hiera_createresource

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
4. Contributing - Guide for contributing to the module

Overview

create puppet resources with a single hiera call

Module Description

this module installs hiera_class and hiera_define via autoload

• hiera_class create a new class resource from a hash with the given name in hiera
• hiera_define creates multible resources from by readinf a hash with tow layes in hiera

Usage

hiera_class("name")

create a class from a hiera hash

• hash in hiera ( common.yaml)

    openldap::client:
        uri: '_ldap._tcp.example.com'
        base: 'dc=exampl,dc=com'
        ssl_cert: '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
        ssl_reqcert: 'hard'
    
  

• code in site.pp

    node default {
        hiera_class('openldap::client')
    }
    
  

hiera_define("name")

• create defined class from hiera hash

    bind9::record::a:
        _ldap:
            zone: '_ldap.example.com'
            data:
                - '10.0.0.3'
            ptr: true
        dc01:
            zone: 'example.com'
            data:
                - '10.0.0.3'
            ptr: true
  

• code in site.pp

    node default {
        hiera_define('bind9::record::a')
    }
  

Contributing

1. Fork it

2. Create your feature branch

   git checkout -b my-new-feature`
   

3. Commit your changes

   git commit -am 'Added some feature'
   

4. Push to the branch

   git push origin my-new-feature
   

5. Create new Pull Request