gistfile1.txt

[root@yomamma puppet]# cat hiera.yaml
---
:backends:
 - yaml
:yaml:
 :datadir: /etc/puppet/hieradata
:hierarchy:
 - fqdn/%{fqdn}
 - osfamily/%{osfamily}
 - common
[root@yomamma puppet]# hiera -d apache::package -c hiera.yaml osfamily=RedHat
DEBUG: Tue Jul 30 16:32:27 +0100 2013: Hiera YAML backend starting
DEBUG: Tue Jul 30 16:32:27 +0100 2013: Looking up apache::package in YAML backend
DEBUG: Tue Jul 30 16:32:27 +0100 2013: Looking for data source osfamily/RedHat
DEBUG: Tue Jul 30 16:32:27 +0100 2013: Found apache::package in osfamily/RedHat
httpd




[root@yomamma puppet]# cat hiera.yaml
---
:backends:
 - yaml
:yaml:
 :datadir: /etc/puppet/hieradata
:hierarchy:
 - fqdn/%{::fqdn}
 - osfamily/%{::osfamily}
 - common
[root@yomamma puppet]# hiera -d apache::package -c hiera.yaml osfamily=RedHat
DEBUG: Tue Jul 30 16:32:59 +0100 2013: Hiera YAML backend starting
DEBUG: Tue Jul 30 16:32:59 +0100 2013: Looking up apache::package in YAML backend
DEBUG: Tue Jul 30 16:32:59 +0100 2013: Looking for data source common
nil

[root@yomamma puppet]# hiera -V
1.2.1