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+ # Hiera
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+ [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/puppetlabs/hiera.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/puppetlabs/hiera)
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+
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+ A simple pluggable Hierarchical Database.
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+ -
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+ **Tutorials:** Check the docs directory for tutorials.
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+
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+ ## Why?
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+ Hierarchical data is a good fit for the representation of infrastructure information.
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+ Consider the example of a typical company with 2 datacenters and on-site development,
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+ staging etc.
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+ All machines need:
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+ - ntp servers
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+ - sysadmin contacts
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+ By thinking about the data in a hierarchical manner you can resolve these to the most
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+ correct answer easily:
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+
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+ <pre>
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+ /------------- DC1 -------------\ /------------- DC2 -------------\
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+ | ntpserver: ntp1.dc1.example.com | | ntpserver: ntp1.dc2.example.com |
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+ | sysadmin: dc1noc@example.com | | |
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+ | classes: users::dc1 | | classes: users::dc2 |
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+ \-------------------------------/ \-------------------------------/
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+ \ /
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+ \ /
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+ /------------- COMMON -------------\
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+ | ntpserver: 1.pool.ntp.org |
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+ | sysadmin: "sysadmin@%{domain}" |
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+ | classes: users::common |
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+ \----------------------------------/
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+ </pre>
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+ In this simple example machines in DC1 and DC2 have their own NTP servers, additionaly
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+ DC1 has its own sysadmin contact - perhaps because its a remote DR site - while DC2
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+ and all the other environments would revert to the common contact that would have the
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+ machines domain fact expanded into the result.
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+ The _classes_ variable can be searched using the array method which would build up a
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+ list of classes to include on a node based on the hierarchy. Machines in DC1 would have
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+ the classes _users::common_ and _users::dc1_.
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+ The other environment like development and staging would all use the public NTP infrastructure.
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+ This is the data model that extlookup() have promoted in Puppet, Hiera has taken this
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+ data model and extracted it into a standalone project that is pluggable and have a few
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+ refinements over extlookup.
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+
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+ ## Enhancements over Extlookup
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+ Extlookup had just one backend, Hiera can be extended with your own backends and represent
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+ a few enhancements over the base Extlookup approach thanks to this.
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+ ### Multiple backends are queried
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+ If you have a YAML and Puppet backend loaded and your users provide module defaults in the
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+ Puppet backend you can use your YAML data to override the Puppet data. If the YAML doesnt
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+ provide an answer the Puppet backend will get an opportunity to provide an answer.
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+
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+ ### More scope based variable expansion
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+ Extlookup could parse data like %{foo} into a scope lookup for the variable foo. Hiera
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+ retains this ability and any Arrays or Hashes will be recursively searched for all strings
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+ that will then be parsed.
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+ The datadir and defaults are now also subject to variable parsing based on scope.
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+ ### No CSV support by default
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+ We have not at present provided a backward compatible CSV backend. A converter to
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+ YAML or JSON should be written. When the CSV backend was first chosen for Puppet the
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+ Puppet language only supports strings and arrays of strings which mapped well to CSV.
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+ Puppet has become (a bit) better wrt data and can now handle hashes and arrays of hashes
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+ so it's a good time to retire the old data format.
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+ ### Array Searches
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+ Hiera can search through all the tiers in a hierarchy and merge the result into a single
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+ array. This is used in the hiera-puppet project to replace External Node Classifiers by
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+ creating a Hiera compatible include function.
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+ ### Qualified Key Lookup
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+ You can use a qualified key to lookup a value that is contained inside a hash or array:
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+ <pre>
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+ $ hiera user
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+ {"name"=>"kim", "home"=>"/home/kim"}
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+ $ hiera user.name
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+ kim
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+ </pre>
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+ <pre>
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+ $ hiera ssh_users
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+ ["root", "jeff", "gary", "hunter"]
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+ $ hiera ssh_users.0
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+ root
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+ </pre>
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+ ## Future Enhancements
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+ * More backends should be created
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+ * A webservice that exposes the data
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+ * Tools to help maintain the data files. Ideally this would be Foreman and Dashboard
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+ with their own backends
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+ ## Installation
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+ Hiera is available as a Gem called _hiera_ and out of the box it comes with just a single
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+ YAML backend.
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+ Hiera is also available as a native package via apt (http://apt.puppetlabs.com) and yum (http://yum.puppetlabs.com). Instructions for adding these repositories can be found at http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/installation.html#debian-and-ubuntu and http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/installation.html#enterprise-linux respectively.
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+ At present JSON (github/ripienaar/hiera-json) and Puppet (hiera-puppet) backends are availble.
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+ ## Configuration
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+ You can configure Hiera using a YAML file or by providing it Hash data in your code. There
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+ isn't a default config path - the CLI script will probably assume _/etc/hiera.yaml_ though.
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+ The default data directory for file based storage is _/var/lib/hiera_.
