Defined resource type examples

Defined resource type definition

Defining a type creates a new defined resource type. The name of this defined type has two namespace segments, comprising the name of the module containing the defined type, apache, and the name of the defined type itself, vhost.

define apache::vhost ($port, $docroot, $servername = $title, $vhost_name = '*') {
  include apache
  include apache::params
  $vhost_dir = $apache::params::vhost_dir
  file { "${vhost_dir}/${servername}.conf":
    content => template('apache/vhost-default.conf.erb'),
    owner   => 'www',
    group   => 'www',
    mode    => '644',
    require => Package['httpd'],
    notify  => Service['httpd'],
  }

For details about defined type usage and syntax, see Defined resource types.

Defined type resource declaration

Declarations of an instance, or resource, of a defined type are similar to other resource declarations. This example declares a instance of the apache::vhost defined type, with a title of "homepages" and the port and docroot attributes specified.

apache::vhost { 'homepages':
  port       => 8081,
  docroot => '/var/www-testhost',
} 

For details about defined type usage and syntax, see Defined resource types.

Defined type resource reference

A resource reference to an instance of the apache::vhost defined resource. Every namespace segment in a resource reference must be capitalized.

Apache::Vhost['homepages']

For details about defined type usage and syntax, see Defined resource types. For details about resource references, see Resource and class references.