diff -r a2342f26c9de -r b0b56e0f8c7f dev/provisioning/modules/puppi/manifests/check.pp
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+++ b/dev/provisioning/modules/puppi/manifests/check.pp	Fri Jan 15 15:35:00 2016 +0100
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+# Define puppi::check
+#
+# This define creates a file with a check command that can be used locally.
+# It uses Nagios plugins for all checks so that $command is just the
+# plugin name with its arguments
+#
+# == Usage
+# Basic Usage:
+# puppi::check { "checkname":
+#   command => "check_tcp -H localhost -p 80"
+# }
+#
+# :include:../README.check
+#
+define puppi::check (
+  $command,
+  $base_dir = '',
+  $hostwide = 'no',
+  $priority = '50',
+  $project  = 'default',
+  $enable   = true ) {
+
+  require puppi
+  require puppi::params
+
+  $ensure = bool2ensure($enable)
+  $bool_hostwide = any2bool($hostwide)
+
+  $real_base_dir = $base_dir ? {
+    ''      => $puppi::params::checkpluginsdir,
+    default => $base_dir,
+  }
+
+  $path = $bool_hostwide ? {
+    true  => "${puppi::params::checksdir}/${priority}-${name}" ,
+    false => "${puppi::params::projectsdir}/${project}/check/${priority}-${name}",
+  }
+
+  file { "Puppi_check_${project}_${priority}_${name}":
+    ensure  => $ensure,
+    path    => $path,
+    mode    => '0755',
+    owner   => $puppi::params::configfile_owner,
+    group   => $puppi::params::configfile_group,
+    require => Class['puppi'],
+    content => "${real_base_dir}/${command}\n",
+    tag     => 'puppi_check',
+  }
+
+}