Manifest.pp

  exec { "memcached-instance-create-socket-${name}":
    command => "timeout 0.5 memcached -u root -a 600 -s ${socket_path}",
    creates => $socket_path,
    returns => 124,
    user    => root,
    before  => Service ["memcached-${name}"],
  }
  
  file { $socket_path:
    ensure  => file,
    owner   => $user,
    group   => $group,
    mode    => '600',
    backup  => false,
    before  => Service ["memcached-${name}"],
    require => Exec["memcached-instance-create-socket-${name}"],
  }
  
  service { "memcached-${name}":
    hasstatus => false,       # Todo: add?
    ensure    => running,
  }

Output.txt

Error: Could not back up files of type socket
Error: /Stage[main]//Node[php01.dev.enrise.net]/Cluster::Php::Project::Wiskunde-af[dev]/Memcached::Instance[wisaf-qa]/File[/var/run/memcached-wisaf-qa-wiskundeaf-web.sock]/ensure: change from socket to file failed: Could not back up files of type socket
Notice: /Stage[main]//Node[php01.dev.enrise.net]/Cluster::Php::Project::Wiskunde-af[dev]/Memcached::Instance[wisaf-qa]/Service[memcached-wisaf-qa]: Dependency File[/var/run/memcached-wisaf-qa-wiskundeaf-web.sock] has failures: true
Warning: /Stage[main]//Node[php01.dev.enrise.net]/Cluster::Php::Project::Wiskunde-af[dev]/Memcached::Instance[wisaf-qa]/Service[memcached-wisaf-qa]: Skipping because of failed dependencies