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Keywords | Description Keywords | Description
Simplicity | There is only one type to extend cdist called ***type*** Simplicity | There is only one type to extend cdist called ***type***
Design | Type and core cleanly seperated Design | Type and core cleanly seperated
Design | cdist sticks completly to the KISS (keep it simple and stupid) paradigma Design | Sticks completly to the KISS (keep it simple and stupid) paradigma
Design | Meaningful error messages - do not lose time debugging error messages Design | Meaningful error messages - do not lose time debugging error messages
Design | Consistency in behaviour, naming and documentation Design | Consistency in behaviour, naming and documentation
Design | No surprise factor: Only do what is obviously clear, no magic Design | No surprise factor: Only do what is obviously clear, no magic
@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ Small core | cdist's core is very small - less code, less bugs
Fast development | Focus on straightforwardness of type creation is a main development objective Fast development | Focus on straightforwardness of type creation is a main development objective
Requirements, Scalability | No central server needed, cdist operates in push mode and can be run from any computer Requirements, Scalability | No central server needed, cdist operates in push mode and can be run from any computer
Requirements, Scalability, Upgrade | cdist only needs to be updated on the master, not on the target hosts Requirements, Scalability, Upgrade | cdist only needs to be updated on the master, not on the target hosts
Requirements | cdist requires only SSH and a shell on the target Requirements, Security | Uses well-know [SSH](http://www.openssh.com/) as transport protocol
Requirements | Requirements, Simplicity | Requires only shell and SSH server on the target
UNIX | Reuse of existing tools like cat, find, mv, ... UNIX | Reuse of existing tools like cat, find, mv, ...
UNIX, familar environment, documentation | Is available as manpages and HTML UNIX, familar environment, documentation | Is available as manpages and HTML
UNIX, simplicity, familar environment | cdist is written in POSIX shell UNIX, simplicity, familar environment | cdist is written in POSIX shell

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>cdist-best-practice(7)</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" title="cdist-best-practice(7)" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id318589"></a>cdist-best-practice(7)</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Nico</span> <span class="surname">Schottelius</span></h3><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org">nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org</a>&gt;</code></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_name">1. NAME</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_passwordless_connections">2. PASSWORDLESS CONNECTIONS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_speeding_up_ssh_connections">3. SPEEDING UP SSH CONNECTIONS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_multi_master_or_environment_setups">4. MULTI MASTER OR ENVIRONMENT SETUPS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_seperating_work_by_groups">5. SEPERATING WORK BY GROUPS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_maintaining_multiple_configurations">6. MAINTAINING MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_see_also">7. SEE ALSO</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_copying">8. COPYING</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="section" title="1. NAME"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_name"></a>1. NAME</h2></div></div></div><p>cdist-best-practice - Practices used in real environments</p></div><div class="section" title="2. PASSWORDLESS CONNECTIONS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_passwordless_connections"></a>2. PASSWORDLESS CONNECTIONS</h2></div></div></div><p>It is recommended to run cdist with public key authentication. <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>cdist-best-practice(7)</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" title="cdist-best-practice(7)" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id375523"></a>cdist-best-practice(7)</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Nico</span> <span class="surname">Schottelius</span></h3><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org">nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org</a>&gt;</code></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_name">1. NAME</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_passwordless_connections">2. PASSWORDLESS CONNECTIONS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_speeding_up_ssh_connections">3. SPEEDING UP SSH CONNECTIONS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_multi_master_or_environment_setups">4. MULTI MASTER OR ENVIRONMENT SETUPS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_seperating_work_by_groups">5. SEPERATING WORK BY GROUPS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_maintaining_multiple_configurations">6. MAINTAINING MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_see_also">7. SEE ALSO</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_copying">8. COPYING</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="section" title="1. NAME"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_name"></a>1. NAME</h2></div></div></div><p>cdist-best-practice - Practices used in real environments</p></div><div class="section" title="2. PASSWORDLESS CONNECTIONS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_passwordless_connections"></a>2. PASSWORDLESS CONNECTIONS</h2></div></div></div><p>It is recommended to run cdist with public key authentication.
This requires a private/public key pair and the entry This requires a private/public key pair and the entry
"PermitRootLogin without-password" in the sshd server. "PermitRootLogin without-password" in the sshd server.
