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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# 2010-2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+
+import logging
+import os
+import stat
+import shutil
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import time
+
+import cdist.core
+import cdist.exec
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+CODE_HEADER = "#!/bin/sh -e\n"
+
+class ConfigInstall:
+    """Cdist main class to hold arbitrary data"""
+
+    def __init__(self, 
+        target_host,
+        initial_manifest=False,
+        base_path=False,
+        exec_path=sys.argv[0],
+        debug=False):
+
+        self.target_host    = target_host
+
+        self.debug          = debug
+
+        # Only required for testing
+        self.exec_path      = exec_path
+
+        # Configure logging
+        log.addFilter(self)
+
+        # Base and Temp Base 
+        self.base_path = (base_path or
+            self.base_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
+                os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir, os.pardir))
+
+        # Local input
+        self.cache_path             = os.path.join(self.base_path, "cache", 
+            self.target_host)
+        self.conf_path              = os.path.join(self.base_path, "conf")
+
+        self.global_explorer_path   = os.path.join(self.conf_path, "explorer")
+        self.manifest_path          = os.path.join(self.conf_path, "manifest")
+        self.type_base_path         = os.path.join(self.conf_path, "type")
+        self.lib_path               = os.path.join(self.base_path, "lib")
+
+        self.initial_manifest = (initial_manifest or
+            os.path.join(self.manifest_path, "init"))
+
+        # Local output
+        if '__cdist_out_dir' in os.environ:
+            self.out_path = os.environ['__cdist_out_dir']
+        else:
+            self.out_path = os.path.join(tempfile.mkdtemp(), "out")
+        self.bin_path                 = os.path.join(self.out_path, "bin")
+        self.global_explorer_out_path = os.path.join(self.out_path, "explorer")
+        self.object_base_path         = os.path.join(self.out_path, "object")
+
+        # Remote directory base
+        if '__cdist_remote_out_dir' in os.environ:
+            self.remote_base_path = os.environ['__cdist_remote_out_dir']
+        else:
+            self.remote_base_path = "/var/lib/cdist"
+
+        self.remote_conf_path            = os.path.join(self.remote_base_path, "conf")
+        self.remote_object_path          = os.path.join(self.remote_base_path, "object")
+
+        self.remote_type_path            = os.path.join(self.remote_conf_path, "type")
+        self.remote_global_explorer_path = os.path.join(self.remote_conf_path, "explorer")
+
+        # Setup env to be used by others
+        self.__init_env()
+
+        # Create directories
+        self.__init_local_paths()
+        self.__init_remote_paths()
+
+
+    def __init_remote_paths(self):
+        """Initialise remote directory structure"""
+        self.remove_remote_path(self.remote_base_path)
+        self.remote_mkdir(self.remote_base_path)
+        self.remote_mkdir(self.remote_conf_path)
+
+    def __init_local_paths(self):
+        """Initialise local directory structure"""
+
+        # Create base dir, if user supplied and not existing
+        if not os.path.isdir(self.base_path):
+            os.mkdir(self.base_path)
+            
+        # FIXME: raise more beautiful exception / Steven: handle exception
+        os.mkdir(self.out_path)
+        os.mkdir(self.global_explorer_out_path)
+        os.mkdir(self.bin_path)
+
+    def __init_env(self):
+        """Environment usable for other stuff"""
+        os.environ['__target_host'] = self.target_host
+        if self.debug:
+            os.environ['__debug'] = "yes"
+
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        # Do not use in __del__:
+        # http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#customization
+        # "other globals referenced by the __del__() method may already have been deleted 
+        # or in the process of being torn down (e.g. the import machinery shutting down)"
+        #
