Type

The programmatic identifier for this type is puppet_module.

When identifying modules on Puppet Forge or on the command line, the indentifier takes the form author/name. For example: puppetlabs/stdlib. These “author” and “name” fields are used individually as part of the unit key.

Unit Key

author

Module’s author, in the form of a “username” on Puppet Forge. For example, the contributor “Puppet Labs” has the username “puppetlabs”.

name

Module’s name only, not including the author section. For the module identified as “puppetlabs/stdlib”, this field would be “stdlib”.

version

Module’s version, which according to Puppet Labs’ documentation, should follow Semantic Versioning.

Metadata

dependencies

List of dictionaries describing modules on which this module depends. Each dictionary has a key name which includes the full author/name notation, and a key version_requirement which describes what versions are acceptable to satisfy this dependency. This is an empty list if there are no dependencies. The format for this value is described in detail in Puppet Labs’ own documentation.

description

Longer description of the module.

license

Name of the license with which the module is distributed.

project_page

URL to a web site for the module.

source

URL to the module’s source.

summary

Short description of the module, 1 line only.

tag_list

List of tags assigned to this module on Puppet Forge. This is an empty list if there are no tags.