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...ing Puppet with types and providers. First off I am having a difficult time find any documentationo on this and I do not know Ruby that well. The problem that I am having is this, I have the following code: Puppet::Type.type(:database).provide(:mysql) do desc "Manages MySQL database." defaultfor :kernel => ''Linux'' optional_commands :mysql => ''mysql'' def create def create mysql("-u #{resource[:rootuser]} -p\''#{resource[:rootpassword]}\'' -h #{resource[:host]} -NBev", "create database #{@resource[:name...

...and trying to get it to work on Debian. I only modified the command so it would include --defaults-file=/etc/ mysql/debian.cnf. But when I try to use the type, I get: err: Could not run Puppet configuration client: Could not find a default provider for mysql_database So I tried adding the line: defaultfor :operatingsystem => :debian To the providers. But I''m still getting the message the it cannot find the default provider. I''ve been searching online for documentation on how to modify the type so it would know which provider to select, but although there are a lot of types find...