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								cdist-tutorial(7)
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								Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
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								NAME
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								cdist-tutorial - a guided introduction into cdist
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								INTRODUCTION
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								This document gives you a pointer on what to read in
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								which order and is thus a "guide to the right locations".
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								So in case you are just starting, just "begin at the beginning"
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								(Brave New World). You can see the target audience in [] brackets
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								after the description.
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								cdist-quickstart::
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								    New to cdist? Want to get your hands dirty? Read this. [beginner]
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								cdist-bootstrap::
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								    The comprehensive guide to your first cdist installation [beginner]
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								cdist-manifest::
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								    Learn how to define which hosts get which configurations [beginner]
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								cdist-type::
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								    Understand how types are working and created [intermediate]
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								cdist-best-practice::
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								    Hints from real life experience to help you to organise cdist [intermediate]
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								cdist-reference::
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								    The type, explorers and environment variables reference [intermediate]
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								cdist-explorer::
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								    Interested in getting more information about the target system? [intermediate]
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								cdist-stages::
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								    Understand the internal workflow of cdist. [advanced]
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								cdist-hacker::
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								    README, if you want to extend or modify cdist. [hacker]
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								SEE ALSO
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								- cdist(1)
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								- cdist-type(7)
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								- cdist-best-practice(7)
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								- cdist-stages(7)
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								- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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								COPYING
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								Copyright \(C) 2011-2012 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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