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Paths
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\$HOME/.cdist
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The standard cdist configuration directory relative to your home directory
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This is usually the place you want to store your site specific configuration
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The standard cdist configuration directory relative to your home directory.
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This is usually the place you want to store your site specific configuration.
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cdist/conf/
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The distribution configuration directory
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This contains types and explorers to be used
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The distribution configuration directory.
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This contains types and explorers to be used.
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confdir
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Cdist will use all available configuration directories and create
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a temporary confdir containing links to the real configuration directories.
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This way it is possible to merge configuration directories.
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By default it consists of everything in \$HOME/.cdist and cdist/conf/.
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For more details see cdist(1)
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For more details see cdist(1).
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confdir/files/
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Cdist does not care about this directory besides providing access to it.
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This directory is referenced by the variable __type (see below).
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confdir/type/<name>/man.rst
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Manpage in reStructuredText format (required for inclusion into upstream)
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Manpage in reStructuredText format (required for inclusion into upstream).
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confdir/type/<name>/manifest
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Used to generate additional objects from a type.
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confdir/type/<name>/gencode-local
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Used to generate code to be executed on the source host
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Used to generate code to be executed on the source host.
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confdir/type/<name>/gencode-remote
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Used to generate code to be executed on the target host
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Used to generate code to be executed on the target host.
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confdir/type/<name>/parameter/required
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Parameters required by type, \n separated list.
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@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ files
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(for instance to store template results).
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changed
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This empty file exists in an object directory, if the object has
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code to be executed (either remote or local)
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code to be executed (either remote or local).
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stdin
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This file exists and contains data, if data was provided on stdin
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when the type was called.
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__explorer
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Directory that contains all global explorers.
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Available for: initial manifest, explorer, type explorer, shell
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Available for: initial manifest, explorer, type explorer, shell.
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__files
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Directory that contains content from the "files" subdirectories
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from the configuration directories.
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode, shell
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode, shell.
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__manifest
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Directory that contains the initial manifest.
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, shell
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, shell.
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__global
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Directory that contains generic output like explorer.
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode, shell
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode, shell.
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__messages_in
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File to read messages from.
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode.
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__messages_out
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File to write messages.
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode
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Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type gencode.
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__object
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Directory that contains the current object.
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Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type gencode and code scripts
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Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type gencode and code scripts.
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__object_id
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The type unique object id.
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Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type gencode and code scripts
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Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type gencode and code scripts.
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Note: The leading and the trailing "/" will always be stripped (caused by
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the filesystem database and ensured by the core).
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Note: Double slashes ("//") will not be fixed and result in an error.
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__object_name
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The full qualified name of the current object.
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Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type gencode
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Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type gencode.
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__target_host
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The host we are deploying to.
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Available for: explorer, initial manifest, type explorer, type manifest, type gencode, shell
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Available for: explorer, initial manifest, type explorer, type manifest, type gencode, shell.
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__type
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Path to the current type.
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Available for: type manifest, type gencode
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Available for: type manifest, type gencode.
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__type_explorer
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Directory that contains the type explorers.
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Available for: type explorer
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Available for: type explorer.
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Environment variables (for writing)
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-----------------------------------
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The following environment variables influence the behaviour of cdist:
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require
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Setup dependencies between objects (see \`cdist manifest <cdist-manifest.html>\`_)
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Setup dependencies between objects (see \`cdist manifest <cdist-manifest.html>\`_).
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CDIST_PATH
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Colon delimited list of config directories.
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CDIST_LOCAL_SHELL
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Use this shell locally instead of /bin/sh to execute scripts
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Use this shell locally instead of /bin/sh to execute scripts.
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CDIST_REMOTE_SHELL
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Use this shell remotely instead of /bin/sh to execute scripts
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Use this shell remotely instead of /bin/sh to execute scripts.
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CDIST_OVERRIDE
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Allow overwriting type parameters (see \`cdist manifest <cdist-manifest.html>\`_)
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Allow overwriting type parameters (see \`cdist manifest <cdist-manifest.html>\`_).
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CDIST_ORDER_DEPENDENCY
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Create dependencies based on the execution order (see \`cdist manifest <cdist-manifest.html>\`_)
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Create dependencies based on the execution order (see \`cdist manifest <cdist-manifest.html>\`_).
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CDIST_REMOTE_EXEC
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Use this command for remote execution (should behave like ssh)
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Use this command for remote execution (should behave like ssh).
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CDIST_REMOTE_COPY
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Use this command for remote copy (should behave like scp)
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Use this command for remote copy (should behave like scp).
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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cdist is the frontend executable to the cdist configuration management.
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cdist supports different subcommands as explained below.
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It supports different subcommands as explained below.
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It is written in Python so it requires :strong:`python`\ (1) to be installed.
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It requires a minimal Python version 3.2.
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GENERAL
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-------
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CONFIG
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------
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Configure one or more hosts
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Configure one or more hosts.
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.. option:: -c CONF_DIR, --conf-dir CONF_DIR
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~/.cdist
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Your personal cdist config directory. If exists it will be
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automatically used.
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${cdist_prefix}/cdist/conf
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The distribution configuration directory. ${cdist_prefix} is
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installation-dependent. If you install cdist using git it is
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equal to your cloned directory. If you install it using python
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pip then it is equal to
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${prefix}/lib/python<version>/site-packages/cdist sub-directory
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where ${prefix}, by default, is /usr/local (see :strong:`python`\ (1)).
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cdist/conf
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The distribution configuration directory. It contains official types and
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explorers. This path is relative to cdist installation directory.
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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more information. This is rather useful, if the standard
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directory used does not allow executables.
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CDIST_PATH
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Colon delimited list of config directories.
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CDIST_LOCAL_SHELL
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Selects shell for local script execution, defaults to /bin/sh
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Selects shell for local script execution, defaults to /bin/sh.
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CDIST_REMOTE_SHELL
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Selects shell for remote scirpt execution, defaults to /bin/sh
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Selects shell for remote scirpt execution, defaults to /bin/sh.
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CDIST_OVERRIDE
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Allow overwriting type parameters.
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CDIST_ORDER_DEPENDENCY
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Create dependencies based on the execution order.
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CDIST_REMOTE_EXEC
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Use this command for remote execution (should behave like ssh)
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Use this command for remote execution (should behave like ssh).
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CDIST_REMOTE_COPY
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Use this command for remote copy (should behave like scp)
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Use this command for remote copy (should behave like scp).
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EXIT STATUS
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The following exit values shall be returned:
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0
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Successful completion
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1
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One or more host configurations failed
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0 Successful completion.
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1 One or more host configurations failed.
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