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+ A sample configuration file can be seen here:
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+ <pre>
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+ ---
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+ :backends:
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+ - yaml
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+ - puppet
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+ :logger: console
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+ :hierarchy:
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+ - "sites/%{location}"
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+ - common
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+ :yaml:
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+ :datadir: /etc/puppetlabs/code/hieradata
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+ :puppet:
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+ :datasource: data
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+ </pre>
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+ This configuration will require YAML files in _/etc/puppetlabs/code/hieradata_ these need to contain
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+ Hash data, sample files matching the hierarchy described in the _Why?_ section are below:
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+ _/etc/puppetlabs/code/hieradata/sites/dc1.yaml_:
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+ <pre>
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+ ---
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+ ntpserver: ntp1.dc1.example.com
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+ sysadmin: dc1noc@example.com
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+ </pre>
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+ _/etc/puppetlabs/code/hieradata/sites/dc2.yaml_:
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+ <pre>
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+ ---
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+ ntpserver: ntp1.dc2.example.com
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+ </pre>
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+ _/etc/puppetlabs/code/hieradata/common.yaml_:
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+ <pre>
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+ ---
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+ sysadmin: "sysadmin@%{domain}"
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+ ntpserver: 1.pool.ntp.org
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+ </pre>
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+ ## Querying from CLI
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+ You can query your data from the CLI. By default the CLI expects a config file in _/etc/hiera.yaml_
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+ but you can pass _--config_ to override that.
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+ This example searches Hiera for node data. Scope is loaded from a Puppet created YAML facts
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+ store as found on your Puppet Masters.
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+ If no data is found and the facts had a location=dc1 fact the default would be _sites/dc1_
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+ <pre>
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+ $ hiera acme_version 'sites/%{location}' --yaml /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/yaml/facts/example.com.yaml
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+ </pre>
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+ You can also supply extra facts on the CLI, assuming Puppet facts did not have a location fact:
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+ $ hiera acme_version 'sites/%{location}' location=dc1 --yaml /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/yaml/facts/example.com.yaml
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+ Or if you use MCollective you can fetch the scope from a remote node's facts:
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+ <pre>
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+ $ hiera acme_version 'sites/%{location}' -m box.example.com
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+ </pre>
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+ <pre>
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+ ["users::common", "users::dc1"]
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+ </pre>
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+ ## Querying from code
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+ This is the same query programatically as in the above CLI example:
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+ <pre>
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+ require 'hiera'
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+ require 'puppet'
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+ scope = YAML.load_file("/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache/yaml/facts/example.com.yaml").values
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+ # create a new instance based on config file
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+ hiera = Hiera.new(:config => "/etc/puppetlabs/code/hiera.yaml")
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+ # and allow hierarchical overrides based on the hierarchy defined in the config file
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+ puts "ACME Software Version: %s" % [ hiera.lookup("acme_version", "sites/%{location}", scope) ]
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+ </pre>
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+ ## Extending
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+ There exist 2 backends at present in addition to the bundled YAML one.
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+ ### JSON
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+ This can be found on github under _ripienaar/hiera-json_. This is a good example
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+ of file based backends as Hiera provides a number of helpers to make writing these
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+ trivial.
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+ ### Puppet
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+ This is much more complex and queries the data from the running Puppet state, it's found
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+ on GitHub under _ripienaar/hiera-puppet_.
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+ This is a good example to learn how to map your internal program state into what Hiera
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+ wants as I needed to do with the Puppet Scope.
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+ It includes a Puppet Parser Function to query the data from within Puppet.
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+ When used in Puppet you'd expect Hiera to log using the Puppet infrastructure, this
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+ plugin includes a Puppet Logger plugin for Hiera that uses the normal Puppet logging
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+ methods for all logging.
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+ ## License
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+ See LICENSE file.
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+ ## Support
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+ Please log tickets and issues at our [JIRA tracker](http://tickets.puppetlabs.com). A [mailing
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+ list](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/puppet-users) is
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+ available for asking questions and getting help from others. In addition there
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+ is an active #puppet channel on Freenode.
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+ We use semantic version numbers for our releases, and recommend that users stay
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+ as up-to-date as possible by upgrading to patch releases and minor releases as
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+ they become available.
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+ Bugfixes and ongoing development will occur in minor releases for the current
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+ major version. Security fixes will be backported to a previous major version on
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+ For example: If a security vulnerability is discovered in Hiera 1.3.0, we
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+ would fix it in the 1 series, most likely as 1.3.1. Maintainers would then make
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+ a best effort to backport that fix onto the latest Hiera release they carry.
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+ Long-term support, including security patches and bug fixes, is available for
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+ commercial customers. Please see the following page for more details:
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+ [Puppet Enterprise Support Lifecycle](http://puppetlabs.com/misc/puppet-enterprise-lifecycle)