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

On Puppet 2.7.14+, the module can be installed easily (documentation):

puppet module install herculesteam/augeasproviders_base

Compatibility

Puppet versions

Minimum of Puppet 2.7.

Augeas versions

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.

The comment parameter is only supported on Puppet 2.7 and higher.

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.

Changelog

2.1.0

• tests: load lenses from lib/augeas/lenses
• add support for Puppet 5 & 6
• deprecate support for Puppet 2 & 3
• update supported OSes in metadata.json
• raise exception on missing augeasproviders_core

2.0.1

• Fix metadata.json
• Various minor updates to Travis test configuration

2.0.0

• First release of split module.