Add Export database task

tasks/export.json

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+{
+  "description": "Allows you to backup your database to local file.",
+  "input_method": "stdin",
+  "parameters": {
+    "database": {
+      "description": "Database to connect to",
+      "type": "Optional[String[1]]"
+    },
+    "user": {
+      "description": "The user",
+      "type": "Optional[String[1]]"
+    },
+    "password": {
+      "description": "The password",
+      "type": "Optional[String[1]]"
+    },
+     "sql": {
+      "description": "Path to file you want backup to",
+      "type": "String[1]"
+    }
+  }
+}

tasks/export.rb

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+#!/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/ruby
+require 'json'
+require 'open3'
+require 'puppet'
+
+def get(file, database, user, password)
+  cmd_string = "mysqldump"
+  cmd_string << " --databases #{database}" unless database.nil?
+  cmd_string << " --user=#{user}" unless user.nil?
+  cmd_string << " --password=#{password}" unless password.nil?
+  cmd_string << " > #{file}" unless file.nil?
+  stdout, stderr, status = Open3.capture3(cmd_string)
+  raise Puppet::Error, _("stderr: '#{stderr}'") if status != 0
+  { status: stdout.strip }
+end
+
+params = JSON.parse(STDIN.read)
+database = params['database']
+user = params['user']
+password = params['password']
+file = params['file']
+
+begin
+  result = get(file, database, user, password)
+  puts result.to_json
+  exit 0
+rescue Puppet::Error => e
+  puts({ status: 'failure', error: e.message }.to_json)
+  exit 1
+end