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										 |  |  | cdist - Configuration management system | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | DESCRIPTION | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | Cdist is a usable configuration management system. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | The easiest way to get started with cdist is to initialise | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | the environment and run cdist-quickstart: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | eval `./bin/cdist-env` && cdist-quickstart | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | Cdist configurations are written in the shell scripting language. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | The mapping of configurations to hosts is defined in so called manifests, | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | logical units of functionality are called "types" in cdist jargon. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Cdist ships with some types included. You can use or change them, create new | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ones or even submit your types for inclusion into cdist. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | The main command is cdist-deploy-to, which runs several stages to push | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | configurations to a host. If you want to deeply understand cdist, reading | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | the source of cdist-deploy-to is recommended. | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | Cdist currently uses the push approach (a server pushes out the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | configuration to the clients), but future version will also support the | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | pull mechanism (client requests configuration). | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | SEE ALSO | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | - Website: http://www.nico.schottelius.org/software/cdist/[] | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | - cdist-hacker(7) | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | - cdist-manifest(7) | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | - cdist-type(7) | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | - cdist(1) | 
					
						
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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). |