puppet / hiera env

gistfile1.txt

# dpkg -l | grep puppet
ii  hiera                               1.2.1-1puppetlabs1           A simple pluggable Hierarchical Database.
ii  hiera-puppet                        1.0.0-1puppetlabs1           A simple pluggable Hierarchical Database.
ii  puppet                              2.7.19-1puppetlabs2.1        Centralized configuration management - agent startup and compatibility scripts
ii  puppet-common                       2.7.19-1puppetlabs2.1        Centralized configuration management
ii  puppetdb-terminus                   0.9.0-1puppetlabs1           Connect Puppet to PuppetDB by setting up a terminus for PuppetDB.
ii  puppetmaster-common                 2.7.19-1puppetlabs2.1        Puppet master common scripts
ii  puppetmaster-passenger              2.7.19-1puppetlabs2.1        Centralised configuration management - master setup to run under mod passenger



# cat /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml 
---
:backends:
  - yaml
:logger: console
:hierarchy:
  - "server_role_%{server_role}"
:yaml:
   :datadir: /var/lib/hiera


# ls /var/lib/hiera/
server_role_nagios.yaml