Overview

With this type you can create,delete and manage Postgres databases. Here is an example on how you could use this:

pg_database { 'my_database@instance':
  ensure            => 'present',
  allow_connections => true,
  connection_limit  => -1,
  owner             => 'my_custom_role,
}

The pg_database type recognises all of the options you also have when using SQL to create a user or a role.

Attributes

Attribute Name Short Description
allow_connections sIf false then no one can connect to this database.
connection_limit How many concurrent connections can be made to this database.
db The database name
   
disable_corrective_change Disable the modification of a resource when Puppet decides it is a corrective change.
disable_corrective_ensure Disable the creation or removal of a resource when Puppet decides is a corrective change.
ensure The basic property that the resource should be in.
instance Postgres instance to connect to.
is_template If true, then this database can be cloned by any user with CREATEDB privileges; if false (the default), then only superusers or the owner of the database can clone it.
lc_collate This is a shortcut for setting LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE at once.
lc_ctype Character classification (LC_CTYPE) to use in the new database.
locale This is a shortcut for setting LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE at once.
name The user name.
oid The ID of role
   
owner The role name of the user who will own the new database, or DEFAULT to use the default (namely, the user executing the command).
provider resource.
tablespace The name of the template from which to create the new database, or DEFAULT to use the default template (template1).
template specified if the role bypasses every row level security policy.

allow_connections

sIf false then no one can connect to this database. The default is true, allowing connections (except as restricted by other mechanisms, such as GRANT/REVOKE CONNECT).

Valid values are true, false.

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connection_limit

How many concurrent connections can be made to this database. -1 (the default) means no limit.

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db

The database name

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disable_corrective_change

Disable the modification of a resource when Puppet decides it is a corrective change.

(requires easy_type V2.11.0 or higher)

When using a Puppet Server, Puppet knows about adaptive and corrective changes. A corrective change is when Puppet notices that the resource has changed, but the catalog has not changed. This can occur for example, when a user, by accident or willingly, changed something on the system that Puppet is managing. The normal Puppet process then repairs this and puts the resource back in the state as defined in the catalog. This process is precisely what you want most of the time, but not always. This can sometimes also occur when a hardware or network error occurs. Then Puppet cannot correctly determine the current state of the system and thinks the resource is changed, while in fact, it is not. Letting Puppet recreate remove or change the resource in these cases, is NOT wat you want.

Using the disable_corrective_change parameter, you can disable corrective changes on the current resource.

Here is an example of this:

crucial_resource {'be_carefull':
  ...
  disable_corrective_change => true,
  ...
}

When a corrective ensure does happen on the resource Puppet will not modify the resource and signal an error:

    Error: Corrective change present requested by catalog, but disabled by parameter disable_corrective_change
    Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Crucial_resource[be_carefull]/parameter: change from '10' to '20' failed: Corrective change present requested by catalog, but disabled by parameter disable_corrective_change. (corrective)

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disable_corrective_ensure

Disable the creation or removal of a resource when Puppet decides is a corrective change.

(requires easy_type V2.11.0 or higher)

When using a Puppet Server, Puppet knows about adaptive and corrective changes. A corrective change is when Puppet notices that the resource has changed, but the catalog has not changed. This can occur for example, when a user, by accident or willingly, changed something on the system that Puppet is managing. The normal Puppet process then repairs this and puts the resource back in the state as defined in the catalog. This process is precisely what you want most of the time, but not always. This can sometimes also occur when a hardware or network error occurs. Then Puppet cannot correctly determine the current state of the system and thinks the resource is changed, while in fact, it is not. Letting Puppet recreate remove or change the resource in these cases, is NOT wat you want.

Using the disable_corrective_ensure parameter, you can disable corrective ensure present or ensure absent actions on the current resource.

Here is an example of this:

crucial_resource {'be_carefull':
  ensure                    => 'present',
  ...
  disable_corrective_ensure => true,
  ...
}

When a corrective ensure does happen on the resource Puppet will not create or remove the resource and signal an error:

    Error: Corrective ensure present requested by catalog, but disabled by parameter disable_corrective_ensure.
    Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Crucial_resource[be_carefull]/ensure: change from 'absent' to 'present' failed: Corrective ensure present requested by catalog, but disabled by parameter disable_corrective_ensure. (corrective)

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ensure

The basic property that the resource should be in.

Valid values are present, absent.

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instance

Postgres instance to connect to.

All types have a name like resource@instance.

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is_template

If true, then this database can be cloned by any user with CREATEDB privileges; if false (the default), then only superusers or the owner of the database can clone it.

Valid values are true, false.

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lc_collate

This is a shortcut for setting LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE at once. If you specify this, you cannot specify either of those parameters.

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lc_ctype

Character classification (LC_CTYPE) to use in the new database. This affects the categorization of characters, e.g., lower, upper and digit. The default is to use the character classification of the template database. See below for additional restrictions.

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locale

This is a shortcut for setting LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE at once. If you specify this, you cannot specify either of those parameters.

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name

The user name.

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oid

The ID of role

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owner

The role name of the user who will own the new database, or DEFAULT to use the default (namely, the user executing the command). To create a database owned by another role, you must be a direct or indirect member of that role, or be a superuser.

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provider

The specific backend to use for this pg_database resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.Available providers are:

simple
Manage Postgres databases via regular SQL

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tablespace

The name of the template from which to create the new database, or DEFAULT to use the default template (template1).

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template

specified if the role bypasses every row level security policy.

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