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learning_custom_types

A Module for Assisting in Learning Custom Types and Providers
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Version information

  • 1.0.1 (latest)
  • 1.0.0
released May 14th 2015

Start using this module

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  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'onyxpoint-learning_custom_types', '1.0.1'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add onyxpoint-learning_custom_types
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install onyxpoint-learning_custom_types --version 1.0.1

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Documentation

onyxpoint/learning_custom_types — version 1.0.1 May 14th 2015

Learning Custom Types

This module attempts to clearly delineate the execution of a custom type and provider and demonstrate what you can do with each.

It is meant as a learning and teaching aid and should not be used in production but may be a good place to start when developing a new custom type.

Usage

This module can be installed on a running master to get an idea of what part execute on the master and the client. Or you can run it using puppet apply with the following method.

# Make sure you're using Puppet 3 or higher!

git clone https://github.com/onyxpoint/onyxpoint-learning_custom_types.git
mv onyxpoint-learning_custom_types learning_custom_types
cd learning_custom_types

# Optional
# bundle

rake Run_Walkthrough

Pry

You can also step through the code using Pry,

rake Run_Walkthrough[yes]

Support

Please log tickets and issues in the Learning Custom Types project on GitHub.

Copyright

All code Copyright (C) 2015 Onyx Point, Inc.