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+
+# Helper class for UCI commit
+#
+class uci {
+
+    if $::operatingsystem != "OpenWRT" {
+        fail("uci not supported on ${::operatingsystem}")
+    }
+
+    exec { "uci commit":
+        user        => "root",
+        path        => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
+        refreshonly => true,
+    }
+
+}
+
+# Set value using UCI
+#
+# === Parameters
+#
+#     $name:
+#         UCI key to set
+#     $value:
+#         Value for given key
+#
+# === Sample usage
+#
+# uci::set { "uhttpd.main.listen_http":
+#     value => "8080",
+# }
+#
+define uci::set($value) {
+
+    include uci
+
+    exec { "uci set ${name}=${value}":
+        user   => "root",
+        path   => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
+        unless => "uci get ${name} | egrep '^${value}\$'",
+        notify => Exec["uci commit"],
+    }
+
+}