.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 <info@puppetlabs.com>, (R.I.Pienaar <rip@devco.net> respectively).
.LP
This man page was written by Patrick Ringl <patrick_@freenet.de> for the Debian
GNU/Linux distribution (but it may also be used by others).