functions.pp

We'll define helpful functions here, since we defined this manifest first in site.pp, we can use any definitions in the subsequent manifests. We'll define a function called remotefile which defines a file to load from the puppet server

define remotefile($owner = root, $group= root, $mode, \
  $server = "server.example.com", $cls="base", \
  $backup = false, $recurse = false) {
	file {
	    $name:
            mode => $mode,
            owner => $owner,
            group => $group,
            backup => $backup,
            source => "puppet://$server/$cls/$name"
	}
}

puppet already has file defined, we have simply wrapped file in a function that sets some defaults for us.