Resource Type: venv

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/venv.rb

Providers:

virtualenv

Overview

A resource type for managing a Python virtual environment.

Properties

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent
• group

  The group of the virtual environment.

• owner

  The owner of the virtual environment.

Parameters

• distribute

  Use distribute instead of setuptools.

• path

  The path to the virtualenv to manage, must be fully qualified.

• provider

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

• python

  The Python interpreter to use.

• setuptools

  Use setuptools instead of distribute.

• symlinks

  Try to use symlinks rather than copies when not platform default.

• system_site_packages

  Give access to the global site-packages dir to the venv.

• unzip_setuptools

  Unzip Setuptools or Distribute when installing it.

Features

• virtualenv —

  Uses ‘virtualenv` to manage environments.

• pyvenv —

  Uses ‘pyvenv` to manage environments (3.3+).