diff --git a/data/common.yaml b/data/common.yaml
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+++ b/data/common.yaml
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+---
+hitch::package_name: "hitch"
+hitch::service_name: "hitch"
+hitch::config_root: "/etc/hitch"
+hitch::config_file: "/etc/hitch/hitch.conf"
+hitch::dhparams_file: "/etc/hitch/dhparams.pem"
+hitch::dhparams_content: undef
+hitch::purge_config_root: false
+hitch::file_owner: "root"
+hitch::frontend: "[*]:443"
+hitch::backend: "[::1]:80"
+hitch::write_proxy_v2: "off"
+hitch::ciphers: "EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH"
+hitch::prefer_server_ciphers: "on"
+hitch::domains: {}
diff --git a/data/os/Debian.yaml b/data/os/Debian.yaml
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+++ b/data/os/Debian.yaml
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+---
+hitch::user: "_hitch"
+hitch::group: "_hitch"
diff --git a/data/os/RedHat.yaml b/data/os/RedHat.yaml
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+++ b/data/os/RedHat.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+hitch::user: "hitch"
+hitch::group: "hitch"
diff --git a/hiera.yaml b/hiera.yaml
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+++ b/hiera.yaml
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+---
+version: 5
+defaults:
+  datadir: data
+  data_hash: yaml_data
+
+hierarchy:
+  - name: "OS Family"
+    path: "os/%{facts.os.family}.yaml"
+
+  - name: "common"
+    path: "common.yaml"