I have to use an ENC as there are DB calls to be made to determine which 
nodes get which SW.

AFAIU hiera can't do this.

On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 6:13:42 AM UTC-7, R.I. Pienaar wrote:
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "jcbollinger" <[email protected]> 
> > To: "puppet-users" <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:09:04 PM 
> > Subject: [Puppet Users] Re: ENC vs manifest - cage match 
>
> > On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 5:44:41 AM UTC-5, JonY wrote: 
> >> 
> >> If we throw these two into the octagon.. who wins? If one says "add it" 
> >> and the other says "remove it".. what do I end up with? 
> >> 
> > 
> > Two techs enter, one tech leaves! 
> > 
> > Or not. 
> > 
> > I really can't agree with the premise that a winner between those two 
> can 
> > be declared in absolute terms, and in any case they are not mutually 
> > exclusive. 
> > 
> > Felix makes an excellent point that Hiera can serve many of the same 
> > purposes that an ENC can do.  When you throw in the possibility of 
> > providing a custom Hiera back end, I'm prepared to say that anything it 
> is 
> > possible to do with an ENC, it is also possible to do with Hiera + 
> > manifest.  Some things may be more *convenient* to do via the ENC 
>
> with the exception of setting the environment from the master side which 
> ENCs 
> can do and hiera cant 
>

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