Remove Puppet user which has running processes

remove-puppet-user.pp

define your_class::user (
  $user   = $name,
  $ensure = 'present',
){

  # only call when user gets removed
  if $ensure == 'absent' {
    exec {
      "killing ${user}":
        command => "pkill -9 -u ${user}",
        # need to check if user exists and processes are running
        # otherwise command would fail with no processes
        onlyif  => "grep '^${user}' /etc/passwd && ps -u ${user}",
        # run before user gets removed
        before  => User[$user];
    }
  }

  # create/remove user with managed home
  user {
    $user:
      ensure     => $ensure,
      home       => "/home/${user}",
      managehome => true,
      shell      => '/bin/bash',
  }
}