Puppetlabs removes dynamic variable scoping

When you run puppet 2.7.12 or higher you will see a warning message, telling you that dynamic variable scope look-up will be removed in puppet 2.8.x.

What to do if you have variables defined in a node definition?

1. switch to hiera
2. write a mockup

A mockup can be build in the following way:

1. write a new module with a define
2. use the define and add the proper parameter

Why do you have to do it that ugly way? Is there no way to give the scope of a node definition?

No. Nodes do not have any scope. Scope is limited to modules and classes.

class base_variable ( stage = first, dummyvariable ) {
  case $dummyvariable {
     'live': { $truevariable = 'live' }
     'testing': { $truevariable = 'testing' }
     'testing2': { $truevariable = 'testing2' }
  }
}

In node definition you can now use the define:

node 'default.server.domain.tld' {
        include stages
        class { base_variable:
                dummyvariable => 'testing2',
        }
        include base::dev
        ....
}