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Rob H
Asked: 2013-08-20 06:50:46 +0800 CST

Pass same parameter value to multiple classes using Puppet Hiera

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I'm using Hiera with Puppet and I want to pass the same parameter value to multiple classes without repeating it. Right now I've got (in Yaml):

---
class_a::database_server: myoraclebox.example.com
class_b::database_server: myoraclebox.example.com

This works, but how can I specify the server only once and still use Puppet's automatic parameter lookup? (I'd rather not embed an explicit Hiera lookup in my manifest, since that would couple it to Hiera.)

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2 Answers

  1. Using a & YAML anchor should work

    database_server: &dbserver myoraclebox.example.com

class_a::database_server: *dbserver
class_b::database_server: *dbserver
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  2. Use the hiera() function to do a lookup as default values:

    class class_a($database_server=hiera('database_server')){
}

class class_b($database_server=hiera('database_server')){
}

    This uses the full Hiera machinery to do the lookup for you.

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