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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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* 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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### 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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* Cdist generates internal configuration (cconfig style) and afterwards applies configuration
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## Requirements
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### Server
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* A posix like shell
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* SSH-Client (for push architecture)
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* SSH-Server (for pull architecture)
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### Client
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* A posix like shell
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* SSH-Client (for pull architecture)
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* SSH-Server (for push architecture)
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## How to get cdist
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git clone git://git.schottelius.org/cdist
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## How to install cdist
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make install
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## How to use cdist
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man cdist
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