I'm trying to run a puppet apply and thrown with bunch of errors.
hiera -c /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml classes
generates the following :
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.0/psych.rb:205:in `parse': (<unknown>): found character that cannot start any token while scanning for the next token at line 238 column 3 (Psych::SyntaxError)
from /usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.0/psych.rb:205:in `parse_stream'
from /usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.0/psych.rb:153:in `parse'
from /usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/2.0/psych.rb:129:in `load'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend/yaml_backend.rb:18:in `block (2 levels) in lookup'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/filecache.rb:53:in `read_file'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend/yaml_backend.rb:17:in `block in lookup'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:104:in `block in datasourcefiles'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:76:in `block in datasources'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:74:in `map'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:74:in `datasources'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:99:in `datasourcefiles'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend/yaml_backend.rb:16:in `lookup'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:206:in `block in lookup'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:203:in `each'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:203:in `lookup'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera.rb:60:in `lookup'
from /usr/local/share/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/hiera-1.3.4/bin/hiera:225:in `<top (required)>'
from /usr/local/bin/hiera:23:in `load'
from /usr/local/bin/hiera:23:in `<main>'
contents of the file:
require 'psych.so'
require 'psych/nodes'
require 'psych/streaming'
require 'psych/visitors'
require 'psych/handler'
require 'psych/tree_builder'
require 'psych/parser'
require 'psych/omap'
require 'psych/set'
require 'psych/coder'
require 'psych/core_ext'
require 'psych/deprecated'
require 'psych/stream'
require 'psych/json/tree_builder'
require 'psych/json/stream'
require 'psych/handlers/document_stream'
###
# = Overview
#
# Psych is a YAML parser and emitter.
# Psych leverages libyaml [Home page: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML]
# or [Git repo: https://github.com/zerotao/libyaml] for its YAML parsing
# and emitting capabilities. In addition to wrapping libyaml, Psych also
# knows how to serialize and de-serialize most Ruby objects to and from
# the YAML format.
#
# = I NEED TO PARSE OR EMIT YAML RIGHT NOW!
#
# # Parse some YAML
# Psych.load("--- foo") # => "foo"
#
# # Emit some YAML
# Psych.dump("foo") # => "--- foo\n...\n"
# { :a => 'b'}.to_yaml # => "---\n:a: b\n"
#
# Got more time on your hands? Keep on reading!
#
# == YAML Parsing
#
# Psych provides a range of interfaces for parsing a YAML document ranging from
# low level to high level, depending on your parsing needs. At the lowest
# level, is an event based parser. Mid level is access to the raw YAML AST,
# and at the highest level is the ability to unmarshal YAML to ruby objects.
#
# === Low level parsing
#
# The lowest level parser should be used when the YAML input is already known,
# and the developer does not want to pay the price of building an AST or
# automatic detection and conversion to ruby objects. See Psych::Parser for
# more information on using the event based parser.
#
# === Mid level parsing
#
# Psych provides access to an AST produced from parsing a YAML document. This
# tree is built using the Psych::Parser and Psych::TreeBuilder. The AST can
# be examined and manipulated freely. Please see Psych::parse_stream,
# Psych::Nodes, and Psych::Nodes::Node for more information on dealing with
# YAML syntax trees.
#
# === High level parsing
#
# The high level YAML parser provided by Psych simply takes YAML as input and
# returns a Ruby data structure. For information on using the high level parser
# see Psych.load
#
# == YAML Emitting
#
# Psych provides a range of interfaces ranging from low to high level for
# producing YAML documents. Very similar to the YAML parsing interfaces, Psych
# provides at the lowest level, an event based system, mid-level is building
# a YAML AST, and the highest level is converting a Ruby object straight to
# a YAML document.
#
# === Low level emitting
#
# The lowest level emitter is an event based system. Events are sent to a
# Psych::Emitter object. That object knows how to convert the events to a YAML
# document. This interface should be used when document format is known in
# advance or speed is a concern. See Psych::Emitter for more information.
#
# === Mid level emitting
#
# At the mid level is building an AST. This AST is exactly the same as the AST
# used when parsing a YAML document. Users can build an AST by hand and the
# AST knows how to emit itself as a YAML document. See Psych::Nodes,
# Psych::Nodes::Node, and Psych::TreeBuilder for more information on building
# a YAML AST.
#
# === High level emitting
#
# The high level emitter has the easiest interface. Psych simply takes a Ruby
# data structure and converts it to a YAML document. See Psych.dump for more
# information on dumping a Ruby data structure.
module Psych
# The version is Psych you're using
VERSION = '2.0.0'
# The version of libyaml Psych is using
LIBYAML_VERSION = Psych.libyaml_version.join '.'
