Error: Unknown authentication type 'dsa' when setting authentication

[raphink]

When setting the authentication in Puppet for a ssl_pkey :

ssl_pkey { "${ssl_dir}/${service_name}":
    ensure          => present,
    size            => 2048,
    authentication  => 'dsa',
    password        => 'test'
}

I get the following error : Error: Unknown authentication type 'dsa' when setting authentication

I tried with and without quotes/double quotes.

I use Puppet 3.8.5, with Ruby 1.8.7.

After looking at the code, it seems the comparison is done with a symbol :

  def self.generate_key(resource)
    if resource[:authentication] == :dsa
      OpenSSL::PKey::DSA.new(resource[:size])
    elsif resource[:authentication] == :rsa
      OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(resource[:size])
    else
      raise Puppet::Error,
        "Unknown authentication type '#{resource[:authentication]}'"
    end
end

Replacing if resource[:authentication] == :dsa by if resource[:authentication].to_sym == :dsa seems to fix the issue, but I am not sure it is the good way to do things.

[raphink]

@christophelec just attached some code to the issue. Does that solve your problem?

[raphink]

@christophelec have you been able to test the provided code?

[christophelec]

Hello,

Sorry about the delay, it went under my radar. I just tested and it does fix the issue, thanks !