Added custom file definition which supports http, https and ftp urls.

custom/manifests/init.pp

@@ -20,6 +20,89 @@ class custom {
 }
 
 
+# Extended version of default File type.
+#
+# === Parameters:
+#
+#   $ensure:
+#       See $ensure from File type.
+#   $group:
+#       See $ensure from File type.
+#   $mode:
+#       See $ensure from File type.
+#   $owner:
+#       See $ensure from File type.
+#   $seltype:
+#       See $ensure from File type.
+#   $source:
+#       See $ensure from File type. This define will also accept http,
+#       https and ftp urls.
+#
+# === Sample usage:
+#
+# custom::file { "/usr/src/puppet.tar.gz":
+#     ensure => present,
+#     source => "http://puppetlabs.com/downloads/puppet/puppet-2.6.2.tar.gz",
+# }
+#
+define custom::file($ensure, $group="NONE", $mode="NONE", $owner="NONE", $seltype="NONE", $source) {
+
+    $test = regsubst($source, '^([^:]+)://.+$', '\1')
+    if "${test}" == "${source}" {
+        $method = "file"
+        $path = "${source}"
+    } else {
+        $method = "${test}"
+    }
+    
+    case $method {
+        "ftp","http","https": {
+            $fetch_cmd = "wget -q -O '${name}' '${source}'"
+            $diff_cmd = "wget -q -O - '${source}' | diff -q - '${name}'"
+        }
+    }
+
+    case $method {
+        "file":   {}
+        "puppet": {}
+        default:  {
+            exec { "fetch-file-${source}":
+                path    => "/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin",
+                command => $fetch_cmd,
+                unless  => $diff_cmd,
+                before  => File["${name}"],
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    file { "${name}":
+        ensure  => "${ensure}",
+        source  => "${method}" ? {
+            "file"   => "${path}",
+            "puppet" => "${source}",
+            default => undef,
+        },
+        mode    => "${mode}" ? {
+            "NONE" => undef,
+            default => "${mode}",
+        },
+        owner   => "${owner}" ? {
+            "NONE"  => undef,
+            default => "${owner}",
+        },
+        group   => "${group}" ? {
+            "NONE"  => undef,
+            default => "${group}",
+        },
+        seltype => "${seltype}" ? {
+            "NONE"  => undef,
+            default => "${seltype}",
+        },
+    }
+
+}
+
+
 # Set root password
 #
 # === Global variables