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[[!meta title="cdist - configuration management]]
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## Introduction
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cdist configures your system. It is similar to
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[cfengine](http://www.cfengine.org/) and [puppet](http://www.puppetlabs.com/).
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It is inspired by both of those tools:
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cdist configures your system and is similar to
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other configuration management systems like
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[cfengine](http://www.cfengine.org/),
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[bcfg2](http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2),
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[chef](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/)
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and [puppet](http://www.puppetlabs.com/), but
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it ticks differently:
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* Try to redo the great power you get
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* But leave out the bugs you also got
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And cdist is UNIX:
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It's designed to
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reuse existing tools,
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it does not require high level scripting language interpreters
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and it is equipped with manpages.
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* cdist sticks completly to the KISS (keep it simple and stupid) paradigma
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* cdist's core is very small (currently around 400 lines of code)
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* There is only one type to extend cdist called ***type***.
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*
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* cdist is UNIX
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* It reuses existing tools like cat, find, mv, ...
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* cdist's documentation is bundled as manpages
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* cdist is written in POSIX shell
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* No special requirements like high level interpreters needed on server or target
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### Architecture
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* KISS (keep it simple and stupid)
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* Allow very easy extension of cdist (creating own types for instance)
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* Push (server pushes configuration) and Pull (client retrieves config) supported
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* User defines configuration in shell scripts
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* Push mode (server pushes configuration)
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* Pull mode (client triggers configuration)
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* User defines configuration in shell scripts (called ***manifests***)
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* Cdist generates internal configuration (cconfig style) and afterwards applies configuration
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## Requirements
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