.TH "HIERA" "1" "2012" "hiera" "Utils" .SH "NAME" hiera \- Lightweight Pluggable Hierarchical Database .SH "SYNOPSIS" .LP .B hiera [\fBoptions\fR] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .LP hiera is a simple pluggable hierarchical database. .br .SH "OPTIONS" .LP Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. .LP .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Version information .TP \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR Show debugging information .TP \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-array\fR Array search .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-hash\fR Hash search .TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-config\fR CONFIG Configuration file .TP \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-json\fR SCOPE JSON format file to load scope from .TP \fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-yaml\fR SCOPE YAML format file to load scope from .TP \fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mcollective\fR IDENTITY Retrieve facts from a node via mcollective as scope .HP \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inventory_service\fR IDENTITY Retrieve facts for a node via Puppet's inventory service as scope .PP .br .SH "AUTHORS" .LP hiera is a part of Puppet Hiera and developed by Puppet Labs , (R.I.Pienaar respectively). .LP This man page was written by Patrick Ringl for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but it may also be used by others).