cdist-manifest(7)
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Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>


NAME
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cdist-manifest - Define types to be used


DESCRIPTION
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Manifests exist to define which configurations should be applied to a specific
host as well as to define which configurations should be applied within a
type. Manifests are executed locally and the resulting objects are stored in
an internal database.

In general, manifests are used to define which types are used depending
on given conditions

EXAMPLE
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The initial manifest may for instance contain the following code:

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# Always create this file, so other sysadmins know cdist is used.
__file /etc/cdist-configured --type file

case "$__target_host" in
   my.server.name)
      __file /root/bin/ --type directory
      __file /etc/issue.net --type file --source "$__manifest/issue.net
   ;;
esac
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The manifest of the type "nologin" may look like this:

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__file /etc/nologin --type file --source "$__type/files/default.nologin"
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DEPENDENCIES
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If you want to describe that something requires something else, just
setup the variable "require" to contain the requirements. Multiple
requirements can be added white space seperated.


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# No dependency
__file /etc/cdist-configured

# Require above object
require="__file/etc/cdist-configured" __link /tmp/cdist-testfile \
   --source /etc/cdist-configured  --type symbolic

# Require two objects
require="__file/etc/cdist-configured __link/tmp/cdist-testfile" \
   __file /tmp/cdist-another-testfile


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SEE ALSO
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- cdist-manifest-run(1)
- cdist-manifest-run-all(1)
- cdist-manifest-run-init(1)
- cdist-type(7)


COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2010-2011 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).