Cowsay motd. cowsay must be installed on the puppetmaster

cowsay_motd.erb

<%= %x{/usr/games/cowsay -f #{cowfile} #{message}} %>

cowsay_motd.pp

define songkick_utils::cowsay_motd ($message, $cowfile='default', $ensure='present') {

  file { '/var/run/motd':
    ensure  => $ensure,
    content => template('songkick_utils/cowsay_motd.erb'),
    owner   => root,
    group   => root,
    mode    => 0644,
  }

}