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Michael Knox

2012-Jun-13 12:40 UTC

[Puppet Users] Hiera - can''t convert Array into String error

Hi,
I''ve been moving from extlookup to hiera, and it''s generally
gone fairly smoothly, but I''ve run into a problem with one of our
defines ...

I get this error:
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
can''t convert Array into String at ...

The define uses an exec to install Perl CPAN modules and sets log output based
on a hiera lookup.
  exec{"cpan_load_${title}": 
   < cut …>
    logoutput   => hiera(''cpan_logoutput''),
  } 

If I remove that line, everything runs through fine.

The yaml for hiera:
---
cpan_logoutput: true

Any ideas on what could be triggering this error?


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Wolf Noble

2012-Jun-13 15:06 UTC

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Re: [Puppet Users] Hiera - can''t convert Array into String error

I had some issues with using boolean logic with data being fed to me by hiera. I
went for a slightly hacky option of:

might help you, might be a BadIdea(™)

(untested)


class foo::params{
bool_to_be_tempname = hiera(''some_TorF_key_as_a_string'')
  case bool_to_be_tempname {
    [tT][rR][uU][eE]: {
      bool_to_be = true
    }
    default: {
      bool_to_be = false
    }
  }
}


On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Michael Knox wrote:
> Hi,
> I''ve been moving from extlookup to hiera, and it''s
generally gone fairly smoothly, but I''ve run into a problem with one of
our defines ...
>
> I get this error:
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
can''t convert Array into String at ...
>
> The define uses an exec to install Perl CPAN modules and sets log output
based on a hiera lookup.
>  exec{"cpan_load_${title}":
>   < cut …>
>    logoutput   => hiera(''cpan_logoutput''),
>  }
>
> If I remove that line, everything runs through fine.
>
> The yaml for hiera:
> ---
> cpan_logoutput: true
>
> Any ideas on what could be triggering this error?
>
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Michael Knox

2012-Jun-14 05:51 UTC

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Thanks,
It appears to be something internal to the hiera function, so I''ll have
to go digging in there to find out what''s going on.

Cheers

On 14/06/2012, at 1:06 AM, Wolf Noble wrote:
> I had some issues with using boolean logic with data being fed to me by
hiera. I went for a slightly hacky option of:
> 
> might help you, might be a BadIdea(™)
> 
> (untested)
> 
> 
> class foo::params{
> bool_to_be_tempname = hiera(''some_TorF_key_as_a_string'')
>  case bool_to_be_tempname {
>    [tT][rR][uU][eE]: {
>      bool_to_be = true
>    }
>    default: {
>      bool_to_be = false
>    }
>  }
> }
> 
> 
> On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Michael Knox wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I''ve been moving from extlookup to hiera, and it''s
generally gone fairly smoothly, but I''ve run into a problem with one of
our defines ...
>> 
>> I get this error:
>> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
SERVER: can''t convert Array into String at ...
>> 
>> The define uses an exec to install Perl CPAN modules and sets log
output based on a hiera lookup.
>> exec{"cpan_load_${title}":
>>  < cut …>
>>   logoutput   => hiera(''cpan_logoutput''),
>> }
>> 
>> If I remove that line, everything runs through fine.
>> 
>> The yaml for hiera:
>> ---
>> cpan_logoutput: true
>> 
>> Any ideas on what could be triggering this error?
>> 
>> 
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Kelsey Hightower

2012-Jun-25 13:48 UTC

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On Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:51:45 AM UTC-4, Mike wrote:>
> Thanks, 
> It appears to be something internal to the hiera function, so I''ll
have to
> go digging in there to find out what''s going on. 
>
> Cheers 

Are you in position to **test** the 1.0rc branches of hiera and 
hiera-puppet?
 
>
> On 14/06/2012, at 1:06 AM, Wolf Noble wrote: 
>
> > I had some issues with using boolean logic with data being fed to me
by
> hiera. I went for a slightly hacky option of: 
> > 
> > might help you, might be a BadIdea(™) 
> > 
> > (untested) 
> > 
> > 
> > class foo::params{ 
> > bool_to_be_tempname =
hiera(''some_TorF_key_as_a_string'')
> >  case bool_to_be_tempname { 
> >    [tT][rR][uU][eE]: { 
> >      bool_to_be = true 
> >    } 
> >    default: { 
> >      bool_to_be = false 
> >    } 
> >  } 
> > } 
> > 
> > 
> > On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Michael Knox wrote: 
> > 
> >> Hi, 
> >> I''ve been moving from extlookup to hiera, and
it''s generally gone
> fairly smoothly, but I''ve run into a problem with one of our
defines ...
> >> 
> >> I get this error: 
> >> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on 
> SERVER: can''t convert Array into String at ... 
> >> 
> >> The define uses an exec to install Perl CPAN modules and sets log 
> output based on a hiera lookup. 
> >> exec{"cpan_load_${title}": 
> >>  < cut …> 
> >>   logoutput   => hiera(''cpan_logoutput''), 
> >> } 
> >> 
> >> If I remove that line, everything runs through fine. 
> >> 
> >> The yaml for hiera: 
> >> --- 
> >> cpan_logoutput: true 
> >> 
> >> Any ideas on what could be triggering this error? 
> >> 
> >> 
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Michael Knox

2012-Jun-26 05:14 UTC

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On 25/06/2012, at 11:48 PM, Kelsey Hightower wrote:
> On Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:51:45 AM UTC-4, Mike wrote:
> Thanks, 
> It appears to be something internal to the hiera function, so I''ll
have to go digging in there to find out what''s going on.
> 
> Cheers 
> 
> Are you in position to **test** the 1.0rc branches of hiera and
hiera-puppet?Just tried them, unfortunately I got exactly the same error….
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
can''t convert Array into String at

--trace on the client (using puppet agent) hasn''t given me anything
useful.

I can extract the data using on the server using hiera, so it would seem to be
something in the puppet functions. Hopefully I''ll be able to spend some
time and look at the functions in a bit more detail soon.
>  
> 
> On 14/06/2012, at 1:06 AM, Wolf Noble wrote: 
> 
> > I had some issues with using boolean logic with data being fed to me
by hiera. I went for a slightly hacky option of:
> > 
> > might help you, might be a BadIdea(™) 
> > 
> > (untested) 
> > 
> > 
> > class foo::params{ 
> > bool_to_be_tempname =
hiera(''some_TorF_key_as_a_string'')
> >  case bool_to_be_tempname { 
> >    [tT][rR][uU][eE]: { 
> >      bool_to_be = true 
> >    } 
> >    default: { 
> >      bool_to_be = false 
> >    } 
> >  } 
> > } 
> > 
> > 
> > On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:40 AM, Michael Knox wrote: 
> > 
> >> Hi, 
> >> I''ve been moving from extlookup to hiera, and
it''s generally gone fairly smoothly, but I''ve run into a
problem with one of our defines ...
> >> 
> >> I get this error: 
> >> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
SERVER: can''t convert Array into String at ...
> >> 
> >> The define uses an exec to install Perl CPAN modules and sets log
output based on a hiera lookup.
> >> exec{"cpan_load_${title}": 
> >>  < cut …> 
> >>   logoutput   => hiera(''cpan_logoutput''), 
> >> } 
> >> 
> >> If I remove that line, everything runs through fine. 
> >> 
> >> The yaml for hiera: 
> >> --- 
> >> cpan_logoutput: true 
> >> 
> >> Any ideas on what could be triggering this error? 
> >> 
> >> 
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