PW hashing with puppet parser function

0_pw_hash.rb

# lib/puppet/parser/functions/pw_hash.rb

module Puppet::Parser::Functions
  newfunction(:pw_hash, type: :rvalue) do |args|
    raise Puppet::ParseError, "pw_hash takes exactly two arguments, #{args.length} provided" if args.length != 2
    # SHA512 ($6), default number of rounds (5000)
    # rounds could be specified by prepending rounds=<n>$ parameter before the salt, i.e.
    # args[0].crypt("$6$rounds=50000$#{args[1]}")
    args[0].crypt("$6$#{args[1]}")
  end
end

1_example.pp

user { 'root':
	ensure => present,
	password => pw_hash($root_pw, $root_salt),
}