diff --git a/manifests/plugin/column_view.pp b/manifests/plugin/column_view.pp
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+# @summary Install the column view plugin and optionally manage the configuration file
+#
+# @param columns
+#   an hash of columns to add to the configuration
+#
+class foreman::plugin::column_view (
+  Hash[String, Hash] $columns = {},
+){
+  # https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/21398
+  assert_type(Hash[String, Foreman::Column_view_column], $columns)
+
+  foreman::plugin { 'column_view':
+    config => template('foreman/foreman_column_view.yaml.erb'),
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/classes/plugin/column_view_spec.rb b/spec/classes/plugin/column_view_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/classes/plugin/column_view_spec.rb
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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'foreman::plugin::column_view' do
+  include_examples 'basic foreman plugin tests', 'column_view'
+
+  context 'with columns hash architecture' do
+    let(:params) do
+      {
+        'columns' => {
+          'architecture' => {
+            'title' => 'Architecture',
+            'after' => 'last_report',
+            'content' => 'facts_hash["architecture"]',
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    end
+
+    it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/foreman/plugins/foreman_column_view.yaml').with_content(/.*:title: Architecture.*/) }
+
+    it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
+  end
+
+  context 'with columns hash architecture and console' do
+    let(:params) do
+      {
+        'columns' => {
+          'architecture' => {
+            'title' => 'Architecture',
+            'after' => 'last_report',
+            'content' => 'facts_hash["architecture"]',
+          },
+          'console' => {
+            'title' => 'Console',
+            'after' => '0',
+            'content' => 'link_to(_("Console"), "https://#{host.interfaces.first.name}.domainname", { :class => "btn btn-info" } )',
+	    'conditional' => ':bmc_available?',
+	    'eval_content' => 'true',
+	    'view' => ':hosts_properties',
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    end
+
+    it { is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/foreman/plugins/foreman_column_view.yaml').with_content(/.*:title: Console.*/) }
+
+    it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
+  end
+
+  context 'with columns hash broken' do
+    let(:params) do
+      {
+        'columns' => {
+          'broken' => {
+            'title' => 'Broken',
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    end
+
+    it { is_expected.to compile.and_raise_error(%r{broken}) }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/templates/foreman_column_view.yaml.erb b/templates/foreman_column_view.yaml.erb
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+++ b/templates/foreman_column_view.yaml.erb
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+<%= ERB.new(File.read(File.expand_path("_header.erb",File.dirname(file)))).result(binding) -%>
+#
+# See tfm-rubygem-foreman_column_view-doc and /opt/theforeman/tfm/root/usr/share/gems/gems/foreman_column_view-0.3.0/README.md for more information
+:column_view:
+<% if @columns -%>
+<%   @columns.each do |column, hash| -%>
+  :<%= column %>:
+<%     hash.each do |key,value| -%>
+    :<%= key %>: <%= value %>
+<%     end -%>
+<%   end -%>
+<% end -%>
diff --git a/types/column_view_column.pp b/types/column_view_column.pp
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+++ b/types/column_view_column.pp
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+type Foreman::Column_view_column = Struct[
+  {
+    title => String[1],
+    after => String[1],
+    content => String[1],
+    Optional['conditional'] => String[1],
+    Optional['eval_content'] => String[1],
+    Optional['view'] => String[1],
+    Optional['width'] => String[1],
+    Optional['custom_method'] => String[1],
+  }
+]