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<h1>1. cdist(1)<a class="headerlink" href="#cdist-1" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Usable Configuration Management</p>
<p>Nico Schottelius &lt;<a class="reference external" href="mailto:nico-cdist--&#37;&#52;&#48;--schottelius&#46;org">nico-cdist--<span>&#64;</span>--schottelius<span>&#46;</span>org</a>&gt;</p>
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<h2>1.1. SYNOPSIS<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">V</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="n">banner</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">config</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">shell</span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">banner</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">config</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">V</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="n">CONF_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="n">HOSTFILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">i</span> <span class="n">MANIFEST</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">p</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">shell</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="n">SHELL</span><span class="p">]</span>
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<h2>1.2. DESCRIPTION<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>cdist is the frontend executable to the cdist configuration management.
cdist supports different subcommands as explained below.</p>
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<h2>1.3. GENERAL<a class="headerlink" href="#general" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>All commands accept the following options:</p>
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<dt id="cmdoption-d">
<span id="cmdoption--debug"></span><code class="descname">-d</code><code class="descclassname"></code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--debug</code><code class="descclassname"></code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-d" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Set log level to debug</p>
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<dt id="cmdoption-h">
<span id="cmdoption--help"></span><code class="descname">-h</code><code class="descclassname"></code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--help</code><code class="descclassname"></code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-h" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Show the help screen</p>
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<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption-v">
<span id="cmdoption--verbose"></span><code class="descname">-v</code><code class="descclassname"></code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--verbose</code><code class="descclassname"></code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-v" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Set log level to info, be more verbose</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption-V">
<span id="cmdoption--version"></span><code class="descname">-V</code><code class="descclassname"></code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--version</code><code class="descclassname"></code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-V" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Show version and exit</p>
</dd></dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="banner">
<h2>1.4. BANNER<a class="headerlink" href="#banner" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Displays the cdist banner. Useful for printing
cdist posters - a must have for every office.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="config">
<h2>1.5. CONFIG<a class="headerlink" href="#config" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Configure one or more hosts</p>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption-h">
<span id="cmdoption--help"></span><code class="descname">-h</code><code class="descclassname"></code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--help</code><code class="descclassname"></code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-h" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Show the help screen</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption-c">
<span id="cmdoption--conf-dir"></span><code class="descname">-c</code><code class="descclassname"> CONF_DIR</code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--conf-dir</code><code class="descclassname"> CONF_DIR</code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-c" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Add a configuration directory. Can be specified multiple times.
If configuration directories contain conflicting types, explorers or
manifests, then the last one found is used. Additionally this can also
be configured by setting the CDIST_PATH environment variable to a colon
delimited list of config directories. Directories given with the
&#8211;conf-dir argument have higher precedence over those set through the
environment variable.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption-f">
<span id="cmdoption--file"></span><code class="descname">-f</code><code class="descclassname"> HOSTFILE</code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--file</code><code class="descclassname"> HOSTFILE</code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-f" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Read additional hosts to operate on from specified file
or from stdin if &#8216;-&#8216; (each host on separate line).
If no host or host file is specified then, by default,
read hosts from stdin.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption-i">
<span id="cmdoption--initial-manifest"></span><code class="descname">-i</code><code class="descclassname"> MANIFEST</code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--initial-manifest</code><code class="descclassname"> MANIFEST</code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-i" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Path to a cdist manifest or - to read from stdin</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption-p">
<span id="cmdoption--parallel"></span><code class="descname">-p</code><code class="descclassname"></code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--parallel</code><code class="descclassname"></code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-p" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Operate on multiple hosts in parallel</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption-s">
<span id="cmdoption--sequential"></span><code class="descname">-s</code><code class="descclassname"></code><code class="descclassname">, </code><code class="descname">--sequential</code><code class="descclassname"></code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-s" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Operate on multiple hosts sequentially</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption--remote-copy">
<code class="descname">--remote-copy</code><code class="descclassname"> REMOTE_COPY</code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption--remote-copy" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Command to use for remote copy (should behave like scp)</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption--remote-exec">
<code class="descname">--remote-exec</code><code class="descclassname"> REMOTE_EXEC</code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption--remote-exec" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Command to use for remote execution (should behave like ssh)</p>
</dd></dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="shell">
<h2>1.6. SHELL<a class="headerlink" href="#shell" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>This command allows you to spawn a shell that enables access
to the types as commands. It can be thought as an
&#8220;interactive manifest&#8221; environment. See below for example
usage. Its primary use is for debugging type parameters.</p>
<dl class="option">
<dt id="cmdoption-s">
<code class="descname">-s</code><code class="descclassname">/--shell</code><a class="headerlink" href="#cmdoption-s" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Select shell to use, defaults to current shell</p>
</dd></dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="examples">
<h2>1.7. EXAMPLES<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-sh"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Configure ikq05.ethz.ch with debug enabled</span>
% cdist config -d ikq05.ethz.ch
<span class="c1"># Configure hosts in parallel and use a different configuration directory</span>
% cdist config -c ~/p/cdist-nutzung <span class="se">\</span>
-p ikq02.ethz.ch ikq03.ethz.ch ikq04.ethz.ch
<span class="c1"># Use custom remote exec / copy commands</span>
% cdist config --remote-exec /path/to/my/remote/exec <span class="se">\</span>
--remote-copy /path/to/my/remote/copy <span class="se">\</span>
-p ikq02.ethz.ch ikq03.ethz.ch ikq04.ethz.ch
<span class="c1"># Configure hosts read from file loadbalancers</span>
% cdist config -f loadbalancers
<span class="c1"># Display banner</span>
cdist banner
<span class="c1"># Show help</span>
% cdist --help
<span class="c1"># Show Version</span>
% cdist --version
<span class="c1"># Enter a shell that has access to emulated types</span>
% cdist shell
% __git
usage: __git --source SOURCE <span class="o">[</span>--state STATE<span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">[</span>--branch BRANCH<span class="o">]</span>
<span class="o">[</span>--group GROUP<span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">[</span>--owner OWNER<span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">[</span>--mode MODE<span class="o">]</span> object_id
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="environment">
<h2>1.8. ENVIRONMENT<a class="headerlink" href="#environment" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt>TMPDIR, TEMP, TMP</dt>
<dd>Setup the base directory for the temporary directory.
See <a class="reference external" href="http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/tempfile.html">http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/tempfile.html</a> for
more information. This is rather useful, if the standard
directory used does not allow executables.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_LOCAL_SHELL</dt>
<dd>Selects shell for local script execution, defaults to /bin/sh</dd>
<dt>CDIST_REMOTE_SHELL</dt>
<dd>Selects shell for remote scirpt execution, defaults to /bin/sh</dd>
<dt>CDIST_REMOTE_EXEC</dt>
<dd>Use this command for remote execution (should behave like ssh)</dd>
<dt>CDIST_REMOTE_COPY</dt>
<dd>Use this command for remote copy (should behave like scp)</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="exit-status">
<h2>1.9. EXIT STATUS<a class="headerlink" href="#exit-status" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The following exit values shall be returned:</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt>0</dt>
<dd>Successful completion</dd>
<dt>1</dt>
<dd>One or more host configurations failed</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="see-also">
<h2>1.10. SEE ALSO<a class="headerlink" href="#see-also" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<ul class="simple">
<li><a class="reference external" href="../man7/cdist-type.html">cdist-type(7)</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="../man7/cdist-reference.html">cdist-reference(7)</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="copying">
<h2>1.11. COPYING<a class="headerlink" href="#copying" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).</p>
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