init.pp

class motd ($message = 'This is the default message') {

  file { '/etc/motd':
    content => "$message \n",
  }

}

puppet run

[root@client-10 ~]# puppet agent --test --noop
Warning: Unable to fetch my node definition, but the agent run will continue:
Warning: Error 400 on SERVER: Failed to find client-10.ejacobs.local via exec: Execution of '/etc/puppet/node.rb client-10.ejacobs.local' returned 1: 
Info: Retrieving plugin
Error: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Could not evaluate: Could not retrieve information from environment production source(s) puppet://satellite.ejacobs.local/plugins
Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Failed when searching for node client-10.ejacobs.local: Failed to find client-10.ejacobs.local via exec: Execution of '/etc/puppet/node.rb client-10.ejacobs.local' returned 1: 
Warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
Error: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

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