puppet defined types and variables - puppet

Question

I am new to puppet and I am trying to write a module to manage .bashrc file of 10 users. The following code is ok to manage the file of 1 user. However, I am unable to change the code to manage files for 10 users. I tried using defined types and variable with no luck. Can sombody please suggest me the right way to do this.
init.pp:
class profile (
$bashrc = $profile::params::bashrc,
$bashrc_host = $profile::params::bashrc_host,
) inherits profile::params {
anchor { 'profile::begin': } ->
class { '::profile::config': } ->
anchor { 'profile::end': }
}
config.pp:
class profile::config inherits profile {
file { $bashrc:
ensure => file,
source => "puppet:///$bashrc_host",
}
params.pp:
class profile::params {
$bashrc_host = "modules/profile/$fqdn_user1_bashrc"
}
case $::osfamily {
'RedHat': {
$bashrc = '/home/user1/.bashrc'
}
}

Answer 1

This is not at all a job for a class. As you noted yourself in your most recent comment, this calls for a define actually.
Please don't use verbs in the names of your defines. Instead of defineuser, just do
define profile::user($host_name) {
}
Off the top of my hat, I'm not aware of a good pattern to use module parameters in your defines. You can however use the following pattern:
class profile(
$default_shell = $profile::params::default_shell,
$default_prompt = $profile::params::default_prompt,
$users = {}
) inherits profile::params {
$defaults = { shell => $default_shell, prompt => $default_prompt }
create_resources('profile::user', $users, $defaults)
}
What happens is
values are taken from params, or hiera, or the invoking manifest
these values are gathered in the $defaults array
for any resource in the $users hash that has no shell or prompt, this default is used

Answer 2

If your aim of this module is to learn puppet then:
Add a param user to your class profile::params
class profile::params {
$bashrc_host = "modules/profile/$fqdn_user1_bashrc"
$user = 'user1',
}
case $::osfamily {
'RedHat': {
$bashrc = "/home/$user/.bashrc"
}
}
After this, you can use a combination of array or hiera and ensure_resource This still is not the most elegant solution, but baby steps.
If your intend is to actually manage the bashrc for various users, I would recommend using a pre existing module such as account