Puppet::Type.newtype(:file_line) do desc <<-EOT Ensures that a given line is contained within a file. The implementation matches the full line, including whitespace at the beginning and end. If the line is not contained in the given file, Puppet will add the line to ensure the desired state. Multiple resources may be declared to manage multiple lines in the same file. Example: file_line { 'sudo_rule': path => '/etc/sudoers', line => '%sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL', } file_line { 'sudo_rule_nopw': path => '/etc/sudoers', line => '%sudonopw ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL', } In this example, Puppet will ensure both of the specified lines are contained in the file /etc/sudoers. EOT ensurable do defaultvalues defaultto :present end newparam(:name, :namevar => true) do desc 'An arbitrary name used as the identity of the resource.' end newparam(:match) do desc 'An optional regular expression to run against existing lines in the file;\n' + 'if a match is found, we replace that line rather than adding a new line.' end newparam(:line) do desc 'The line to be appended to the file located by the path parameter.' end newparam(:path) do desc 'The file Puppet will ensure contains the line specified by the line parameter.' validate do |value| unless (Puppet.features.posix? and value =~ /^\//) or (Puppet.features.microsoft_windows? and (value =~ /^.:\// or value =~ /^\/\/[^\/]+\/[^\/]+/)) raise(Puppet::Error, "File paths must be fully qualified, not '#{value}'") end end end # Autorequire the file resource if it's being managed autorequire(:file) do self[:path] end validate do unless self[:line] and self[:path] raise(Puppet::Error, "Both line and path are required attributes") end if (self[:match]) unless Regexp.new(self[:match]).match(self[:line]) raise(Puppet::Error, "When providing a 'match' parameter, the value must be a regex that matches against the value of your 'line' parameter") end end end end