yaml2catalog

This module provides "yaml2catalog" function. That function allows writing simple puppet manifests in yaml format. "create_resources" was taken as a base.

At this point it support:

• Resources
• Variables
• Selectors
• Functions

Usage

Just call it in your manifest.

yaml2catalog('/tmp/test.yaml')

Yaml example

---
variables: #Special sections for declaring Puppet variables
    local: #Declaring local variables
        user      : root
        file_mode : '0777'
        service_name ? osfamily: #Selector example
            RedHat: apache22
            Debian: httpd
        package_name ? osfamily:
            RedHat  : apache22
            Debian  : httpd
            default : apache22 #Default will be asigned if "osfamily" is not 'RedHat' or 'Debian'
package:
      httpd:
          ensure  : present
service:
    $service_name: # Variable
        ensure  : running
        require : 'File[/etc/httpd/httpd.conf]'
file:
    global: #Global settings for all resources of this type
        ensure : present
        owner  : $user # Variable
        mode   : $file_mod
    /etc/httpd/httpd.conf:
        content: %template(['httpd.conf.erb']) # Function.
    /tmp/1: &anchor #Support yaml achor syntax
        ensure: directory
    /tmp/2: *anchor