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								cdist(7)
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								Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
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								NAME
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								cdist - Configuration distribution system
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								DESCRIPTION
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								Cdist allows you to centrally define a configurations for
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								UNIX systems and apply them. Cdist generally uses the push
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								approach (a server pushes out the configuration to the clients),
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								but can also be used the pull way (see cdist-push-pull(7)).
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								Cdist is configured in shell syntax, which is "compiled" to an
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								internal configuration representation (cdist-cconfig(7)), which again
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								is used to generate an executable, which is run on the client
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								(see cdist-language(7), cdist-design(7)).
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								To get your fingers dirty with cdist very quick, have
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								a look at cdist-quickstart(7).
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								REQUIREMENTS
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								Cdist requires enabled ssh-server and a posix shell on the clients and
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								ssh-client and posix shell on the server.
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								SEE ALSO
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								Website: http://www.nico.schottelius.org/cdist/[]
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								COPYING
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								Copyright \(C) 2010-2011 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
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								granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
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