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# The Puppet definition below produces following error when called as
# set_up_service_with_ssh_key("X"):
#
#   err: Could not create ssh key Y for X: user X doesn't exist
#
# But the ssh_authorized_key resource requires User["X"].
# Am I missing something?

define set_up_service_with_ssh_key($service_name) {

  user {
    $service_name:
      ensure => present,
      provider => useradd,
      home => "/home/$service_name",
      managehome => true,
      name => $service_name,
  }

  ssh_authorized_key {
    "ssh key Y for $service_name":
      require => User[$service_name],
      ...
  }

}