Puppet resource type service is used to manage services. In Windows, the management capabilities are somewhat limited. However, if we want to make sure that a service always runs or always stops, we can use the service type.

Here is how to write this:

service { 'servicename':
ensure =>running,stopped
enable =>true,false,manual
  }

The following points explain the preceding code:

As an example, let's start with disabling the Windows file and print sharing features. You can see the service details in the following screenshot. The service display name is Server and the service name is LanmanServer....