How to install cdist ==================== Requirements ------------- Source Host ~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the machine you use to configure the target hosts. * /bin/sh: A posix like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh) * Python >= 3.2 * SSH client * sphinx (for building html docs and/or the manpages) Target Hosts ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * /bin/sh: A posix like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh) * SSH server Install cdist ------------- You can install cdist either from git or as a python package. From git ~~~~~~~~ Cloning cdist from git gives you the advantage of having a version control in place for development of your own stuff immediately. To install cdist, execute the following commands: .. code-block:: sh git clone https://github.com/ungleich/cdist.git cd cdist export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd -P)/bin Available versions in git ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ * The active development takes place in the **master** branch * The released versions can be found in the tags Other branches may be available for features or bugfixes, but they may vanish at any point. To select a specific branch use .. code-block:: sh # Generic code git checkout -b origin/ So for instance if you want to use and stay with version 4.1, you can use .. code-block:: sh git checkout -b 4.1 origin/4.1 Git mirrors ^^^^^^^^^^^ If the main site is down, you can acquire cdist from one of the following sites: * git://github.com/telmich/cdist.git `github `_ * git://git.code.sf.net/p/cdist/code `sourceforge `_ Building and using documentation (man and html) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you want to build and use the documentation, run: .. code-block:: sh make docs Documentation comes in two formats, man pages and full HTML documentation. Documentation is built into distribution's docs/dist directory. man pages are in docs/dist/man and HTML documentation in docs/dist/html. If you want to use man pages, run: .. code-block:: sh export MANPATH=$MANPATH:$(pwd -P)/docs/dist/man Or you can move manpages from docs/dist/man directory to some other directory and add it to MANPATH. Full HTML documentation can be accessed at docs/dist/html/index.html. You can also build manpages for types in your ~/.cdist directory: .. code-block:: sh make dotman Built manpages are now in docs/dist/man directory. If you have some other custom .cdist directory, e.g. /opt/cdist then use: .. code-block:: sh DOT_CDIST_PATH=/opt/cdist make dotman Python package ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cdist is available as a python package at `PyPi `_. You can install it using .. code-block:: sh pip install cdist