So the problem ended up being the python module - it was not the latest version and it was adding custom resources which ignored what is in the global config.
The 3 files which were causing the problems were; python_version.rb pip_version.rb virtualenv_version.rb The newer version have a statement like this in them - which resolves my issues. https://github.com/stankevich/puppet-python/blob/master/lib/facter/pip_version.rb if Gem::Version.new(facter_puppet_version) >= Gem::Version.new('3.6') > pkg = Puppet::Type.type(:package).new(:name => 'python', :allow_virtual => > 'false') > else > pkg = Puppet::Type.type(:package).new(:name => 'python') > end Hope if someone else is having these problems it may help them. Cheers David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/fe0e9ede-8fad-4b16-8cb0-bdb8aae2a8c0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.