# 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. ENDOFDOC ) do |vals| type, title, params = vals raise(ArgumentError, 'Must specify a type') unless type raise(ArgumentError, 'Must specify a title') unless title params ||= {} Puppet::Parser::Functions.function(:defined_with_params) if function_defined_with_params(["#{type}[#{title}]", params]) Puppet.debug("Resource #{type}[#{title}] not created b/c it already exists") else Puppet::Parser::Functions.function(:create_resources) function_create_resources([type.capitalize, { title => params }]) end end