write puppet config to clone github repo

Question

I've written a Puppet module to install Git on Windows. The Puppet Master is Linux.

Is it possible to write a Puppet manifest to clone a GitHub repo using just puppet resources (i.e. without a script or exec)?

This is a private repo, so the solution needs to include secure credentials.

Answer 1

It is indeed possible on Windows! You can use the puppetlabs-vcsrepo module

Screenshot using a Windows 2012R2 machine in Virtualbox, command-line on the left, GUI on the right.

Code I used in the example:

vcsrepo { 'C:\foo':
  ensure   => present,
  provider => git,
  source   => 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-vcsrepo',
}

To keep the repository at the latest revision, set ensure to 'latest'. However, this overwrites any local changes to the repository.

vcsrepo { 'C:\foo':
  ensure   => present,
  provider => git,
  source   => 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-vcsrepo',
}

To control what ref, tag, or branch the git repo is on, use the ref parameter:

vcsrepo { 'C:\foo':
  ensure   => present,
  provider => git,
  source   => 'git://example.com/repo.git',
  revision => 'development',
}

vcsrepo { 'C:\foo':
  ensure   => present,
  provider => git,
  source   => 'git://example.com/repo.git',
  revision => '0c466b8a5a45f6cd7de82c08df2fb4ce1e920a31',
}

vcsrepo { 'C:\foo':
  ensure   => present,
  provider => git,
  source   => 'git://example.com/repo.git',
  revision => '1.1.2rc1',
}