In the last blog post, we started with our own custom type. We added the easy_type module, created the files necessary for getting started and got our custom running without any errors. We then added two lines to get into a state where Puppet was able to do an inventory of our systems. But a custom type not able to create, delete or modify the state of your system, wouldnt be very helpful. So in the blog post we are going to add that functionality to our custom_package type.

Robert scratched his head. How would he get a Puppet class to manage a complex resource on his systems? I guess I’ll have to make a Custom Type, he thought. But last time I looked into that, I noticed you need to know a lot about Puppet Internals.