README.md

hiera-ic-yaml

A Hiera yaml backend that support imports

Installation

This gem requires hiera >= 1.3

gem install hiera-ic-yaml

or

rake gem

gem install --local /path-to/pkg/hiera-ic-yaml-{version}.gem

Configuration

Here is a sample hiera.yaml file that will work with ic_yaml

cat /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml

:backends:
  - 'ic_yaml'

:hierarchy:
    - %{::environment}/%{::role}
    - %{::role}

:ic_yaml:
  :datadir: '/etc/puppet/nodes'
  :parameters_key: 'parameters'
  :imports_key: 'imports'

cat /etc/puppet/hieradata/class1.yaml

---
class1:parameter_list:
    - %{::parameter_one}
    - %{::parameter_two}

cat /etc/puppet/hieradata/class2.yaml

---
class2:parameter_list:
    - %{::parameter_one}
    - %{::parameter_two}

cat /etc/puppet/hieradata/role1.yaml

---
imports:
    - "class1.yaml"
    - "class2.yaml"

classes:
    - class1
    - class2

parameters:
    parameter_one: 1
    parameter_two: 2