base: additional providers for Puppet base types

This module provides additional providers for Puppet base types using the Augeas configuration library.

The advantage of using Augeas over the default Puppet parsedfile implementations is that Augeas will go to great lengths to preserve file formatting and comments, while also failing safely when needed.

This provider will hide all of the Augeas commands etc., you don't need to know anything about Augeas to make use of it.

Requirements

Ensure both Augeas and ruby-augeas 0.3.0+ bindings are installed and working as normal.

See Puppet/Augeas pre-requisites.

Installing

The module can be installed easily (documentation):

puppet module install puppet/augeasproviders_base

Compatibility

Puppet versions

See metadata.json.

Augeas versions

Augeas Versions	0.10.0	1.0.0	1.1.0	1.2.0
PROVIDERS
host	yes	yes	yes	yes
mailalias	yes	yes	yes	yes

Documentation and examples

Type documentation can be generated with puppet doc -r type or viewed on the Puppet Forge page.

host provider

This is a provider for a type distributed in Puppet core: host type reference.

The provider needs to be explicitly given as augeas to use augeasproviders.

manage simple entry

host { "example":
  ensure   => present,
  ip       => "192.168.1.1",
  provider => augeas,
}

manage entry with aliases and comment

host { "example":
  ensure       => present,
  ip           => "192.168.1.1",
  host_aliases => [ "foo-a", "foo-b" ],
  comment      => "test",
  provider     => augeas,
}

manage entry in another location

host { "example":
  ensure   => present,
  ip       => "192.168.1.1",
  target   => "/etc/anotherhosts",
  provider => augeas,
}

delete entry

host { "iridium":
  ensure   => absent,
  provider => augeas,
}

remove aliases

host { "iridium":
  ensure       => present,
  host_aliases => [],
  provider     => augeas,
}

remove comment

host { "argon":
  ensure   => present,
  comment  => "",
  provider => augeas,
}

mailalias provider

This is a provider for a type distributed in Puppet core: mailalias type reference.

The provider needs to be explicitly given as augeas to use augeasproviders.

manage simple entry

mailalias { "example":
  ensure    => present,
  recipient => "bar",
  provider  => augeas,
}

manage entry with multiple recipients

mailalias { "example":
  ensure    => present,
  recipient => [ "fred", "bob" ],
  provider  => augeas,
}

manage entry in another location

mailalias { "example":
  ensure    => present,
  recipient => "bar",
  target    => "/etc/anotheraliases",
  provider  => augeas,
}

delete entry

mailalias { "mailer-daemon":
  ensure   => absent,
  provider => augeas,
}

Issues

Please file any issues or suggestions on GitHub.

Transfer Notice

This plugin was originally authored by hercules-team. The maintainer preferred that Vox Pupuli take ownership of the module for future improvement and maintenance. Existing pull requests and issues were transferred over, please fork and continue to contribute here instead of Camptocamp.

Previously: https://github.com/hercules-team/augeasproviders_core