+        log.debug("Saving " + self.out_path + " to " + self.cache_path)
+        # FIXME: raise more beautiful exception / Steven: handle exception
+        # Remove previous cache
+        if os.path.exists(self.cache_path):
+            shutil.rmtree(self.cache_path)
+        shutil.move(self.out_path, self.cache_path)
+
+    def filter(self, record):
+        """Add hostname to logs via logging Filter"""
+
+        record.msg = self.target_host + ": " + record.msg
+
+        return True
+
+    def run_initial_manifest(self):
+        """Run the initial manifest"""
+        log.info("Running initial manifest %s", self.initial_manifest)
+        env = {  "__manifest" : self.manifest_path }
+        self.run_manifest(self.initial_manifest, extra_env=env)
+
+    def run_type_manifest(self, cdist_object):
+        """Run manifest for a specific object"""
+        cdist_type = cdist_object.type
+        manifest_path = os.path.join(self.type_base_path,
+                            cdist_type.manifest_path)
+        
+        log.debug("%s: Running %s", cdist_object.name, manifest_path)
+        if os.path.exists(manifest_path):
+            env = { "__object" :    os.path.join(self.object_base_path,
+                                        cdist_object.path),
+                    "__object_id":  cdist_object.object_id,
+                    "__object_fq":  cdist_object.name,
+                    "__type":       os.path.join(self.type_base_path,
+                                        cdist_type.path)
+                    }
+            self.run_manifest(manifest_path, extra_env=env)
+
+    def run_manifest(self, manifest_path, extra_env=None):
+        """Run a manifest"""
+        log.debug("Running manifest %s, env=%s", manifest_path, extra_env)
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env['PATH'] = self.bin_path + ":" + env['PATH']
+
+        # Information required in every manifest
+        env['__target_host']            = self.target_host
+        env['__global']                 = self.out_path
+        
+        # Required for recording source in emulator
+        env['__cdist_manifest']         = manifest_path
+
+        # Required to find types in emulator
+        env['__cdist_type_base_path']   = self.type_base_path
+
+        # Other environment stuff
+        if extra_env:
+            env.update(extra_env)
+
+        cdist.exec.shell_run_or_debug_fail(manifest_path, [manifest_path], env=env)
+
+    def object_prepare(self, cdist_object):
+        """Prepare object: Run type explorer + manifest"""
+        log.debug("Preparing object: " + cdist_object.name)
+        self.run_type_explorer(cdist_object)
+        self.run_type_manifest(cdist_object)
+        cdist_object.prepared = True
+
+    def object_run(self, cdist_object):
+        """Run gencode and code for an object"""
+        log.debug("Running object %s", cdist_object)
+
+        # Catch requirements, which re-call us
+        if cdist_object.ran:
+            return
+
+        cdist_type = cdist_object.type
+            
+        for requirement in cdist_object.requirements:
+            log.debug("Object %s requires %s", cdist_object, requirement)
+            self.object_run(requirement)
+
+        #
+        # Setup env Variable:
+        #
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env['__target_host']    = self.target_host
+        env['__global']         = self.out_path
+        env["__object"]         = os.path.join(self.object_base_path, cdist_object.path)
+        env["__object_id"]      = cdist_object.object_id
+        env["__object_fq"]      = cdist_object.name
+        env["__type"]           = cdist_type.name
+
+        # gencode
+        for cmd in ["local", "remote"]:
+            bin = os.path.join(self.type_base_path,
+                    getattr(cdist_type, "gencode_" + cmd + "_path"))
+
+            if os.path.isfile(bin):
+                outfile = os.path.join(self.object_base_path,
+                            getattr(cdist_object, "code_" + cmd + "_path"))
+
+                outfile_fd = open(outfile, "w")
+
+                # Need to flush to ensure our write is done before stdout write
+                # FIXME: code header still needed?
