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How to install cdist
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Requirements
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Source Host
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This is the machine you use to configure the target hosts.
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* /bin/sh: A posix like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh)
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* Python >= 3.2
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* SSH client
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* sphinx (for building html docs and/or the man pages)
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Target Hosts
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* /bin/sh: A posix like shell (for instance bash, dash, zsh)
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* SSH server
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Install cdist
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You can install cdist either from git or as a python package.
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From git
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Cloning cdist from git gives you the advantage of having
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a version control in place for development of your own stuff
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immediately.
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To install cdist, execute the following commands:
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.. code-block:: sh
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git clone https://github.com/ungleich/cdist.git
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cd cdist
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export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd -P)/bin
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Available versions in git
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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* The active development takes place in the **master** branch
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* The released versions can be found in the tags
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Other branches may be available for features or bugfixes, but they
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may vanish at any point. To select a specific branch use
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.. code-block:: sh
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# Generic code
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git checkout -b <localbranchname> origin/<branchname>
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So for instance if you want to use and stay with version 4.1, you can use
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.. code-block:: sh
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git checkout -b 4.1 origin/4.1
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Git mirrors
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^^^^^^^^^^^
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If the main site is down, you can acquire cdist from one of the following sites:
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* git://github.com/telmich/cdist.git `github <https://github.com/telmich/cdist>`_
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* git://git.code.sf.net/p/cdist/code `sourceforge <https://sourceforge.net/p/cdist/code>`_
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Building and using documentation (man and html)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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If you want to build and use the documentation, run:
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.. code-block:: sh
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make docs
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Documentation comes in two formats, man pages and full HTML
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documentation. Documentation is built into distribution's
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docs/dist directory. man pages are in docs/dist/man and
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HTML documentation in docs/dist/html.
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If you want to use man pages, run:
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.. code-block:: sh
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export MANPATH=$MANPATH:$(pwd -P)/docs/dist/man
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Or you can move man pages from docs/dist/man directory to some
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other directory and add it to MANPATH.
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Full HTML documentation can be accessed at docs/dist/html/index.html.
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You can also build only man pages or only html documentation, for
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only man pages run:
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.. code-block:: sh
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make man
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for only html documentation run:
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.. code-block:: sh
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make html
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You can also build man pages for types in your ~/.cdist directory:
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.. code-block:: sh
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make dotman
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Built man pages are now in docs/dist/man directory. If you have
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some other custom .cdist directory, e.g. /opt/cdist then use:
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.. code-block:: sh
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DOT_CDIST_PATH=/opt/cdist make dotman
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Python package
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Cdist is available as a python package at
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`PyPi <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cdist/>`_. You can install it using
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.. code-block:: sh
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pip install cdist
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