diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
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+# Copyright 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# == Class: autossh
+#
+class autossh () {
+  package { 'autossh':
+    ensure => 'present',
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/tunnel.pp b/manifests/tunnel.pp
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+# Copyright 2015 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# == Define: autossh::tunnel
+#
+# A define to add an autossh tunnel
+define autossh::tunnel (
+  $ensure              = running,
+  $ssh_port            = '22',
+  $ssh_host,
+  $ssh_user,
+  $ssh_key,
+  $local_forward_args  = undef,
+  $remote_forward_args = undef,
+) {
+    service { '/usr/lib/autossh':
+      ensure => $ensure,
+      start => template('autossh/autossh-command.erb'),
+      stop  => 'AUTOSSH_PID=`pidof autossh` && CHILD_PID=`pgrep -P $AUTOSSH_PID` && kill -9 $AUTOSSH_PID && kill -9 $CHILD_PID',
+      provider => base,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/templates/autossh-command.erb b/templates/autossh-command.erb
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+/usr/lib/autossh/autossh -M 0 -N -f -o "ServerAliveInterval 60" -o "ServerAliveCountMax 3" -o "Stric
+tHostKeyChecking no" <% if @local_forward_args %> -L <%= @local_forward_args %> <% end %> <% if @rem
+ote_forward_args %> -R <%= @remote_forward_args %> <% end %> -i <%= @ssh_key %> <%= @ssh_user %>@<%=
+ @ssh_host %> -p <%= @ssh_port %>