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Updated: July 2017
 
 

hiera (1)

Name

hiera - Lightweight Pluggable Hierarchical Database

Synopsis

hiera [options] key [default value] [variable='text'...]

Description

hiera(1)                    General Commands Manual                   hiera(1)



NAME
       hiera - Lightweight Pluggable Hierarchical Database

SYNOPSIS
       hiera [options] key [default value] [variable='text'...]

DESCRIPTION
       Lightweight Pluggable Hierarchical Database

       The  default value will be used if no value is found for the key. Scope
       variables will be interpolated into  %{variable}  placeholders  in  the
       hierarchy and in returned values.

OPTIONS
       -V, --version
              Version information

       -d, --debug
              Show debugging information

       -a, --array
              Return all values as an array

       -h, --hash
              Return all values as a hash

       -c, --config CONFIG
              Configuration file

       -j, --json SCOPE
              JSON format file to load scope from

       -y, --yaml SCOPE
              YAML format file to load scope from

       -m, --mcollective IDENTITY
              Use facts from a node (via mcollective) as scope

       -i, --inventory_service IDENTITY
              Use facts from a node (via Puppet's inventory service) as scope

FILES
       /etc/hiera.yaml Configuration File



ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Availability   | library/ruby/hiera |
       +---------------+--------------------+
       |Stability      | Volatile           |
       +---------------+--------------------+
NOTES
       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source was downloaded from  http://rubygems.org/gems/hiera-1.3.4.gem

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://github.com/puppetlabs/hiera.



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