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I've begun using Hiera in combination with Foreman, primarily storing data
that is best left in Array/Hash form. I'd like to be able to have a
module, in this case BackupPC, query all the Hiera data for each node where
the backup directories/databases are stored. Then use all that information
on the BackupPC server to generate proper configuration files for each
node's backups. Here's what I have so far...

$ cat /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml
---
:hierarchy:
- %{fqdn}
- common
:backends:
- yaml
- puppet
:yaml:
:datadir: '/etc/puppet/hieradata'
:puppet:
:datasource: data


An example of the BackupPC information in hiera
$ cat /etc/puppet/hieradata/dc-ctrl.tamu.edu.yaml
---
backuppc_db_dumps:
foreman:
backup_dir: '/usr/share/foreman'
mysql:
backup_dir: '/etc'

I am currently using that data to create dump scripts on each node, and
would like to re-use the same information to automatically configure the
backup server to grab those locations.

This attempt may work, but it doesn't 'feel' right to me by overriding the
fqdn fact.

/etc/puppet/modules/test $ cat manifests/hiera_lookup.pp
class test::hiera_lookup {
$nodes = foreman('fact_values', 'fact = fqdn')

if $nodes {
create_resources('test::hiera_lookup::get_data', $nodes)
}
}

define test::hiera_lookup::get_data (
$fqdn
) {

$data = hiera("backuppc_db_dumps", false)

if $data { notify { $data: } }

}

Is there a better approach to override scope and grab what data from hiera
that would normally not be available to a node?

Thanks
- Trey

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  • Garrett Honeycutt at Jul 22, 2012 at 2:57 am

    On 7/21/12 4:13 AM, treydock wrote:
    I've begun using Hiera in combination with Foreman, primarily storing
    data that is best left in Array/Hash form. I'd like to be able to have
    a module, in this case BackupPC, query all the Hiera data for each node
    where the backup directories/databases are stored. Then use all that
    information on the BackupPC server to generate proper configuration
    files for each node's backups. Here's what I have so far...

    $ cat /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml
    ---
    :hierarchy:
    - %{fqdn}
    - common
    :backends:
    - yaml
    - puppet
    :yaml:
    :datadir: '/etc/puppet/hieradata'
    :puppet:
    :datasource: data


    An example of the BackupPC information in hiera
    $ cat /etc/puppet/hieradata/dc-ctrl.tamu.edu.yaml
    ---
    backuppc_db_dumps:
    foreman:
    backup_dir: '/usr/share/foreman'
    mysql:
    backup_dir: '/etc'

    I am currently using that data to create dump scripts on each node, and
    would like to re-use the same information to automatically configure the
    backup server to grab those locations.

    This attempt may work, but it doesn't 'feel' right to me by overriding
    the fqdn fact.

    /etc/puppet/modules/test $ cat manifests/hiera_lookup.pp
    class test::hiera_lookup {
    $nodes = foreman('fact_values', 'fact = fqdn')

    if $nodes {
    create_resources('test::hiera_lookup::get_data', $nodes)
    }
    }

    define test::hiera_lookup::get_data (
    $fqdn
    ) {

    $data = hiera("backuppc_db_dumps", false)

    if $data { notify { $data: } }

    }

    Is there a better approach to override scope and grab what data from
    hiera that would normally not be available to a node?

    Thanks
    - Trey
    This would be a great place to use exported resources[1]. Each node
    could still use Hiera to determine if they should be backed up (or what
    should be backed up) and export a resource and the backup server could
    collect.

    [1] - http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/exported_resources.html

    -g

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  • Treydock at Jul 23, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    On Saturday, July 21, 2012 9:57:13 PM UTC-5, Garrett Honeycutt wrote:
    On 7/21/12 4:13 AM, treydock wrote:
    I've begun using Hiera in combination with Foreman, primarily storing
    data that is best left in Array/Hash form. I'd like to be able to have
    a module, in this case BackupPC, query all the Hiera data for each node
    where the backup directories/databases are stored. Then use all that
    information on the BackupPC server to generate proper configuration
    files for each node's backups. Here's what I have so far...

    $ cat /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml
    ---
    :hierarchy:
    - %{fqdn}
    - common
    :backends:
    - yaml
    - puppet
    :yaml:
    :datadir: '/etc/puppet/hieradata'
    :puppet:
    :datasource: data


    An example of the BackupPC information in hiera
    $ cat /etc/puppet/hieradata/dc-ctrl.tamu.edu.yaml
    ---
    backuppc_db_dumps:
    foreman:
    backup_dir: '/usr/share/foreman'
    mysql:
    backup_dir: '/etc'

    I am currently using that data to create dump scripts on each node, and
    would like to re-use the same information to automatically configure the
    backup server to grab those locations.

    This attempt may work, but it doesn't 'feel' right to me by overriding
    the fqdn fact.

    /etc/puppet/modules/test $ cat manifests/hiera_lookup.pp
    class test::hiera_lookup {
    $nodes = foreman('fact_values', 'fact = fqdn')

    if $nodes {
    create_resources('test::hiera_lookup::get_data', $nodes)
    }
    }

    define test::hiera_lookup::get_data (
    $fqdn
    ) {

    $data = hiera("backuppc_db_dumps", false)

    if $data { notify { $data: } }

    }

    Is there a better approach to override scope and grab what data from
    hiera that would normally not be available to a node?

    Thanks
    - Trey
    This would be a great place to use exported resources[1]. Each node
    could still use Hiera to determine if they should be backed up (or what
    should be backed up) and export a resource and the backup server could
    collect.

    [1] - http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/exported_resources.html

    -g

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    206.414.8658
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    Looking at some of online documentation I see no means to either export the
    hash variable pulled into the modules from hiera or to export the defines
    called with "create_resources".

    Is there a way to do something like @@$backuppc_db_dumps =
    hiera('backuppc_db_dumps') ? Or possibly a way to export a custom define
    with all the parameters passed to it?

    Thanks
    - Trey

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