I believe I understand 'Data Source Resolution' but it doesn't address our 
issue unless I'm missing something. The question is how to assign a role to 
a server so that we can use a new role level in our hierarchy. 

On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 7:37:51 PM UTC+2, Poil wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> I think this is what you want : 
> https://docs.puppetlabs.com/hiera/1/hierarchy.html "Data Source 
> Resolution"
>
> We are replacing our ENC with this "full hiera" method
>
> Best regards
>
> Le 09/09/2014 11:34, JeremyCampbell a écrit :
>  
>  We are implementing the profiles/roles pattern with hiera and using hiera 
> to assign roles i.e. hiera_include('classes'). Current hierarchy:
>
>  :hierarchy:
>   - "%{clientcert}"
>   - "%{environment}"
>   - global
>  
> We have several roles which require their own configuration data. e.g. 
> Firewall role, VPN role (each include several profiles). For example, using 
> the logrotate module we need to add different defines for the Firewall role 
> and the VPN role. 
>
>  The most obvious solution is to create a new hierarchy level e.g. 
> "%{role}" but then we need to assign machines to a role outside of hiera. 
> I'm guessing the best way to do this is with a custom fact during the 
> initial provisioning but I'm not sure.
>
> What would be the best solution for looking up role specific data using 
> the roles/profiles pattern with hiera?
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
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