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Each backend has its own configuration.
Each backend configuration block must specify simpkv plugin type (e.g., ‘file’, ‘ldap’) and a user-provided instance identifier.
A plugin is a backend interface written in Ruby and conforming to an explicit plugin API and expected behavior. It is the logic that actually affects the keystore operation when a
simpkv::*function is called during a Puppet catalog compilation. For the ‘ldap' plugin, this will be the software that modifies key/value pairs stored in an LDAP server.The same plugin can be used for multiple backend instances.
The combination of plugin type and instance identifier uniquely identifies a backend instance.
Each backend configuration block may specify additional, plugin-specific configuration (such as LDAP server URL and port, TLS configuration,…).
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