1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/indirector/rest.rb b/lib/puppet/indirector/rest.rb
index eb41ff3b1..e50dc68ae 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/indirector/rest.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/indirector/rest.rb
@@ -53,11 +53,15 @@ class Puppet::Indirector::REST < Puppet::Indirector::Terminus
       end
     else
       # Raise the http error if we didn't get a 'success' of some kind.
-      message = "Error #{response.code} on SERVER: #{(response.body||'').empty? ? response.message : uncompress_body(response)}"
-      raise Net::HTTPError.new(message, response)
+      raise convert_to_http_error(response)
     end
   end
 
+  def convert_to_http_error(response)
+    message = "Error #{response.code} on SERVER: #{(response.body||'').empty? ? response.message : uncompress_body(response)}"
+    Net::HTTPError.new(message, response)
+  end
+
   # Provide appropriate headers.
   def headers
     add_accept_encoding({"Accept" => model.supported_formats.join(", ")})
@@ -73,6 +77,19 @@ class Puppet::Indirector::REST < Puppet::Indirector::Terminus
     result
   end
 
+  def head(request)
+    response = network(request).head(indirection2uri(request), headers)
+    case response.code
+    when "404"
+      return false
+    when /^2/
+      return true
+    else
+      # Raise the http error if we didn't get a 'success' of some kind.
+      raise convert_to_http_error(response)
+    end
+  end
+
   def search(request)
     unless result = deserialize(network(request).get(indirection2uri(request), headers), true)
       return []