Have you tried, --- family: "prod" cluster: "prod" compresslogs: "true"
? On Monday, 23 July 2012 05:15:02 UTC+2, Aaron Nichols wrote: > > All, > I have found very few references to this error so I'm guessing I must > be doing something wrong. I have just started using hiera and am trying to > use it in the simplest way possible, I have a class that looks like this: > > class app_users2($compresslogs = hiera('compresslogs')) { > > > #Setup Cronjob for compressing app logs > > if $compresslogs == "true" { > > file { "/etc/cron.daily/copyLogs.cron": > > mode => "750", > > ensure => present, > > alias => "compresslogscron", > > source => "puppet:///modules/app_users2/copyLogs.sh" > > } > > } > > } > > For the node I'm running this on, hiera returns 'true' for that value when > I test it out: > > $ hiera -c hiera.yaml compresslogs loc="sd" type="app" > true > > I am using the yaml hiera backend and the yaml file this is configured in > looks like this: > > --- > family : prod > cluster : prod > compresslogs : true > > However, when I try to execute the manifests either on the host or test > them using cucumber-puppet I get the following error: > > err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: > can't convert Symbol into String at > /etc/puppet/modules/app_users2/manifests/init.pp:2 on node xyz > > I have tried quoting, unquoting the data in the yaml file & in the > conditional in the class. I've tried calling hiera as a parameter to the > class, also just as part of the conditional ( if hiera('compresslogs') == > true ) etc. It appears that anytime I try to reference that value from > puppet it throws this error. > > I have found a few references in IRC logs to others having this problem > but they all stated "Oh, I figured it out" without explaining how - so I'm > a bit stuck. > > I am running the following hiera versions on the puppetmaster: > > hiera-puppet-1.0.0-0.1rc1.el5 > hiera-1.0.0-0.1rc3.el5 > > And the puppetmaster is running puppet v. 2.7.6.-2. I also tried updating > the puppet version on my host running cucumber-puppet to 2.7.18 and it > continues to throw this error. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Aaron > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/w_yzv9P9fZMJ. 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.