Added udev configuration for network interfaces on Ubuntu

network/manifests/init.pp

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class network::helper::debian {
 #   $ipaddr:
 #	IP address for interface. Use dhcp for DHCP configuration and none
 #	if interface just needs to be brought up. Defaults to none.
+#   $eaddr:
+#       Ethernet address. Overrides udev configuration.
 #   $netmask:
 #	Netmask for interface. Required only when $ipaddr is used.
 #   $ip6addr:
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ class network::helper::debian {
 #     netmask => "255.255.0.0",
 # }
 #
-define network::interface($options = [], $ipaddr = "none", $netmask = "none", $ip6addr = "none", $ip6netmask = "64") {
+define network::interface($options = [], $ipaddr = "none", $eaddr = "none", $netmask = "none", $ip6addr = "none", $ip6netmask = "64") {
 
     include network::helper::restart
 
@@ -98,6 +100,15 @@ define network::interface($options = [], $ipaddr = "none", $netmask = "none", $i
 	    }
 	}
     }
+    case $eaddr {
+        none: {
+            $myvar = "macaddress_${name}"
+            $eaddr_real = inline_template("<%= scope.lookupvar(myvar) %>")
+        }
+        default: {
+            $eaddr_real = $eaddr
+        }
+    }
 
     case $operatingsystem {
 	openbsd: {
@@ -138,6 +149,15 @@ define network::interface($options = [], $ipaddr = "none", $netmask = "none", $i
                 notify  => Exec["restart-network"],
                 require => File["/etc/network/interfaces.d", "/etc/network/interfaces.in"],
             }
+            if $eaddr_real {
+                file { "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-persistent-net-${name}.rules":
+                    ensure  => present,
+                    mode    => 0644,
+                    owner   => root,
+                    group   => root,
+                    content => "SUBSYSTEM==\"net\", ACTION==\"add\", ATTR{address}==\"${eaddr_real}\", KERNEL==\"eth*\", NAME=\"${name}\"\n",
+                }
+            }
         }
 	default: {
 	    fail("Network module not supported in ${operatingsystem}")