# /etc/puppet/modules/mcollective/manifests/params.pp
class mcollective::params {

  $mcollective_username = 'mcollective'
  $mcollective_password = 'some_password'

}

# /etc/puppet/modules/mcollective/manifests/init.pp
class mcollective::server {

  include mcollective::params

  package { mcollective: ensure => latest }
  package { mcollective-plugins: ensure => latest }

  file { "/etc/mcollective/server.cfg":
    owner => "root",
    group => "root",
    mode => "644",
    content => template("mcollective/server.cfg.erb"),
    require => [ Package["mcollective"],
                 Package["mcollective-plugins"]
               ]
  }

  service { "mcollective":
    ensure => "running",
    enable => true,
    hasrestart => true,
    subscribe => File["/etc/mcollective/server.cfg"]
  }

}

class mcollective::client {

  include mcollective::params

  package { mcollective-client: ensure => latest }

  file { "/etc/mcollective/client.cfg":
    owner => "root",
    group => "root",
    mode => "644",
    source => template("mcollective/client.cfg.erb"),
    require => Package["mcollective-client"],
  }

}