puppet-module-gnomish

Table of Contents

1. Module Description
2. Compatibility
3. Class Descriptions
   • gnomish
   • gnomish::gnome
   • gnomish::mate
4. Define Descriptions
   • gnomish::application
   • gnomish::gnome::gconftool_2
   • gnomish::mate::mateconftool_2
5. Changelog

Module description

Manage Gnome 2.x & Mate 1.x Desktop application icons and settings.

With this module you can create, modify, and remove applications in the desktop menus. You can set system settings, deploy and set a wallpaper, and manage packages. You are able to decide if icons and settings are applied to Gnome or Mate only, or to both desktops.

This module was developed with a focus of using hiera to pass parameters to it. Still it can be used without hiera.

If you want to rollout an application icon to both desktops, use $gnomish::applications. If it should only end up on Gnome use $gnomish::gnome::applications, for Mate only $gnomish::mate::applications is your friend.

The same is possible with system settings. Use $gnomish::settings_xml for both desktops or $gnomish::gnome::settings_xml and $gnomish::mate::settings_xml for the given desktop.

Compatibility

This module has been tested to work on the following systems with Puppet v3 (with and without the future parser) and Puppet v4 (with strict variables) using Ruby versions 1.8.7 (Puppet v3 only), 1.9.3, 2.0.0 and 2.1.0.

• RHEL 6
• RHEL 7
• SLED 11
• SLES 11

Class Descriptions

Class gnomish

Description

The gnomish class is used to configure application icons and settings that are valid for both desktops. Besides that, you can also manage wallpaper, packages, and which file to be used to save user settings.

Parameters

applications (hash / optional)

Specify applications icons that will be passed to the gnomish::applications defined type. For a full description please read on at the application defined type.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests, you will need to set $gnomish::applications_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: {}

Example:

gnomish::applications:
  'set wallpaper':
    key:   '/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename'
    value: 'wallpaper.png'
  'authconfig':
    ensure 'absent'

applications_hiera_merge (boolean / optional)

If set to true hiera_merge will be used to collect and concatenate applications settings from all applicable hiera levels. If set to false only the most specific hiera data will be used.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set it to false.

• Default: true

desktop (string / mandatory)

Used to decide which desktop should be configured. Valid values are gnome and mate. Depending on this setting the module will include the subclass gnomish::gnome or gnomish::mate.

• Default: 'gnome'

gconf_name (string / optional)

This setting allows you to define system-wide which file should be used to save user settings. With this you can completely separate the settings between desktops and even OS families to avoid spillover effects.

• Default: undef

Example:

gnomish::gconf_name: '$(HOME)/.gconf-redhat'

packages_add (array / optional)

Name of package(s) you want to add. Use to add packages that are needed. Useful to add desktop specific packages.

• Default: []

Example:

gnomish::packages_add:
  - 'mc'

packages_remove (array / optional)

Name of package(s) you want to remove. Use to remove packages that are unwanted on a terminal server for example.

• Default: []

Example:

gnomish::packages_remove:
  - 'gnome-power-manager'

settings_xml (hash / optional)

Specify desktop settings that will be passed to the gnomish::gnome::gconftool_2 or gnomish::mate::mateconftool_2 defined types, depending on the value of $gnomish::desktop. For a full description please read on at the gconftool_2 or mateconftools_2 defined types.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set $settings_xml_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: {}

Example for Gnome and Mate setting:

gnomish::settings_xml:
  'set picture_options':
    key:     '/desktop/gnome/background/picture_options'
    value:   'zoom'

settings_xml_hiera_merge (boolean / optional)

If set to true hiera_merge will be used to collect and concatenate desktop settings from all applicable hiera levels. If set to false only the most specific hiera data will be used.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set $settings_xml_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: true

wallpaper_path (string / optional)

Specify an absolute path to an image file that should be used as system default background.

• Default: undef

wallpaper_source (string / optional)

When set, the module will copy the file from the given source to the path defined in $gnomish::wallpaper_path (which obviously become mandatory then). Takes all values that are valid for the source attribute of a file resource.

• Default: undef

Example:

gnomish::wallpaper_source: 'puppet:///files/shared/wallpaper.png'

Class gnomish::gnome

Description

The gnomish::gnome class is used to configure application icons and settings that are valid for Mate desktops only. Additional you can manage the system items menu file.

