diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 02d4646b9..9032a014a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#This file is generated by ModuleSync, do not edit.
 *.rb eol=lf
 *.erb eol=lf
 *.pp eol=lf
 *.sh eol=lf
+*.epp eol=lf
diff --git a/.pdkignore b/.pdkignore
index 650022e58..b713b3b1f 100644
--- a/.pdkignore
+++ b/.pdkignore
@@ -22,3 +22,16 @@
 /convert_report.txt
 /update_report.txt
 .DS_Store
+/appveyor.yml
+/.fixtures.yml
+/Gemfile
+/.gitattributes
+/.gitignore
+/.gitlab-ci.yml
+/.pdkignore
+/Rakefile
+/.rspec
+/.rubocop.yml
+/.travis.yml
+/.yardopts
+/spec/
diff --git a/.puppet-lint.rc b/.puppet-lint.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e861e357f..11cc5a5d0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-sudo: false
 dist: trusty
 language: ruby
 cache: bundler
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ script:
   - 'bundle exec rake $CHECK'
 bundler_args: --without system_tests
 rvm:
-  - 2.5.0
+  - 2.5.1
 env:
   global:
     - BEAKER_PUPPET_COLLECTION=puppet6 PUPPET_GEM_VERSION="~> 6.0"
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ matrix:
       bundler_args: 
       dist: trusty
       env: PUPPET_INSTALL_TYPE=agent BEAKER_debug=true BEAKER_PUPPET_COLLECTION=puppet6 BEAKER_set=docker/centos-7 BEAKER_TESTMODE=apply
-      rvm: 2.5.0
+      rvm: 2.5.1
       script: bundle exec rake beaker
       services: docker
       sudo: required
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ matrix:
       bundler_args: 
       dist: trusty
       env: PUPPET_INSTALL_TYPE=agent BEAKER_debug=true BEAKER_PUPPET_COLLECTION=puppet6 BEAKER_set=docker/ubuntu-14.04 BEAKER_TESTMODE=apply
-      rvm: 2.5.0
+      rvm: 2.5.1
       script: bundle exec rake beaker
       services: docker
       sudo: required
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 112dc4212..cf0d52363 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
 require 'puppet-syntax/tasks/puppet-syntax'
 require 'puppet_blacksmith/rake_tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet-blacksmith').any?
 require 'github_changelog_generator/task' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('github_changelog_generator').any?
+require 'puppet-strings/tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet-strings').any?
 require 'puppet_pot_generator/rake_tasks'
 
 def changelog_user
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index d3b4f0c5e..da0b1fd8f 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@
   ],
   "description": "MySQL module",
   "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates",
-  "template-ref": "heads/master-0-gabccfb1",
-  "pdk-version": "1.7.0"
-}
+  "template-ref": "heads/master-0-gbf720df",
+  "pdk-version": "1.8.0"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/default_facts.yml b/spec/default_facts.yml
index e10d991db..ea1e4808e 100644
--- a/spec/default_facts.yml
+++ b/spec/default_facts.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #
 # Facts specified here will override the values provided by rspec-puppet-facts.
 ---
-concat_basedir: ""
 ipaddress: "172.16.254.254"
 is_pe: false
 macaddress: "AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA"
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index eb83c6442..a44ff67bf 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 def ensure_module_defined(module_name)
   module_name.split('::').reduce(Object) do |last_module, next_module|
-    last_module.const_set(next_module, Module.new) unless last_module.const_defined?(next_module)
-    last_module.const_get(next_module)
+    last_module.const_set(next_module, Module.new) unless last_module.const_defined?(next_module, false)
+    last_module.const_get(next_module, false)
   end
 end