diff --git a/hiera.yaml b/hiera.yaml
index e69de29..89b5134 100644
--- a/hiera.yaml
+++ b/hiera.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+:hierarchy:
+    - "ortiche/%{::hostname}"
+    - common
+:backends:
+    - yaml
+:yaml:
+    :datadir: '/etc/ortiche-conf/hiera/'
diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index 50c1ec8..8fba65f 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+notify{"The value is: ${::ortiche-admin}": }
+
 Exec { path => [ "/bin/", "/sbin/" , "/usr/bin/", "/usr/sbin/" , 
 		"/usr/local/bin/", "/usr/local/sbin/" ] 
 }
diff --git a/puppet.conf b/puppet.conf
index 8e43615..9887e6c 100644
--- a/puppet.conf
+++ b/puppet.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ rundir=/var/run/puppet
 factpath=$vardir/lib/facter
 prerun_command=/etc/puppet/etckeeper-commit-pre
 postrun_command=/etc/puppet/etckeeper-commit-post
+hiera_config=/etc/puppet/hiera.yaml
 
 [master]
 # These are needed when the puppetmaster is run by passenger