PuppetConf 2013

We've probably all gone looking for the resolv.conf module, or managed a template just so we could disable PermitRootLogin, or grumbled a little at how the host provider works. What if rather than managing modules for these things, there was an idempotent type available? That is the goal of augeasproviders by the Hercules Team. By writing custom types and providers using augeas you can go back to defining your environment with a DSL, rather than managing templates and additional modules.