class Exception < RuntimeError
end
class BadAlias < Exception
end
###
# Load +yaml+ in to a Ruby data structure. If multiple documents are
# provided, the object contained in the first document will be returned.
# +filename+ will be used in the exception message if any exception is raised
# while parsing.
#
# Raises a Psych::SyntaxError when a YAML syntax error is detected.
#
# Example:
#
# Psych.load("--- a") # => 'a'
# Psych.load("---\n - a\n - b") # => ['a', 'b']
#
# begin
# Psych.load("--- `", "file.txt")
# rescue Psych::SyntaxError => ex
# ex.file # => 'file.txt'
# ex.message # => "(file.txt): found character that cannot start any token"
# end
def self.load yaml, filename = nil
result = parse(yaml, filename)
result ? result.to_ruby : result
end
###
# Parse a YAML string in +yaml+. Returns the first object of a YAML AST.
# +filename+ is used in the exception message if a Psych::SyntaxError is
# raised.
#
# Raises a Psych::SyntaxError when a YAML syntax error is detected.
#
# Example:
#
# Psych.parse("---\n - a\n - b") # => #<Psych::Nodes::Sequence:0x00>
#
# begin
# Psych.parse("--- `", "file.txt")
# rescue Psych::SyntaxError => ex
# ex.file # => 'file.txt'
# ex.message # => "(file.txt): found character that cannot start any token"
# end
#
# See Psych::Nodes for more information about YAML AST.
def self.parse yaml, filename = nil
parse_stream(yaml, filename) do |node|
return node
end
false
end
###
# Parse a file at +filename+. Returns the YAML AST.
#
# Raises a Psych::SyntaxError when a YAML syntax error is detected.
def self.parse_file filename
File.open filename, 'r:bom|utf-8' do |f|
parse f, filename
end
end
###
# Returns a default parser
def self.parser
Psych::Parser.new(TreeBuilder.new)
end
###
# Parse a YAML string in +yaml+. Returns the full AST for the YAML document.
# This method can handle multiple YAML documents contained in +yaml+.
# +filename+ is used in the exception message if a Psych::SyntaxError is
# raised.
#
# If a block is given, a Psych::Nodes::Document node will be yielded to the
# block as it's being parsed.
#
# Raises a Psych::SyntaxError when a YAML syntax error is detected.
#
# Example:
#
# Psych.parse_stream("---\n - a\n - b") # => #<Psych::Nodes::Stream:0x00>
#
# Psych.parse_stream("--- a\n--- b") do |node|
# node # => #<Psych::Nodes::Document:0x00>
# end
#
# begin
# Psych.parse_stream("--- `", "file.txt")
# rescue Psych::SyntaxError => ex
# ex.file # => 'file.txt'
# ex.message # => "(file.txt): found character that cannot start any token"
# end
#
# See Psych::Nodes for more information about YAML AST.
def self.parse_stream yaml, filename = nil, &block
if block_given?
parser = Psych::Parser.new(Handlers::DocumentStream.new(&block))
