Creating Users via Hieradata

create_users_example

users:
  matt:
    home: /home/matt
    shell: /bin/bash
    description: Matt Admin
  tony:
    home: /home/tony
    shell: /bin/bash
    description: Tony Admin
  john:
    home: /home/john
    shell: /bin/bash
    description: John Admin
  joe:
    home: /home/joe
    shell: /bin/bash
    description: Joe Admin
  jill:
    home: /home/jill
    shell: /bin/bash
    description: Jill Admin

define test::create_user (
  $shell,
  $description,
  $home,
) {
  user{$title:
    shell       => $shell,
    comment => $description,
    home        => $home,
  }

  ### Whatever other org specific stuff you want to do
}
class test::setup_users {
  $users = hiera('users')

  $users.keys.each |$user| {
    test::create_user {$user:
      shell       => $users[$user]['shell'],
      home        => $users[$user]['home'],
      description => $users[$user]['description'],
    }
  }
}