Added a new profile to manage common packages

* will by default pull data from hiera
  * could change it on a per-distro/role basis
  * requires stdlib for ensure_packages

hieradata/common.yaml

@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ profiles::base::ntp_servers:
   - 0.au.pool.ntp.org
   - 1.au.pool.ntp.org
 
+profiles::base::packages::common:
+  - ccze
+  - curl
+  - dstat
+  - htop
+  - mtr
+  - ncdu
+  - neovim
+  - python3
+  - screen
+  - strace
+  - sudo
+  - tmux
+  - vim
+  - vnstat
+  - wget
+  - zsh
+
 profiles::puppet::autosign::subnet_ranges:
   - '198.18.17.0/24'
 

site/profiles/manifests/base.pp

@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ class profiles::base (
       fail("Unsupported OS family ${facts['os']['family']}")
     }
   }
+
+  class { 'profiles::base::packages':
+    packages => hiera('profiles::base::packages::common'),
+    ensure   => 'installed',
+  }
 }

site/profiles/manifests/base/packages.pp

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# This class manages the installation of packages for the base profile
+#
+# Parameters:
+# - $packages: An array of package names to be installed (optional)
+#
+# Description:
+# This class installs a list of packages specified in the $packages parameter
+# using the `package` resource from Puppet. Each package in the array is installed
+# with the `ensure => installed` attribute, ensuring that the package is present
+# on the target system. By default, the class retrieves the package list from Hiera
+# using the key 'profiles::base::packages::common'.
+#
+# Example usage:
+# class { 'profiles::base::packages':
+#   packages => ['package1', 'package2', 'package3'],
+#
+class profiles::base::packages (
+  Array     $packages,
+  Enum[
+    'present',
+    'absent',
+    'latest',
+    'installed'
+    ]       $ensure = 'installed',
+){
+  ensure_packages($packages, {'ensure' => $ensure})
+}