parser.parse yaml, filename
else
parser = self.parser
parser.parse yaml, filename
parser.handler.root
end
end
###
# call-seq:
# Psych.dump(o) -> string of yaml
# Psych.dump(o, options) -> string of yaml
# Psych.dump(o, io) -> io object passed in
# Psych.dump(o, io, options) -> io object passed in
#
# Dump Ruby object +o+ to a YAML string. Optional +options+ may be passed in
# to control the output format. If an IO object is passed in, the YAML will
# be dumped to that IO object.
#
# Example:
#
# # Dump an array, get back a YAML string
# Psych.dump(['a', 'b']) # => "---\n- a\n- b\n"
#
# # Dump an array to an IO object
# Psych.dump(['a', 'b'], StringIO.new) # => #<StringIO:0x000001009d0890>
#
# # Dump an array with indentation set
# Psych.dump(['a', ['b']], :indentation => 3) # => "---\n- a\n- - b\n"
#
# # Dump an array to an IO with indentation set
# Psych.dump(['a', ['b']], StringIO.new, :indentation => 3)
#def self.dump o, io = nil, options = {}
def self.dump o, io = nil, options = {}
if Hash === io
options = io
io = nil
end
visitor = Psych::Visitors::YAMLTree.new options
visitor << o
visitor.tree.yaml io, options
end
###
# Dump a list of objects as separate documents to a document stream.
#
# Example:
#
# Psych.dump_stream("foo\n ", {}) # => "--- ! \"foo\\n \"\n--- {}\n"
def self.dump_stream *objects
visitor = Psych::Visitors::YAMLTree.new {}
objects.each do |o|
visitor << o
end
visitor.tree.yaml
end
###
# Dump Ruby object +o+ to a JSON string.
def self.to_json o
visitor = Psych::Visitors::JSONTree.new
visitor << o
visitor.tree.yaml
end
###
# Load multiple documents given in +yaml+. Returns the parsed documents
# as a list. If a block is given, each document will be converted to ruby
# and passed to the block during parsing
#
# Example:
#
# Psych.load_stream("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") # => ['foo', 'bar']
#
# list = []
# Psych.load_stream("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") do |ruby|
# list << ruby
# end
# list # => ['foo', 'bar']
#
def self.load_stream yaml, filename = nil
if block_given?
parse_stream(yaml, filename) do |node|
yield node.to_ruby
end
else
parse_stream(yaml, filename).children.map { |child| child.to_ruby }
end
end
###
# Load the document contained in +filename+. Returns the yaml contained in
# +filename+ as a ruby object
def self.load_file filename
File.open(filename, 'r:bom|utf-8') { |f| self.load f, filename }
end
# :stopdoc:
@domain_types = {}
def self.add_domain_type domain, type_tag, &block
key = ['tag', domain, type_tag].join ':'
@domain_types[key] = [key, block]
@domain_types["tag:#{type_tag}"] = [key, block]
end
def self.add_builtin_type type_tag, &block
domain = 'yaml.org,2002'
key = ['tag', domain, type_tag].join ':'
@domain_types[key] = [key, block]
end
def self.remove_type type_tag
@domain_types.delete type_tag
end
@load_tags = {}
@dump_tags = {}
def self.add_tag tag, klass
@load_tags[tag] = klass
@dump_tags[klass] = tag
end
class << self
attr_accessor :load_tags
attr_accessor :dump_tags
attr_accessor :domain_types
end
# :startdoc:
end
I have seen some references quoting
require 'yaml'
YAML::ENGINE.yamler = 'syck'
cannot find a config/boot.rb to try this.
I ripped out system wide ruby and the gems. Trying rvm and i still get similar errors :
I'm running hiera in debug mode :
[lame@TTBOX ~]$ hiera -d -c eye
Cannot find config file: eye
[lame@ipTTBOX ~]$ hiera -d eye
DEBUG: 2014-11-25 05:47:37 +0700: Hiera YAML backend starting
DEBUG: 2014-11-25 05:47:37 +0700: Looking up eye in YAML backend
DEBUG: 2014-11-25 05:47:37 +0700: Looking for data source default
/home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/psych-2.0.6/lib/psych.rb:370:in `parse': (<unknown>): found character that cannot start any token while scanning for the next token at line 238 column 3 (Psych::SyntaxError)
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/psych-2.0.6/lib/psych.rb:370:in `parse_stream'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/psych-2.0.6/lib/psych.rb:318:in `parse'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/psych-2.0.6/lib/psych.rb:245:in `load'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend/yaml_backend.rb:18:in `block (2 levels) in lookup'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/filecache.rb:53:in `read_file'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend/yaml_backend.rb:17:in `block in lookup'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:104:in `block in datasourcefiles'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:76:in `block in datasources'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:74:in `map'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:74:in `datasources'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:99:in `datasourcefiles'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend/yaml_backend.rb:16:in `lookup'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:206:in `block in lookup'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:203:in `each'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera/backend.rb:203:in `lookup'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/lib/hiera.rb:60:in `lookup'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/hiera-1.3.4/bin/hiera:225:in `<top (required)>'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/bin/hiera:23:in `load'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/bin/hiera:23:in `<main>'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
from /home/lame/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'
Are you suggesting me to have a look at the hiera file itself ?
Your error message says to look at line 238, column 3 of your yaml file. Check to see if you have any illegal characters there.