define nagios::plugin::deploy($source = '', $ensure = 'present', $config = '', $require_package = 'nagios-plugins') {
    $plugin_src = $ensure ? {
        'present' => $name,
        'absent' => $name,
        default => $ensure
    }
    $real_source = $source ? {
        ''  =>  "nagios/plugins/${plugin_src}",
        default => $source
    }

    if !defined(Package[$require_package]) {
      package { $require_package:
        ensure => installed,
        tag => "nagios::plugin::deploy::package";
      }
    }

    include nagios::plugin::scriptpaths
    file { "nagios_plugin_${name}":
      path => "$nagios::plugin::scriptpaths::script_path/${name}",
      source => "puppet:///modules/${real_source}",
      mode => 0755, owner => root, group => 0,
      require => Package[$require_package],
      tag => "nagios::plugin::deploy::file";
    }

    # register the plugin
    nagios::plugin{$name: ensure => $ensure, require => Package['nagios-plugins'] }
}