Parameters

applications (hash / optional)

Specify applications icons that will be passed to the gnomish::applications defined type. For a full description please read on at the application defined type.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests, you will need to set $gnomish::gnome::applications_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: {}

Example:

gnomish::gnome::applications:
  'mc':
    ensure:         'file'
    entry_category: 'System;FileManager;'
    entry_exec:     'mc'
    entry_icon:     'mc'
    entry_name:     'Midnight Commander'
    entry_terminal: false

gnomish::gnome::applications:
  'gnome-network-properties':
    ensure: 'absent'

The above will add a application icon for Midnight Commander in the file /usr/share/applications/mc.desktop and remove the icon for gnome-network-properties.

applications_hiera_merge (boolean / optional)

If set to true hiera_merge will be used to collect and concatenate applications settings from all applicable hiera levels. If set to false only the most specific hiera data will be used.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set it to false.

• Default: true

settings_xml (hash / optional)

Specify desktop settings that will be passed to the gnomish::gnome::gconftool_2 defined type. For a full description please read on at the gconftools_2 defined type.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set $settings_xml_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: {}

Example for Mate setting:

gnomish::gnome::settings_xml:
  'set picture_options':
    key:     '/desktop/gnome/background/picture_options'
    value:   'zoom'

settings_xml_hiera_merge (boolean / optional)

If set to true hiera_merge will be used to collect and concatenate desktop settings from all applicable hiera levels. If set to false only the most specific hiera data will be used.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set $settings_xml_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: true

system_items_modify (boolean / optional)

If set to true it will activate the modification of the system items menu file in /usr/share/gnome-main-menu/system-items.xbel. The module delivers an example for SLE11 with a typical reduction useful for terminal servers.

• Default: false

system_items_path (string / optional)

Specify an absolute path to the system-items.xbel file which should get managed.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set $settings_xml_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: '/usr/share/gnome-main-menu/system-items.xbel'

system_items_source (string / optional)

Specify the source of the file to be copied to $system_items_path. Takes all values that are valid for the source attribute of a file resource.

• Default: 'puppet:///modules/gnomish/gnome/SLE11-system-items.xbel.erb'

Class gnomish::mate

Description

The gnomish::mate class is used to configure application icons and settings that are valid for Mate desktops only.

Parameters

applications (hash / optional)

Specify applications icons that will be passed to the gnomish::applications defined type. For a full description please read on at the application defined type.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests, you will need to set $gnomish::mate::applications_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: {}

Example:

gnomish::mate::applications:
  'mc':
    ensure:         'file'
    entry_category: 'System;FileManager;'
    entry_exec:     'mc'
    entry_icon:     'mc'
    entry_name:     'Midnight Commander'
    entry_terminal: false

gnomish::mate::applications:
  'mate-network-properties':
    ensure: 'absent'

The above will add a application icon for Midnight Commander in the file /usr/share/applications/mc.desktop and remove the icon for mate-network-properties.

applications_hiera_merge (boolean / optional)

If set to true hiera_merge will be used to collect and concatenate applications settings from all applicable hiera levels. If set to false only the most specific hiera data will be used.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set it to false.

• Default: true

settings_xml (hash / optional)

Specify desktop settings that will be passed to the gnomish::mate::mateconftool_2 defined type. For a full description please read on at the mateconftools_2 defined type.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set $settings_xml_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: {}

Example for Mate setting:

gnomish::mate::settings_xml:
  'set picture_options':
    key:     '/desktop/gnome/background/picture_options'
    value:   'zoom'

settings_xml_hiera_merge (boolean / optional)

If set to true hiera_merge will be used to collect and concatenate desktop settings from all applicable hiera levels. If set to false only the most specific hiera data will be used.

Hint: if you want to pass parameters from manifests you will need to set $settings_xml_hiera_merge to false.

• Default: true

Define Descriptions

Defined type gnomish::application

Description

The gnomish::application definition is used to manage application icons on both desktops, Gnome and Mate.

The minimum set of entries for application icons (Name, Icon, Exec, Categories, Type and Terminal) have to be set with the corresponding parameters. All others entries can be managed as an array of free text lines via the $entry_lines parameter. The module will ensure that there are no duplicate entries and fail if found one.

Instead of calling this define directly, it is recommended to specify $gnomish::applications, $gnomish::gnome::applications or $gnomish::mate::applications from hiera as a hash of group resources. create_resources will create resources out of your hash.

