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<h1>cdist-reference(7)</h1>
<span id="author">Nico Schottelius</span><br />
<span id="email"><tt>&lt;<a href="mailto:nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org">nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org</a>&gt;</tt></span><br />
</div>
<div id="content">
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_name">NAME</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>cdist-reference - Variable, path and type reference for cdist</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>Various scripts which are not in the core need information on how
to find information. This manpage summarises the available environment
variables, types and paths and clearifies with part may access which variables.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_paths">PATHS</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>If not specified otherwise, all paths are relative to the checkout directory.</p></div>
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Contains the (static) configuration like manifests, types and explorers.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/manifest/init
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
This is the central entry point used by cdist-manifest-init(1).
It is an executable (+x bit set) shell script that can use
values from the explorers to decide which configuration to create
for the specified target host.
</p>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>It should be primary used to define mapping from configurations to hosts.</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/manifest/*
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
All other files in this directory are not directly used by cdist, but you
can seperate configuration mappings, if you have a lot of code in the
manifest/init file. This may also be very helpful to have different admins
maintain different groups of hosts.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/explorer/&lt;name&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Contains explorers to be run on the target hosts, see cdist-explorer(7).
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/type/
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Contains all available types, which are used to provide
some kind of functionality. See cdist-type(7).
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/type/&lt;name&gt;/
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Home of the type &lt;name&gt;.
</p>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>This directory is referenced by the variable __type (see below).</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/type/&lt;name&gt;/man.text
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Manpage in Asciidoc format (nequired for inclusion into upstream)
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/type/&lt;name&gt;/manifest
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Used to generate additional objects from a type.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/type/&lt;name&gt;/gencode-local
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Used to generate code to be executed on the server.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/type/&lt;name&gt;/gencode-remote
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Used to generate code to be executed on the client.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/type/&lt;name&gt;/parameters/required
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Parameters required by type, \n seperated list.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/type/&lt;name&gt;/parameters/optional
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Parameters optionally accepted by type, \n seperated list.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
conf/type/&lt;name&gt;/explorer
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Location of the type specific explorers.
</p>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>This directory is referenced by the variable __type_explorer (see below).</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>See cdist-explorer(7).</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
out/
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
This directory contains output of cdist and is usually located
in a temporary directory and thus will be removed after the run.
</p>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>This directory is referenced by the variable __global (see below).</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
out/explorer
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Output of general explorers.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
out/object
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Objects created for the host.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
out/object/&lt;object&gt;
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Contains all object specific information.
</p>
<div class="literalblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>This directory is referenced by the variable __object (see below).</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
out/object/&lt;object&gt;/explorers
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Output of type specific explorers, per object.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
tmp_dir
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A tempdir and a tempfile is used by cdist internally,
which will be removed when the scripts end automatically.
See cdist-config(1).
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_types">TYPES</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>The following types are available:</p></div>
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
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</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_variables">VARIABLES</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
__explorer
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Directory that contains all explorers.
Available for: explorer
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
__manifest
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Directory that contains the initial manifest.
Available for: initial manifest
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
__global
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Directory that contains generic output like explorer.
Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type explorer, type codegen
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
__object
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Directory that contains the current object.
Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type codegen
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
__object_id
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The type unique object id.
Available for: type manifest, type explorer, type codegen
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
__target_host
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The host we are deploying to.
Available for: initial manifest, type manifest, type codegen
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
__target_user
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
User to use for authentication on remote host.
Currently static in core.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
__type
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Path to the current type.
Available for: type manifest
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
__type_explorers
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Directory that contains the type explorers.
Available for: type explorer
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
cdist(7)
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
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</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_copying">COPYING</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>Copyright (C) 2011 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).</p></div>
</div>
</div>
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