> New to the puppet. I'm trying to make a user management module
> "users", which has one definition and a bunch of classes. Here is my
> structure under $modulepath :

> users/manifests/classes/evergent.pp
> users/manifests/classes/admins.pp
> users/manifests/classes/list.pp
> users/manifests/classes/outside.pp
> users/manifests/classes/dbas.pp
> users/manifests/defines/account.pp
> users/manifests/init.pp

> Definition is :

> define users::account($realname, $userid, $password) {
>      ....
> }

> It creates user, group, $HOME, adds user's public ssh key and chown -R
> his whole $HOME

> Then there is a class users::list that has all users like this :

>          @users::account { "root":
>                  realname =>  "Root user",
>                  userid   =>  "1000",
>                  password =>  "xxxxxxxxxxx",
>          }

> The idea is that all users are defined as a "virtual definition" and
> will be realized later.

> Now there is class users:admins that has all sysadmins :

> class users::admins {
>          realize Users::Account["root"]
> }

> Then in site.pp I import my "users" module :

> import "users"

> and in one of the nodes I include sysadmins :

> node "host1.test.com" inherits "default" {
>          include users::admins
> }

> Now when I run puppetd -o -t -v on that node I get error :

> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
> SERVER: Failed to realize virtual resources Users::Account[root] on
> node host1.test.com

> Do I do something not supported by the puppet ? I understand everyone
> suggests making virtual resource user and then realize them in the
> class. But I want add some thing like chown -R $HOME, ssh keys and
> more. Can I use virtual definition same way as virtual resources ?
> What am I doing wrong ? Any pointers to something similar would help a
> lot. I've checked "Pulling strings with Puppet" book but it does not
> show any example of the virtual definitions like this.

> Thanks

>> Hi

>> New to the puppet. I'm trying to make a user management module
>> "users", which has one definition and a bunch of classes. Here is my
>> structure under $modulepath :

>> users/manifests/classes/evergent.pp
>> users/manifests/classes/admins.pp
>> users/manifests/classes/list.pp
>> users/manifests/classes/outside.pp
>> users/manifests/classes/dbas.pp
>> users/manifests/defines/account.pp
>> users/manifests/init.pp

>> Definition is :

>> define users::account($realname, $userid, $password) {
>>     ....
>> }

>> It creates user, group, $HOME, adds user's public ssh key and chown -R
>> his whole $HOME

>> Then there is a class users::list that has all users like this :

>>         @users::account { "root":
>>                 realname =>  "Root user",
>>                 userid   =>  "1000",
>>                 password =>  "xxxxxxxxxxx",
>>         }

>> The idea is that all users are defined as a "virtual definition" and
>> will be realized later.

>> Now there is class users:admins that has all sysadmins :

>> class users::admins {
>>         realize Users::Account["root"]
>> }

>> Then in site.pp I import my "users" module :

>> import "users"

>> and in one of the nodes I include sysadmins :

>> node "host1.test.com" inherits "default" {
>>         include users::admins
>> }

>> Now when I run puppetd -o -t -v on that node I get error :

>> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
>> SERVER: Failed to realize virtual resources Users::Account[root] on
>> node host1.test.com

>> Do I do something not supported by the puppet ? I understand everyone
>> suggests making virtual resource user and then realize them in the
>> class. But I want add some thing like chown -R $HOME, ssh keys and
>> more. Can I use virtual definition same way as virtual resources ?
>> What am I doing wrong ? Any pointers to something similar would help a
>> lot. I've checked "Pulling strings with Puppet" book but it does not
>> show any example of the virtual definitions like this.

>> Thanks

> Is that just an example or are you actually trying to make an account named
> root with uid 1000?

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> > Hi

> > New to the puppet. I'm trying to make a user management module
> > "users", which has one definition and a bunch of classes. Here is my
> > structure under $modulepath :

> > users/manifests/classes/evergent.pp
> > users/manifests/classes/admins.pp
> > users/manifests/classes/list.pp
> > users/manifests/classes/outside.pp
> > users/manifests/classes/dbas.pp
> > users/manifests/defines/account.pp
> > users/manifests/init.pp

> > Definition is :

> > define users::account($realname, $userid, $password) {
> >      ....
> > }

> > It creates user, group, $HOME, adds user's public ssh key and chown -R
> > his whole $HOME

> > Then there is a class users::list that has all users like this :

> >          @users::account { "root":
> >                  realname =>  "Root user",
> >                  userid   =>  "1000",
> >                  password =>  "xxxxxxxxxxx",
> >          }

> > The idea is that all users are defined as a "virtual definition" and
> > will be realized later.

> > Now there is class users:admins that has all sysadmins :

> > class users::admins {
> >          realize Users::Account["root"]
> > }

> > Then in site.pp I import my "users" module :

> > import "users"

> > and in one of the nodes I include sysadmins :

> > node "host1.test.com" inherits "default" {
> >          include users::admins
> > }

> > Now when I run puppetd -o -t -v on that node I get error :

> > err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
> > SERVER: Failed to realize virtual resources Users::Account[root] on
> > node host1.test.com

> > Do I do something not supported by the puppet ? I understand everyone
> > suggests making virtual resource user and then realize them in the
> > class. But I want add some thing like chown -R $HOME, ssh keys and
> > more. Can I use virtual definition same way as virtual resources ?
> > What am I doing wrong ? Any pointers to something similar would help a
> > lot. I've checked "Pulling strings with Puppet" book but it does not
> > show any example of the virtual definitions like this.

> > Thanks

> Is that just an example or are you actually trying to make an account
> named root with uid 1000?