I have tried to create a custom resource type on Puppet which creates a file. However, after adding the type and providers in my module/lib folder and running puppet agent, using the new custom resource, it shows me an error with Unknown resource type. Not sure what I have done wrong.
My Module Structure is like this:
. ├── examples │ └── init.pp ├── Gemfile ├── lib │ ├── provider │ │ ├── create_file │ │ │ └── windows.rb │ │ └── iis_powershell.rb │ └── type │ └── create_file.rb ├── manifests │ └── init.pp ├── metadata.json ├── Rakefile ├── README.md └── spec ├── classes │ └── init_spec.rb └── spec_helper.rb My type file (i.e. create_file.rb)
Puppet::Type.newtype(:create_file) do @doc = "Creates New Files" ensurable newparam(:filepath) do desc "Fully qualified filepath" validate do |value| if value.nil? or value.empty? raise ArgumentError, "A non-empty filepath must be specified." end fail("File paths must be fully qualified, not '#{value}'") unless value =~ /^.:(\/|\\)/ end end end My provider file (i.e. windows.rb)
Puppet::Type.type(:create_file).provide: windows do desc "Powershell Provider to create new files" confine :operatingsystem => :windows defaultfor :operatingsystem => :windows def filepath=(value) @property_flush[:filepath] = value end def create create_cmd = "New-Item -Path \"#{@resource[:filepath]}\" -ItemType File" result = self.class.run(create_cmd) fail "Error creating file: #{result[:errormessage]}" unless result[:exitcode] == 0 @property_hash[:ensure] = :present end def destroy destroy_cmd = "Remove-Item -Path \"#{@resource[:filepath]}\" " result = self.class.run(destroy_cmd) fail "Error removing file: #{result[:errormessage]}" unless result[:exitcode] == 0 @property_hash[:ensure] = :absent end end My init.pp
class custom_resource { create_file{"NewTestFile": ensure=> present, filepath => "C:/testfile.txt", } } The error message I got after running the module:
Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Unknown resource type: 'create_file' at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/dev/modules/custom_resource/manifests/init.pp: 46:2 on node 
