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Overview In the introductory post about the new support for source => "http://..." parameters in Puppet’s file resource type, I promised a follow-up that would explain the technical details of the implementation. This is not that post. Instead, seeing as Puppet 4.4 will hopefully be released soon and make this feature available to you, I will explain the caveats in greater detail first and add some perspective on how to best circumvent them. [Read More]