# hiera eqivalent and proxy feature feature

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/hiera-eqivalent-and-proxy-feature-feature/19568>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [October 20, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hiera-eqivalent-and-proxy-feature-feature/19568 "2015-10-20T20:07:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![marco\_giovannini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@marco\_giovannini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/marco_giovannini)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hiera-eqivalent-and-proxy-feature-feature/19568/1 "2015-10-20T20:07:32Z")

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Hi

I would like to know if there is an equivalent feature of hiera (overriding or appending values of variable) and if exist sort of ‘ansible proxy’ sort of syndication master of Salt.

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/hiera-eqivalent-and-proxy-feature-feature/19568/2 "2015-10-22T02:36:39Z")

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hash\_behaviour in ansible.cfg controls if variables are overwritten or merged.

there is no syndication master as ansible is not a server, most people  
just use a VCS (mostly git) to keep a copy of the plays and variables.