cdist-backup/README
Nico Schottelius c223a4ac5c move around documentation
Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch>
2010-10-28 21:13:57 +02:00

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## Introduction
cdist configures your system. It is similar to
[cfengine](http://www.cfengine.org/) and [puppet](http://www.puppetlabs.com/).
It is inspired by both of those tools:
* Try to redo the great power you get
* But leave out the bugs you also got
And cdist is UNIX:
It's designed to reuse existing tools,
does not require high level scripting language interpreters
and is equipped with manpages.
### Architecture
* KISS (keep it simple and stupid)
* Allow very easy extension of cdist (creating own types for instance)
* Push (server pushes configuration) and Pull (client retrieves config) supported
* User defines configuration in shell scripts using cdist functions
* Cdist generates internal configuration (cconfig style) and afterwards applies configuration
## Requirements
### Server
* A posix like shell
* SSH-Client (for push architecture)
* SSH-Server (for pull architecture)
### Client
* A posix like shell
* SSH-Client (for pull architecture)
* SSH-Server (for push architecture)
## How to get cdist
git clone git://git.schottelius.org/cdist
## How to install cdist
make install
## How to use cdist
man cdist