hiera.yaml

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# Time-stamp: <Thu 2019-01-31 23:00 svarrette>
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# Puppet Hiera configuration, which is used to configure the hierarchy, which
# backend(s) to use, and settings for each backend.
# - Doc: https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/hiera_config_yaml_5.html
#
---
version: 5      # below version 5 are deprecated starting puppet 4.9

### default datadir and backend for hierarchy levels.
defaults:  # Used for any hierarchy level that omits these keys.
  datadir: hieradata  # Should be absolute with vagrant
  data_hash: yaml_data  # Use the built-in YAML backend.

hierarchy:
  #______________________
  - name: "Custom data"
    path: "custom.yaml"
  #___________________________
  - name: "Role Specific data"
    path: "roles/%{::role}.yaml"
  #______________________
  - name: "Local settings (from vagrant config)"
    path: "locals.yaml"
  #______________________
  - name: "Default data"  # Human-readable name.
    path: "defaults.yaml"  # File path, relative to datadir.
    #              ^^^^^ IMPORTANT: include the file extension!