I wrote the following manifest : ==============================define mysubtype($filepath = $title, $source) { file {"$filepath": content => template("$source") } } define mytype($param2) { mysubtype{"/tmp/parsed1": source => "/tmp/parsed.erb" } file{"/tmp/parsed2": content => template("/tmp/parsed.erb"), } } class myclass($param1) { mytype{'mytype': param2 => "param2" } } class {"myclass": param1 => "param1" } ============================== parsed.erb is : ==============================<% require "yaml" %> <%= YAML::dump(scope.to_hash) %> ============================== So the template for file parsed2 is called directly, but file for template parse1 goes through a custom type. After a puppet apply, a diff betwen /tmp/parsed1 and /tmp/parsed2 gives : (< is file parsed1, > is file parsed2) ==============================45c45 < title: /tmp/parsed1 ---> title: mytype66d65 < source: /tmp/parsed.erb 85a85> param2: param291c91 < name: /tmp/parsed1 ---> name: mytype105d104 < filepath: /tmp/parsed1 ============================== Is that normal that params1 is part of the context in both case, but not param2 ? I think the value of 'title' and name disturbing too. It should be either mysubtype and mytype or /tmp/parsed1 and /tmp/parsed2. But no a strange mix of both. For completness : $ facter puppetversion rubyversion lsbdistdescription lsbdistdescription => Scientific Linux release 6.5 (Carbon) puppetversion => 3.6.1 rubyversion => 1.8.7 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/2F6FAB20-0113-4DCD-91A7-4F2D4A94714D%40spamcop.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.