xinetd

This is the xinetd module.

Definition: xinetd::service

sets up a xinetd service

all parameters match up with xinetd.conf(5) man page

Parameters:

$cps - optional

$flags - optional

$per_source - optional

$port - required - determines the service port

$server - required - determines the program to execute for this service

$server_args - optional

$disable - optional - defaults to "no"

$socket_type - optional - defaults to "stream"

$protocol - optional - defaults to "tcp"

$user - optional - defaults to "root"

$group - optional - defaults to "root"

$instances - optional - defaults to "UNLIMITED"

$wait - optional - based on $protocol will default to "yes" for udp and "no" for tcp

$service_type - optional - type setting in xinetd

Actions:

setups up a xinetd service by creating a file in /etc/xinetd.d/

Requires:

$server must be set

Sample Usage:

# setup tftp service

xinetd::service {"tftp":

port => "69",

server => "/usr/sbin/in.tftpd",

server_args => "-s $base",

socket_type => "dgram",

protocol => "udp",

cps => "100 2",

flags => "IPv4",

per_source => "11",

} # xinetd::service

2013-07-30 Release 1.2.0 Features:

• Add confdir, conffile, package_name, and service_name parameters to Class['xinetd']
• Add support for FreeBSD and Suse.
• Add log_on_failure, service_name, groups, no_access, access_times, log_type, only_from, and xtype parameters to Xinetd::Service define

Bugfixes:

• Redesign for xinetd::params pattern
• Add validation
• Add unit testing

• 2012-06-07 1.1.0

• Add port and bind options to services
• make services deletable

1.0.1 - 20100812

* added documentation

1.0.0 - 20100624

* initial release