enable to set the extra_host to absent

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/manifests/extra_host.pp b/manifests/extra_host.pp
index 3150612..8f52de0 100644
--- a/manifests/extra_host.pp
+++ b/manifests/extra_host.pp
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 # a ping serivce is automatically added
 define nagios::extra_host(
     $ensure = present,
-    $ip,
-    $nagios_alias,
+    $ip = 'absent',
+    $nagios_alias = 'absent',
     $use = 'generic-host',
     $parents = 'localhost'
 ) {
+    if $ensure == 'present' and ($ip == 'absent' or $nagios_alias == 'absent'){
+      fail("You need to define \$ip and \$nagios_alias if extra_host should be present!")
+    }
     nagios::host{$name:
         ensure => $ensure,
         ip => $ip,