diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/postgresql_conf/parsed.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/postgresql_conf/parsed.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 787125072c..0000000000
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/postgresql_conf/parsed.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'puppet/provider/parsedfile'
-
-Puppet::Type.type(:postgresql_conf).provide(
-  :parsed,
-  parent: Puppet::Provider::ParsedFile,
-  default_target: '/etc/postgresql.conf',
-  filetype: :flat,
-) do
-  desc 'Set key/values in postgresql.conf.'
-
-  text_line :comment, match: %r{^\s*#}
-  text_line :blank, match: %r{^\s*$}
-
-  record_line :parsed,
-              fields: ['key', 'value', 'comment'],
-              optional: ['comment'],
-              match: %r{^\s*([\w.]+)\s*=?\s*(.*?)(?:\s*#\s*(.*))?\s*$},
-              to_line: proc { |h|
-                # simple string and numeric values don't need to be enclosed in quotes
-                val = if h[:value].is_a?(Numeric)
-                        h[:value].to_s
-                      elsif h[:value].is_a?(Array)
-                        # multiple listen_addresses specified as a string containing a comma-speparated list
-                        h[:value].join(', ')
-                      else
-                        h[:value]
-                      end
-                dontneedquote = val.match(%r{^(\d+.?\d+|\w+)$})
-                dontneedequal = h[:key].match(%r{^(include|include_if_exists)$}i)
-
-                str =  h[:key].downcase # normalize case
-                str += dontneedequal ? ' ' : ' = '
-                str += "'" unless dontneedquote && !dontneedequal
-                str += val
-                str += "'" unless dontneedquote && !dontneedequal
-                str += " # #{h[:comment]}" unless h[:comment].nil? || h[:comment] == :absent
-                str
-              },
-              post_parse: proc { |h|
-                h[:key].downcase! # normalize case
-                h[:value].gsub!(%r{(^'|'$)}, '') # strip out quotes
-              }
-end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/postgresql_conf/ruby.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/postgresql_conf/ruby.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f00abdb7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/postgresql_conf/ruby.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+Puppet::Type.type(:postgresql_conf).provide(:ruby) do
+  desc 'Set key/values in a postgresql config file.'
+
+  confine exists: target
+
+  # file parsing in a seperate function
+  def parse_config(target)
+    file = File.open(target)
+    active_settings = []
+    active_values_regex = %r{^\s*(?<key>[\w.]+)\s*=?\s*(?<value>.*?)(?:\s*#\s*(?<comment>.*))?\s*$}
+    file = File.open('/etc/postgresql/14/main/postgresql.conf')
+
+    File.foreach(file).with_index do |line, line_number|
+      if matches = line.match(active_values_regex)
+        attributes_hash = { line_number: line_number, key: matches[:key], ensure: 'present', value: matches[:value], comment: matches[:comment] }
+        active_settings.push(attributes_hash)
+      end
+    end
+    active_settings
+  end
+
+  #write config file
+  def write_config(target, lines)
+    File.open(target, 'w') { |file| file.write(lines.join) }
+  end
+
+  # check, if resource exists.
+    def exists?
+      @result = parse_config(target).each { |setting| setting[:key] == resource[:key] }
+    end
+
+    # remove resource
+    def destroy
+
+    end
+
+    # create resource
+    def create
+    end
+
+    # getter - get value
+    def value
+    end
+
+    # setter - set value
+    def value=(_value)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/postgresql_conf.rb b/lib/puppet/type/postgresql_conf.rb
index a624db4bcf..62513225ab 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/postgresql_conf.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/postgresql_conf.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 
   newproperty(:target) do
     desc 'The path to the postgresql config file'
-    newvalues(%r{^\/[a-z0-9]+[a-z0-9(\/)(\-)]*[\w]+.conf$})
+    newvalues(%r{^/[a-z0-9]+[a-z0-9(/)-]*\w+.conf$})
   end
 end