See sshd_config(5) and ssh-keygen(1).</p></div><div class="section" title="3. SPEEDING UP SSH CONNECTIONS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_speeding_up_ssh_connections"></a>3. SPEEDING UP SSH CONNECTIONS</h2></div></div></div><p>When connecting to a new host, the initial delay with ssh connections See sshd_config(5) and ssh-keygen(1).</p></div><div class="section" title="3. SPEEDING UP SSH CONNECTIONS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_speeding_up_ssh_connections"></a>3. SPEEDING UP SSH CONNECTIONS</h2></div></div></div><p>When connecting to a new host, the initial delay with ssh connections
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# change to private and include latest common stuff # change to private and include latest common stuff
git checkout private git checkout private
git merge common</pre><p>Have a look at git-remote(1) to adjust the remote configuration, which allows git merge common</pre><p>The following <span class="strong"><strong>.git/config</strong></span> is taken from a a real world scenario:</p><pre class="screen"># Track upstream, merge from time to time
[remote "upstream"]
url = git://git.schottelius.org/cdist
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/upstream/*
# Same as upstream, but works when being offline
[remote "local"]
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/local/*
url = /home/users/nico/p/cdist
# Remote containing various ETH internal branches
[remote "eth"]
url = sans.ethz.ch:/home/services/sans/git/cdist-eth
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/eth/*
# Public remote that contains my private changes to cdist upstream
[remote "nico"]
url = git.schottelius.org:/home/services/git/cdist-nico
fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/nico/*
# The "nico" branch will be synced with the remote nico, branch master
[branch "nico"]
remote = nico
merge = refs/heads/master
# ETH stable contains rock solid configurations used in various places
[branch "eth-stable"]
remote = eth
merge = refs/heads/stable</pre><p>Have a look at git-remote(1) to adjust the remote configuration, which allows
you to push certain branches to certain remotes.</p></div><div class="section" title="7. SEE ALSO"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_see_also"></a>7. SEE ALSO</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"> you to push certain branches to certain remotes.</p></div><div class="section" title="7. SEE ALSO"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_see_also"></a>7. SEE ALSO</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
cdist(7) cdist(7)
</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="8. COPYING"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_copying"></a>8. COPYING</h2></div></div></div><p>Copyright (C) 2011 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="8. COPYING"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_copying"></a>8. COPYING</h2></div></div></div><p>Copyright (C) 2011 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>cdist-reference(7)</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" title="cdist-reference(7)" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id483282"></a>cdist-reference(7)</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Nico</span> <span class="surname">Schottelius</span></h3><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org">nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org</a>&gt;</code></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_name">1. NAME</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_description">2. DESCRIPTION</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_paths">3. PATHS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_types">4. TYPES</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_variables">5. VARIABLES</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_see_also">6. SEE ALSO</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_copying">7. COPYING</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="section" title="1. NAME"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_name"></a>1. NAME</h2></div></div></div><p>cdist-reference - Variable, path and type reference for cdist</p></div><div class="section" title="2. DESCRIPTION"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_description"></a>2. DESCRIPTION</h2></div></div></div><p>Various scripts which are not in the core need information on how <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>cdist-reference(7)</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" title="cdist-reference(7)" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id411773"></a>cdist-reference(7)</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Nico</span> <span class="surname">Schottelius</span></h3><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org">nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org</a>&gt;</code></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_name">1. NAME</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_description">2. DESCRIPTION</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_paths">3. PATHS</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_types">4. TYPES</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_variables">5. VARIABLES</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_see_also">6. SEE ALSO</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="#_copying">7. COPYING</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="section" title="1. NAME"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_name"></a>1. NAME</h2></div></div></div><p>cdist-reference - Variable, path and type reference for cdist</p></div><div class="section" title="2. DESCRIPTION"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_description"></a>2. DESCRIPTION</h2></div></div></div><p>Various scripts which are not in the core need information on how
to find information. This manpage summarises the available environment to find information. This manpage summarises the available environment
variables, types and paths and clearifies with part may access which variables.</p></div><div class="section" title="3. PATHS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_paths"></a>3. PATHS</h2></div></div></div><p>If not specified otherwise, all paths are relative to the checkout directory.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"> variables, types and paths and clearifies with part may access which variables.</p></div><div class="section" title="3. PATHS"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_paths"></a>3. PATHS</h2></div></div></div><p>If not specified otherwise, all paths are relative to the checkout directory.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">
conf/ conf/