I''ve written my first attempt at a custom puppet function, and it passes all the suggested test''s from the Puppet documentation, but when called from a test module it doesn''t seem to be found. Successful tests... irb(main):001:0> require ''puppet'' => true irb(main):002:0> require ''/etc/puppet/modules/string2hash/ .git/ lib/ irb(main):002:0> require ''/etc/puppet/modules/string2hash/lib/puppet/ parser/functions/string2hash.rb'' => true irb(main):003:0> Puppet::Parser::Functions.function(:string2hash) => "function_string2hash" ruby -rpuppet lib/puppet/parser/functions/string2hash.rb returns no errors When I try and test the functions ability to even return a correct value, I get this, $ puppet --debug -vvv test.pp Unknown function string2hash at /etc/puppet/modules/test/test.pp:3 This is test.pp... ----------- $hash_string = "{\"general\":{\"dump_dir\":\"/backups/misc-sqldumps\", \"databases\":\"mysql\",\"backup_dir\":\"/etc\"},\"anth\":{\"dump_dir \":\"/backups/anth-sqldumps\",\"databases\":\" anth_main anth_students anth_td anth_intranet\",\"backup_dir\":\"/var/www/anthropology.tamu.edu \"}}" $val = string2hash($hash_string) notice($val) This is my function, at /etc/puppet/modules/string2hash/lib/puppet/ parser/functions/string2hash.rb --------------------- #!/usr/bin/ruby module Puppet::Parser::Functions newfunction(:string2hash, :type => :rvalue) do |args| raise ArgumentError, ("string2hash(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be 1)") if args.length != 1 raise ArgumentError, ("string2hash(): wrong type of argument (#{args[0].kind_of}; must be string)") if args[0].kind_of? String require ''json'' begin return JSON.parse(args[0]) rescue Exception => exc raise TypeError, "string2hash(): error converting string to hash" end end end I use numerous community functions that work without any type of "includes" , and can''t seem to figure out why mine is ''unknown'' when puppet clearly sees it. I''ve restarted both the puppet and puppetmaster daemon repeatedly. Thanks - Trey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.