DavidS

Works:
irb(main):001:0> require "openssl"
=> true
irb(main):002:0>


Doesn't work:
irb(main):001:0> require "puppet/network/xmlrpc/client"
Puppet::Error: You must have the Ruby openssl library installed

DavidS

#!/bin/bash

DIR="$1"

# only start rename when $DIR is not root or empty
if [ "$DIR" == "" ] || [ "$DIR" == "/" ]; then
    echo "No directory given" >&2
    exit 1
fi

DavidS

  newproperty(:mode) do
    desc "Set trunking mode of the interface."
    defaultto(:undef)
    newvalues(:undef, :access, :dot1q, :dynamic, :private, :trunk)
  end

  newproperty(:trunk_native_vlan) do
    desc "Set native VLAN when interface is in trunking mode"
    defaultto(:undef)
    newvalues(:undef, /^\d+$/)

DavidS

vagrant@localhost:~/tmp$ cat case.pp
warning("\$::kernel == '${::kernel}'")

case $::kernel {
	default: { warning('default/Linux - default matched') }
	Linux:   { warning('default/Linux - Linux matched') }
}

case $::kernel {
	default: { warning('default/\'Linux\' - default matched') }

DavidS

# $resources = hiera_hash('resources')
$resources = {
  'postgresql::database' => {
    'db1' => { db1 params },
  },
  # ...
}

create_create_resources($resources)

DavidS

Puppet::SimpleResource.define(
    name: 'iis_application_pool',
    docs: 'Manage an IIS application pool through a powershell proxy.',
    attributes: {
        ensure: {
            type: 'Enum[present, absent]',
            docs: 'Whether this ApplicationPool should be present or absent on the target system.'
        },
        name: {
            type: 'String',

DavidS

Draft for new type and provider API

Hi *,

The type and provider API has been the bane of my existence since I started writing native resources. Now, finally, we'll do something about it. I'm currently working on designing a nicer API for types and providers. My primary goals are to provide a smooth and simple ruby developer experience for both scripters and coders. Secondary goals were to eliminate server side code, and make puppet 4 data types available. Currently this is completely aspirational (i.e. no real code has been written), but early private feedback was encouraging.

To showcase my vision, this gist has the apt_key type and provider ported over to my propo

DavidS

deb  http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main
deb  http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main

DavidS

# This file was automatically generated on 2017-08-01 17:47:49 +0100.
# Use the 'puppet generate types' command to regenerate this file.

# This type provides Puppet with the capabilities to manage GPG keys needed
# by apt to perform package validation. Apt has it's own GPG keyring that can
# be manipulated through the `apt-key` command.
# 
# apt_key { '6F6B15509CF8E59E6E469F327F438280EF8D349F':
#   source => 'http://apt.puppetlabs.com/pubkey.gpg'
# }

DavidS

require 'puppet/resource_api'

Puppet::ResourceApi.register_type(
  name: 'file_test',
  docs: <<-EOS,
      This type provides Puppet with the capabilities to manage ...
    EOS
  features: [],
  title_patterns: [
    {