Editing INI style files with puppetlabs-inifile

INI files are used throughout many systems, Puppet uses INI syntax for the puppet.conf file. The puppetlabs-inifile module creates two types, ini_setting and ini_subsetting, which can be used to edit INI style files.

Getting ready

Install the module from the forge as follows:

t@mylaptop ~ $ puppet module install puppetlabs-inifile
Notice: Preparing to install into /home/tuphill/.puppet/modules ...
Notice: Downloading from https://forgeapi.puppetlabs.com ...
Notice: Installing -- do not interrupt ...
/home/tuphill/.puppet/modules
└── puppetlabs-inifile (v1.1.3)

How to do it...

In this example, we will create a /tmp/server.conf file and ensure that the server_true setting is set in that file:

1. Create an initest.pp manifest with the following contents:

     ini_setting {'server_true':
       path    => '/tmp/server.conf',
       section => 'main',
       setting => 'server',
       value   =&gt...