# Test whether a given class or definition is defined require 'puppet/parser/functions' Puppet::Parser::Functions.newfunction(:ensure_resource, :type => :statement, :doc => <<-'ENDOFDOC' Takes a resource type, title, and a list of attributes that describe a resource. user { 'dan': ensure => present, } This example only creates the resource if it does not already exist: ensure_resource('user', 'dan', {'ensure' => 'present' }) If the resource already exists but does not match the specified parameters, this function will attempt to recreate the resource leading to a duplicate resource definition error. An array of resources can also be passed in and each will be created with the type and parameters specified if it doesn't already exist. ensure_resource('user', ['dan','alex'], {'ensure' => 'present'}) ENDOFDOC ) do |vals| type, title, params = vals raise(ArgumentError, 'Must specify a type') unless type raise(ArgumentError, 'Must specify a title') unless title params ||= {} items = [title].flatten items.each do |item| Puppet::Parser::Functions.function(:defined_with_params) if function_defined_with_params(["#{type}[#{item}]", params]) Puppet.debug("Resource #{type}[#{item}] with params #{params} not created because it already exists") else Puppet.debug("Create new resource #{type}[#{item}] with params #{params}") Puppet::Parser::Functions.function(:create_resources) function_create_resources([type.capitalize, { item => params }]) end end end