+                outfile_fd.write(CODE_HEADER)
+                outfile_fd.flush()
+
+                cdist.exec.shell_run_or_debug_fail(bin, [bin], env=env, stdout=outfile_fd)
+                outfile_fd.close()
+
+                status = os.stat(outfile)
+
+                # Remove output if empty, else make it executable
+                if status.st_size == len(CODE_HEADER):
+                    os.unlink(outfile)
+                else:
+                    # Add header and make executable - identically to 0o700
+                    os.chmod(outfile, stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)
+                    cdist_object.changed=True
+
+        # code local
+        code_local = cdist_object.code_local_path
+        if os.path.isfile(code_local):
+            cdist.exec.run_or_fail([code_local])
+
+        # code remote
+        local_remote_code   = os.path.join(self.object_base_path,
+            cdist_object.code_remote_path)
+        remote_remote_code  = os.path.join(self.remote_object_path,
+            cdist_object.code_remote_path)
+        if os.path.isfile(local_remote_code):
+            self.transfer_path(local_remote_code, remote_remote_code)
+            cdist.exec.run_or_fail([remote_remote_code], remote_prefix=True)
+
+        cdist_object.ran = True
+
+    def run_type_explorer(self, cdist_object):
+
+    def run_type_explorer(self, cdist_object, remote_global_explorer_path, remote_type_path, remote_object_path, scp-hints, ssh-hints, object_base_path):
+
+    def __init__(self, remote_global_explorer_path, remote_type_path, remote_object_path, exec-hint, object_base_path, global_explorer_out_path):
+
+    def __init__(self, remote_global_explorer_path, remote_type_path, remote_object_path, exec-hint):
+
+    def run_type_explorer(self, cdist_object)
+
+        self.value = .,..
+        return value
+
+    def run_global_explorer(self)
+
+    def __init__(self, remote_global_explorer_path, remote_type_path, remote_object_path, exec-hint):
+        == 1x
+
+
+
+
+    run_type_explorer()
+    self.instance.value[obej
+    
+    c = ConfigInstall("foo")
+    c.remote_global_explorer_path = "moo"
+
+    def run_type_explorer(self, cdist_object)
+        """Run type specific explorers for objects"""
+
+        cdist_type = cdist_object.type
+        self.transfer_type_explorers(cdist_type)
+
+        cmd = []
+        cmd.append("__explorer="        + self.remote_global_explorer_path)
+        cmd.append("__type_explorer="   + os.path.join(
+                                            self.remote_type_path,
+                                            cdist_type.explorer_path))
+        cmd.append("__object="          + os.path.join(
+                                            self.remote_object_path,
+                                            cdist_object.path))
+        cmd.append("__object_id="       + cdist_object.object_id)
+        cmd.append("__object_fq="       + cdist_object.name)
+
+        # Need to transfer at least the parameters for objects to be useful
+        self.transfer_object_parameter(cdist_object)
+
+        for explorer in cdist_type.explorers:
+            remote_cmd = cmd + [os.path.join(self.remote_type_path,
+                cdist_type.explorer_path, explorer)]
+            output = os.path.join(self.object_base_path,
+                        cdist_object.explorer_path, explorer)
+            output_fd = open(output, mode='w')
+            log.debug("%s exploring %s using %s storing to %s", 
+                            cdist_object, explorer, remote_cmd, output)
+                        
+            cdist.exec.run_or_fail(remote_cmd, stdout=output_fd, remote_prefix=True)
+            output_fd.close()
+
+        return outputs
+
+    def link_emulator(self):
+        """Link emulator to types"""
+        src = os.path.abspath(self.exec_path)
+        for cdist_type in cdist.core.Type.list_types(self.type_base_path):
+            dst = os.path.join(self.bin_path, cdist_type.name)
+            log.debug("Linking emulator: %s to %s", src, dst)
+
+            # FIXME: handle exception / make it more beautiful / Steven: raise except :-)
+            os.symlink(src, dst)
+
+    def run_global_explorers(src_path, dst_path, remote_dst_path):
+
+    def run_global_explorers(self):
+        """Run global explorers"""
+        log.info("Running global explorers")
+
+        src_path = self.global_explorer_path
+        dst_path = self.global_explorer_out_path
+        remote_dst_path = self.remote_global_explorer_path
+
