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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__docker_stack.html">14.37. cdist-type__docker_stack(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__docker_swarm.html">14.38. cdist-type__docker_swarm(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__dog_vdi.html">14.39. cdist-type__dog_vdi(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__dot_file.html">14.40. cdist-type__dot_file(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__file.html">14.41. cdist-type__file(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__filesystem.html">14.42. cdist-type__filesystem(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__firewalld_rule.html">14.43. cdist-type__firewalld_rule(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__firewalld_start.html">14.44. cdist-type__firewalld_start(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__git.html">14.45. cdist-type__git(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__go_get.html">14.46. cdist-type__go_get(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__golang_from_vendor.html">14.47. cdist-type__golang_from_vendor(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__grafana_dashboard.html">14.48. cdist-type__grafana_dashboard(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__group.html">14.49. cdist-type__group(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__hostname.html">14.50. cdist-type__hostname(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__hosts.html">14.51. cdist-type__hosts(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_bootloader_grub.html">14.52. cdist-type__install_bootloader_grub(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_chroot_mount.html">14.53. cdist-type__install_chroot_mount(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_chroot_umount.html">14.54. cdist-type__install_chroot_umount(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_config.html">14.55. cdist-type__install_config(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_directory.html">14.56. cdist-type__directory(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_file.html">14.57. cdist-type__install_file(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_fstab.html">14.58. cdist-type__install_fstab(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_generate_fstab.html">14.59. cdist-type__install_generate_fstab(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_mkfs.html">14.60. cdist-type__install_mkfs(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_mount.html">14.61. cdist-type__install_mount(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_partition_msdos.html">14.62. cdist-type__install_partition_msdos(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_partition_msdos_apply.html">14.63. cdist-type__install_partition_msdos_apply(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_reboot.html">14.64. cdist-type__install_reboot(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_reset_disk.html">14.65. cdist-type__install_reset_disk(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_stage.html">14.66. cdist-type__install_stage(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__install_umount.html">14.67. cdist-type__install_umount(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__iptables_apply.html">14.68. cdist-type__iptables_apply(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__iptables_rule.html">14.69. cdist-type__iptables_rule(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__issue.html">14.70. cdist-type__issue(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__jail.html">14.71. cdist-type__jail(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__jail_freebsd10.html">14.72. cdist-type__jail_freebsd10(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__jail_freebsd9.html">14.73. cdist-type__jail_freebsd9(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__key_value.html">14.74. cdist-type__key_value(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__keyboard.html">14.75. cdist-type__keyboard(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__letsencrypt_cert.html">14.76. cdist-type__letsencrypt_cert(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__line.html">14.77. cdist-type__line(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__link.html">14.78. cdist-type__link(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__locale.html">14.79. cdist-type__locale(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__locale_system.html">14.80. cdist-type__locale_system(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__motd.html">14.81. cdist-type__motd(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__mount.html">14.82. cdist-type__mount(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__mysql_database.html">14.83. cdist-type__mysql_database(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package.html">14.84. cdist-type__package(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_apt.html">14.85. cdist-type__package_apt(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_dpkg.html">14.86. cdist-type__package_dpkg(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_emerge.html">14.87. cdist-type__package_emerge(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies.html">14.88. cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_luarocks.html">14.89. cdist-type__package_luarocks(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_opkg.html">14.90. cdist-type__package_opkg(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_pacman.html">14.91. cdist-type__package_pacman(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_pip.html">14.92. cdist-type__package_pip(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_pkg_freebsd.html">14.93. cdist-type__package_pkg_freebsd(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_pkg_openbsd.html">14.94. cdist-type__package_pkg(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_pkgng_freebsd.html">14.95. cdist-type__package_pkgng_freebsd(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_rubygem.html">14.96. cdist-type__package_rubygem(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_update_index.html">14.97. cdist-type__package_update_index(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_upgrade_all.html">14.98. cdist-type__package_upgrade_all(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_yum.html">14.99. cdist-type__package_yum(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__package_zypper.html">14.100. cdist-type__package_zypper(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__pacman_conf.html">14.101. cdist-type__pacman_conf(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__pacman_conf_integrate.html">14.102. cdist-type__pacman_conf_integrate(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__pf_apply.html">14.103. cdist-type__pf_apply(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__pf_ruleset.html">14.104. cdist-type__pf_ruleset(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__postfix.html">14.105. cdist-type__postfix(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__postfix_master.html">14.106. cdist-type__postfix_master(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__postfix_postconf.html">14.107. cdist-type__postfix_postconf(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__postfix_postmap.html">14.108. cdist-type__postfix_postmap(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__postfix_reload.html">14.109. cdist-type__postfix_reload(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__postgres_database.html">14.110. cdist-type__postgres_database(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__postgres_extension.html">14.111. cdist-type__postgres_extension(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__postgres_role.html">14.112. cdist-type__postgres_role(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__process.html">14.113. cdist-type__process(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__prometheus_alertmanager.html">14.114. cdist-type__prometheus_alertmanager(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__prometheus_exporter.html">14.115. cdist-type__prometheus_exporter(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__prometheus_server.html">14.116. cdist-type__prometheus_server(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__pyvenv.html">14.117. cdist-type__pyvenv(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__qemu_img.html">14.118. cdist-type__qemu_img(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__rbenv.html">14.119. cdist-type__rbenv(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__rsync.html">14.120. cdist-type__rsync(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__rvm.html">14.121. cdist-type__rvm(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__rvm_gem.html">14.122. cdist-type__rvm_gemset(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__rvm_gemset.html">14.123. cdist-type__rvm_gemset(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__rvm_ruby.html">14.124. cdist-type__rvm_ruby(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__ssh_authorized_key.html">14.125. cdist-type__ssh_authorized_key(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__ssh_authorized_keys.html">14.126. cdist-type__ssh_authorized_keys(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__ssh_dot_ssh.html">14.127. cdist-type__ssh_dot_ssh(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__staged_file.html">14.128. cdist-type__staged_file(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__start_on_boot.html">14.129. cdist-type__start_on_boot(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__sysctl.html">14.130. cdist-type__sysctl(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__systemd_unit.html">14.131. cdist-type__systemd_unit(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__timezone.html">14.132. cdist-type__timezone(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__update_alternatives.html">14.133. cdist-type__update_alternatives(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__user.html">14.134. cdist-type__user(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__user_groups.html">14.135. cdist-type__user_groups(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__yum_repo.html">14.136. cdist-type__yum_repo(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__zypper_repo.html">14.137. cdist-type__zypper_repo(7)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="man7/cdist-type__zypper_service.html">14.138. cdist-type__zypper_service(7)</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-explorer.html">15. Explorer</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-explorer.html#description">15.1. Description</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-explorer.html#examples">15.2. Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-messaging.html">16. Messaging</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-messaging.html#description">16.1. Description</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-messaging.html#availability">16.2. Availability</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-messaging.html#examples">16.3. Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-parallelization.html">17. Parallelization</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-parallelization.html#description">17.1. Description</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-parallelization.html#examples">17.2. Examples</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-parallelization.html#caveats">17.3. Caveats</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-inventory.html">18. Inventory</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-inventory.html#introduction">18.1. Introduction</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-inventory.html#description">18.2. Description</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-inventory.html#cdist-inventory-interface">18.3. cdist inventory interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-inventory.html#configuring-hosts-using-inventory">18.4. Configuring hosts using inventory</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-inventory.html#examples">18.5. Examples</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-inventory.html#example-of-manipulating-database">18.6. Example of manipulating database</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-inventory.html#using-external-inventory">18.7. Using external inventory</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-integration.html">19. cdist integration / using cdist as library</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-integration.html#description">19.1. Description</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-integration.html#examples">19.2. Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-reference.html">20. Reference</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-reference.html#explorers">20.1. Explorers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-reference.html#paths">20.2. Paths</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-reference.html#types">20.3. Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-reference.html#objects">20.4. Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-reference.html#environment-variables-for-reading">20.5. Environment variables (for reading)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-reference.html#environment-variables-for-writing">20.6. Environment variables (for writing)</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html">21. Best practice</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#passwordless-connections">21.1. Passwordless connections</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#speeding-up-ssh-connections">21.2. Speeding up ssh connections</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#speeding-up-shell-execution">21.3. Speeding up shell execution</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#multi-master-or-environment-setups">21.4. Multi master or environment setups</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#separating-work-by-groups">21.5. Separating work by groups</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#maintaining-multiple-configurations">21.6. Maintaining multiple configurations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#multiple-developers-with-different-trust">21.7. Multiple developers with different trust</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#templating">21.8. Templating</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#testing-a-new-type">21.9. Testing a new type</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-best-practice.html#other-content-in-cdist-repository">21.10. Other content in cdist repository</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html">22. Execution stages</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html#description">22.1. Description</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html#stage-1-target-information-retrieval">22.2. Stage 1: target information retrieval</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html#stage-2-run-the-initial-manifest">22.3. Stage 2: run the initial manifest</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html#stage-3-object-information-retrieval">22.4. Stage 3: object information retrieval</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html#stage-4-run-the-object-manifest">22.5. Stage 4: run the object manifest</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html#stage-5-code-generation">22.6. Stage 5: code generation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html#stage-6-code-execution">22.7. Stage 6: code execution</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html#stage-7-cache">22.8. Stage 7: cache</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-stages.html#summary">22.9. Summary</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-cache.html">23. Local cache overview</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-cache.html#description">23.1. Description</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="cdist-cache.html#cache-overview">23.2. Cache overview</a></li>
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