Hi Baz,
There are two APIs for custom types/providers within modern Puppet.
The “old” API uses the Puppet::Type.newtype syntax.
I gave a talk on this topic a couple of years ago:
https://www.slideshare.net/PuppetLabs/puppetconf-2016-moving-from-exec-to-types-and-providers-martin-alfke-example42-g
I am migrating a Puppet 3.x to Puppet 7.x and am having to rewrite alot of
the code.
This includes a number of custom modules and my first foray into writing
custom functions/providers.
This is where I am getting stuck as there is not really a lot of
information on this.
Looking at existing Pup