+        self.transfer_path(src_path, remote_dst_path)
+
+        for explorer in os.listdir(src_path):
+            output_fd = open(os.path.join(dst_path, explorer), mode='w')
+            cmd = []
+            cmd.append("__explorer=" + remote_dst_path)
+            cmd.append(os.path.join(remote_dst_path, explorer))
+
+            cdist.exec.run_or_fail(cmd, stdout=output_fd, remote_prefix=True)
+            output_fd.close()
+
+    def deploy_to(self):
+        """Mimic the old deploy to: Deploy to one host"""
+        log.info("Deploying to " + self.target_host)
+        self.stage_prepare()
+        self.stage_run()
+
+    def deploy_and_cleanup(self):
+        """Do what is most often done: deploy & cleanup"""
+        start_time = time.time()
+        self.deploy_to()
+        self.cleanup()
+        log.info("Finished run of %s in %s seconds", 
+            self.target_host, time.time() - start_time)
+
+    def stage_prepare(self):
+        """Do everything for a deploy, minus the actual code stage"""
+        self.link_emulator()
+        self.run_global_explorers()
+        self.run_initial_manifest()
+        
+        log.info("Running object manifests and type explorers")
+
+        # Continue process until no new objects are created anymore
+        new_objects_created = True
+        while new_objects_created:
+            new_objects_created = False
+            for cdist_object in cdist.core.Object.list_objects(self.object_base_path,
+                                                               self.type_base_path):
+                if cdist_object.prepared:
+                    log.debug("Skipping rerun of object %s", cdist_object)
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    self.object_prepare(cdist_object)
+                    new_objects_created = True
+
+    def stage_run(self):
+        """The final (and real) step of deployment"""
+        log.info("Generating and executing code")
+        for cdist_object in cdist.core.Object.list_objects(self.object_base_path,
+                                                           self.type_base_path):
+            log.debug("Run object: %s", cdist_object)
+            self.object_run(cdist_object)
+
+    def transfer_object_parameter(self, cdist_object):
+        """Transfer the object parameter to the remote destination"""
+        src  = os.path.join(self.object_base_path,
+            cdist_object.parameter_path)
+        dst = os.path.join(self.remote_object_path,
+            cdist_object.parameter_path)
+
+        # Synchronise parameter dir afterwards
+        self.remote_mkdir(dst)
+        self.transfer_path(src, dst)
+
+    def transfer_global_explorers(self):
+        """Transfer the global explorers"""
+        self.remote_mkdir(self.remote_global_explorer_path)
+        self.transfer_path(self.global_explorer_path, 
+            self.remote_global_explorer_path)
+
+    def transfer_type_explorers(self, cdist_type):
+        """Transfer explorers of a type, but only once"""
+        if cdist_type.transferred_explorers:
+            log.debug("Skipping retransfer for explorers of %s", cdist_type)
+            return
+        else:
+            log.debug("Ensure no retransfer for %s", cdist_type)
+            # Do not retransfer
+            cdist_type.transferred_explorers = True
+
+        explorers = cdist_type.explorers
+
+        if len(explorers) > 0:
+            rel_path = cdist_type.explorer_path
+            src = os.path.join(self.type_base_path, rel_path)
+            dst = os.path.join(self.remote_type_path, rel_path)
+
+            # Ensure full path until type exists:
+            # /var/lib/cdist/conf/type/__directory/explorer
+            # /var/lib/cdist/conf/type/__directory may not exist,
+            # but remote_mkdir uses -p to fix this
+            self.remote_mkdir(dst)
+            self.transfer_path(src, dst)
+
+    def remote_mkdir(self, directory):
+        """Create directory on remote side"""
+        cdist.exec.run_or_fail(["mkdir", "-p", directory], remote_prefix=True)
+
+    def remove_remote_path(self, destination):
+        """Ensure path on remote side vanished"""
+        cdist.exec.run_or_fail(["rm", "-rf",  destination], remote_prefix=True)
+
+    def transfer_path(self, source, destination):
+        """Transfer directory and previously delete the remote destination"""
+        self.remove_remote_path(destination)
+        cdist.exec.run_or_fail(os.environ['__remote_copy'].split() +
+            ["-r", source, self.target_host + ":" + destination])