a collection of related k/v pairs in hiera. I want to create a thing… lets say a yumrepo for example's sake, but this same idea translates to a vhost, a web app configuration , a virtual domain, etc.
lets assume a hierarchy of: - %{region}/%{dc}/%{env}/%{function}/%{fqdn} - %{region}/%{dc}/%{env}/%{function}/common - %{region}/%{dc}/%{env}/common - %{region}/%{dc}/common - %{region}/common in the us-east region common yaml file, should I create the following two repos values: repo_descr: eastcoast-pub repo_baseurl: http://myfoo.com/eastcoastgoodtimes repo_gpgkey: http://myfoo.com/eastcoastgoodtimes/key repo_gpgcheck: 1 repo_enabled: 1 repo_enablegroups: 0 repo_descr: eastcoast-internal repo_baseurl: http://myfoo.com/eastcoast repo_gpgkey: http://myfoo.com/eastcoast/key repo_gpgcheck: 1 repo_enabled: 1 repo_enablegroups: 0 in the foo DC common file I have a repo for that datacenter: repo_descr: foo repo_baseurl: http://myfoo.com/goodtimes repo_gpgkey: http://myfoo.com/goodtimes/key repo_gpgcheck: 1 repo_enabled: 1 repo_enablegroups: 0 in the 'qa' env common yaml file repo_descr: fooqarepo repo_baseurl: http://myfoo.com/qa_crispybacon/goodtimes repo_gpgkey: http://myfoo.com/qa_crispybacon/goodtimes/key repo_gpgcheck: 1 repo_enabled: 1 repo_enablegroups: 0 in the webservers function common yaml file, I have another repo: repo_descr: webservers repo_baseurl: http://myfoo.com/bacon/goodtimes repo_gpgkey: http://myfoo.com/bacon/goodtimes/key repo_gpgcheck: 1 repo_enabled: 1 repo_enablegroups: 0 so I want all the qa web servers in the foo DC in the east coast to have all five of those repo files defined.. except for web02, of course, because he's special… looking at it this way makes my head hurt. I don't see a good way to actualize these repos onto a node, or exclude them from a unique snowflake if necessary, which sort-of defeats the purpose of hiera altogether. Do I not create them as separate keys, but as a single 'repo' array, and in my manifest use a template to iterate through the array and associate the values contained within the array with values needed for the addition of a repo? What have people found works "best"? ________________________________ This message may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise us immediately and delete this message. See http://www.datapipe.com/legal/email_disclaimer/ for further information on confidentiality and the risks of non-secure electronic communication. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message and we will send the contents to you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.