# to not repeat the settings everywhere Exec { path => '/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin/', } Package { ensure => present, } File { ensure => present, owner => 'root', group => 'root', # on directory, this will be 755 # see http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/2.7.0/type.html#file mode => '0644', } Group { ensure => present, } User { ensure => present, managehome => true, shell => '/bin/bash', } Service { ensure => running, }