creating a type and provider for veeam.ini

lib/puppet/provider/veeam_agent_config/ini_setting.rb

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+# veeamagent/lib/puppet/provider/veeam_agent_config/ini_setting.rb
+Puppet::Type.type(:veeam_agent_config).provide(
+  :ini_setting,
+  # set ini_setting as the parent provider
+  :parent => Puppet::Type.type(:ini_setting).provider(:ruby)
+) do
+  # hard code the separator to the one used in the stock veeam.ini
+  def separator
+    '= '
+  end
+  # implement section as the first part of the namevar
+  def section
+    resource[:name].split('/', 2).first
+  end
+  def setting
+    # implement setting as the second part of the namevar
+    resource[:name].split('/', 2).last
+  end
+  # hard code the file path (this allows purging)
+  def self.file_path
+    '/etc/veeam/veeam.ini'
+  end
+end

lib/puppet/type/veeam_agent_config.rb

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+# veeamagent/lib/puppet/type/veeam_agent_config.rb
+Puppet::Type.newtype(:veeam_agent_config) do
+  ensurable
+  newparam(:name, :namevar => true) do
+    desc 'Section/setting name to manage from veeam.ini'
+    # namevar should be of the form section/setting
+    newvalues(/\S+\/\S+/)
+  end
+  newproperty(:value) do
+    desc 'The value of the setting to define'
+    munge do |v|
+      v.to_s.strip
+    end
+  end
+end