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Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch>
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@ -16,14 +16,25 @@ Reading the source of the cdist-deploy-to executable shous the scripts
responsible for each stage.
STAGE 0: INTERNAL PREPERATION
-----------------------------
Before running the user facing stages, cdist prepares the target host
to contain cdist binaries and creates a clean environment for the
configuration run.
Related manpages:
- cdist-bin-transfer(1)
STAGE 1: TARGET INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
--------------------------------------
In this stage information is collected about target using so called explorers.
Every existing explorer is run on the target and the output of all explorers
are copied back into the local cache. The results can be used by manifests and
types.
In this stage information is collected about the target host using so called
explorers. Every existing explorer is run on the target and the output of all
explorers are copied back into the local cache. The results can be used by
manifests and types.
Related manpages are cdist-explorers(7) and cdist-cache(7).
Related manpages:
- cdist-explorer(7)
STAGE 2: RUN THE INITIAL MANIFEST
@ -34,8 +45,11 @@ the objects as defined in the manifest for the specific host. In this stage,
no conflicts may occur, i.e. no object of the same type with the same id may
be created.
Related manpages are cdist-manifest-init(1), cdist-manifests(7) and
cdist-config-layout(7).
Related manpages:
- cdist-manifest-run(1)
- cdist-manifest-run-init(1)
- cdist-manifest(7)
- cdist-config-layout(7)
STAGE 3: EXECUTION OF TYPES
@ -46,13 +60,16 @@ may generate and change the created objects. In other words, one type can reuse
other types.
For instance the object __apache/www.test.ch is of type __apache, which may
contain an manifest script, which creates new objects of type __file.
contain a manifest script, which creates new objects of type __file.
The newly created objects are merged back into the existing tree. No conflicts
may occur during the merge. A conflict would mean that two different objects
try to create the same object, which indicates a broken configuration.
Related manpage are cdist-types(7) and cdist-manifest-run-all(1).
Related manpages:
- cdist-type(7)
- cdist-manifest-run(1)
- cdist-manifest-run-all(1)
STAGE 4: CODE GENERATION
@ -63,8 +80,10 @@ be executed. This executable should create code to be executed on the target
on stdout. If the gencode executable fails, it must print diagnostic messages
on stderr and exit non-zero.
Related manpages are cdist-types-gencode(7), cdist-gencode(1) and
cdist-gencode-all(1).
Related manpages:
- cdist-types-gencode(7)
- cdist-gencode(1)
- cdist-gencode-all(1)
STAGE 5: CODE EXECUTION
@ -72,7 +91,9 @@ STAGE 5: CODE EXECUTION
The resulting code from the previous stage is transferred to the target host
and executed there to apply the configuration changes,
Related manpages are cdist-exec-transfer(1) and cdist-exec-run(1).
Related manpages:
- cdist-exec-transfer(1)
- cdist-exec-run(1)
SUMMARY
@ -85,7 +106,7 @@ in correct order.
SEE ALSO
--------
cdist(7), cdist-deploy-to(1), cdist-config-layout(7), cdist-manifest-init(1)
cdist(7), cdist-deploy-to(1), cdist-config-layout(7)
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