swap.pp

# Manages swapspace on a node.
#
# Based on https://gist.github.com/Yggdrasil/3918632
#
# Parameters:
# - $ensure Allows creation or removal of swapspace and the corresponding file.
# - $swapfile Defaults to /mnt which is a fast ephemeral filesystem on EC2 instances.
#             This keeps performance reasonable while avoiding I/O charges on EBS.
# - $swapsize Size of the swapfile in MB. Defaults to memory size.
#
# Actions:
#   Creates and mounts a swapfile.
#   Umounts and removes a swapfile.
#
# Sample Usage:
#   common::swap { 'swap':
#     ensure => present,
#   }
#
#   common::swap { 'swap':
#     ensure => absent,
#   }
#
define common::swap (
  $ensure       = 'present',
  $swapfile     = '/mnt/swap1',
  $swapsize     = $::memorysize_mb
  ) {
  $swapsizes = split("${swapsize}",'[.]')
  $swapfilesize = $swapsizes[0]

  file_line { "swap_fstab_line_${swapfile}":
    ensure  => $ensure,
    line    => "${swapfile} swap swap defaults 0 0",
    path    => "/etc/fstab",
    match   => "${swapfile}",
  }

  if $ensure == 'present' {
    exec { 'Create swap file':
      command => "/bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=${swapfile} bs=1M count=${swapfilesize}",
      creates => $swapfile,
    }

    exec { 'Attach swap file':
      command => "/sbin/mkswap ${swapfile} && /sbin/swapon ${swapfile}",
      require => Exec['Create swap file'],
      unless  => "/sbin/swapon -s | grep ${swapfile}",
    }

  } elsif $ensure == 'absent' {
    exec { 'Detach swap file':
      command => "/sbin/swapoff ${swapfile}",
      onlyif  => "/sbin/swapon -s | grep ${swapfile}",
    }
    file { $swapfile:
      ensure  => absent,
      require => Exec['Detach swap file'],
      backup => false
    }
    
  }
}

thanks !

This is still a super-high google result for "puppet swap" so I thought I'd link that I made gist into a module:
https://forge.puppetlabs.com/petems/swap_file 😄