Resource Type: yaml_settings

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/yaml_settings.rb

Providers:

yaml_settings_provider

Overview

The path to the properties file to manage. Either this should file should already exist, or the source parameter needs to be specified.

Properties

• values (defaults to: absent)

  The portions to change and their new values. This should be a hash. The subtree to change is specified in the form:

  <key 1>/<key 2>/.../<key n>
  

  where <key x> admits three variants:

  * the plain contents of the string key, as long as they do not start
    with : or ' and do not contain /
  * '<contents>', to represent a string key that contains the characters
    mentioned above. Single quotes must be doubled to have literal value.
  * :'<contents>', likewise, but the value will be a symbol.
  

Parameters

• allow_new_file (defaults to: true)

  Whether it should be allowed to create a new target file

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• allow_new_values (defaults to: true)

  Whether it should be allowed to specify values for non-existing tree portions

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘yaml_settings` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

• source

  The file from which to load the current settings. If unspecified, it defaults to the target file.

• target

  The path to the properties file to manage. Either this should file should already exist, or the source parameter needs to be specified.

• user

  The user with which to make the changes