Example for hashed application resources in hiera:

gnomish::applications:
  'mc':
    ensure:         'file'
    entry_category: 'System;FileManager;'
    entry_exec:     'mc'
    entry_icon:     'mc'
    entry_name:     'Midnight Commander'
    entry_terminal: false

gnomish::gnome::applications:
  'gnome-network-properties':
    ensure: 'absent'

gnomish::mate::applications:
  'mate-network-properties':
    ensure: 'absent'

The above will add a application icon for Midnight Commander in the file /usr/share/applications/mc.desktop on both desktops. Only on Gnome it will remove the icon for gnome-network-properties and only on Mate the equivalent called mate-network-properties.

Parameters

ensure (string / optional)

This setting can be used to add or remove application icons. Valid values are file and absent. Use the default of file to add/manage them or set it to absent to remove them. If set to absent $entry_categories, $entry_exec and $entry_icon become and unused and optional.

• Default: 'file'

path (string / mandatory)

Specify an absolute path to the desktop file containing the application icon. If not explicitly set, '/usr/share/applications/' plus the resource title you have chosen while calling the defined type plus '.desktop' will be used.

• Default: "/usr/share/applications/${title}.desktop"

entry_categories (string / mandatory)

Specify the application icons Categories entry.

Hint: becomes optional and unused when $ensure is set to absent.

• Default: undef

entry_exec (string / mandatory)

Specify the application icons Exec entry.

Hint: becomes optional and unused when $ensure is set to absent.

• Default: undef

entry_icon (string / mandatory)

Specify the application icons Icon entry.

Hint: becomes optional and unused when $ensure is set to absent.

• Default: undef

entry_lines (array / optional)

You can add additional and free text entries line by line with this array. If your input includes one of the other named entries the defined type will fail to avoid double entries to appear.

• Default: []

entry_name (string / optional)

Specify the application icons Name entry. If not explicitly set, the resource title you have chosen while calling the defined type will be used.

• Default: $title

entry_terminal (boolean / optional)

Specify the application icons Terminal entry. Valid values are false and true.

• Default: false

entry_type (string / optional)

Specify the application icons Type entry.

• Default: 'Application'

Defined type gnomish::gnome::gconftool_2

Defined type gnomish::mate::mateconftool_2

Description

Both defined types are used to configure Gnome or Mate system settings utilizing gconftool-2 or mateconftool-2. Up to now they have the same functionality and share the parameters names.

Instead of calling these defines directly, it is recommended to specify $gnomish::settings_xml, $gnomish::gnome::settings_xml or $gnomish::mate::settings_xml from hiera as a hash of group resources. create_resources will create resources out of your hash.

Example for hashed settings_xml resources in hiera:

gnomish::settings_xml:
  '/desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename':
    value:  'wallpaper.png'

gnomish::gnome::settings_xml:
  'set GTK theme':
    key:    '/desktop/mate/interface/gtk_theme'
    value:  'Theme'
    config: 'mandatory'

gnomish::mate::settings_xml:
  'set GTK theme':
    key:    '/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme'
    value:  'Theme'
    config: 'mandatory'

The above will set a wallpaper for both desktops and change the GTK theme with the respectively key for the different desktops.

Parameters

value (string / mandatory)

Used to pass the content of the setting you want to change.

• Default: undef

config (string / optional)

You can specify which configuration source should get managed. For convenient usage, it allows to use defaults and mandatory as acronyms for /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults and /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory. If you want to specify another configuration source, please specify the complete absolute path for it.

• Default: 'defaults'

key (string / optional)

To specify which key you want to manage. If not explicitly set, it will use the resource title you have chosen while calling the defined type. See the example above for an example of both ways to pass the key name.

• Default: $title

type (string / optional)

The default of auto will analyze and use the data type you have used when specifying $value. You can override this by setting type to one of the other valid values of bool, int, float or string.

• Default: 'auto'

Changelog

• 1.0.4 enhance type detection and value conversation
  • Stringified booleans, integers, and floats in $value are now detected precisely if type is not manually set
  • Stringified booleans, integers, and floats in $value are now correctly converted to strings
  • Fix links in docs, add changelog section
• 1.0.3 Enhance spelling in docs
• 1.0.2 Add tags in metadata
• 1.0.1 Fix supported Puppet versions in metadata
• 1.0.0 Initial release