Puppet - 通过其他模块清单安装模块

Question

I'd like to use vcsrepo module in my puppet module manifest. So I need to install puppetlabs/vcsrepo. Is it possible to avoid installing it manualy by command sudo puppet install puppetlabs-vcsrepo ? I've tried to use somethink like this in my init.pp file

module { 'puppetlabs/vcsrepo':
    ensure   => installed,
}

but it doesn't work :(

Answer 1

The best way to use that module would be to add it to your metadata.json file as explained here: https://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/style_guide.html#module-metadata

Once you've done so the module requested, in your case puppetlabs/vcsrepo will be installed.