Add a service_provider fact

This returns the default provider Puppet will choose to manage services
on this system by instantiating a dummy service resource type and
returning the provider chosen.

Co-Authored-By: Simon Fraser University <asa188@sfu.ca>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/facter/service_provider.rb b/lib/facter/service_provider.rb
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+# Fact: service_provider
+#
+# Purpose: Returns the default provider Puppet will choose to manage services
+#   on this system
+#
+# Resolution: Instantiates a dummy service resource and return the provider
+#
+# Caveats:
+#
+Facter.add(:service_provider) do
+  setcode do
+    Puppet::Type.type(:service).newservice(:name => 'dummy')[:provider].to_s
+  end
+end