From ec2c5170b8ff1daa4f581790c17aa9b5194d6110 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Walker <nick.walker@puppetlabs.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:49:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add a type for ensure on service resources

---
 README.md               | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 types/ensure/service.pp |  1 +
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 types/ensure/service.pp

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c83d60fb..6dd620d6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -301,6 +301,24 @@ Unacceptable input example:
 ../relative_path
 ```
 
+#### `Stdlib::Ensure::Service`
+
+Matches acceptable ensure values for service resources.
+
+Acceptable input examples:    
+
+```shell
+stopped
+running
+```
+
+Unacceptable input example:   
+
+```shell
+true
+false
+```
+
 #### `Stdlib::Httpsurl`
 
 Matches HTTPS URLs.
diff --git a/types/ensure/service.pp b/types/ensure/service.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fba66acc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/ensure/service.pp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+type Stdlib::Ensure::Service = Enum['stopped', 'running']