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• cdist #5: Generating Code & Exploring
  • Lecture content
    • Objective
    • Code generation steps
    • Explorer steps
    • Documentation
  • Client notes

cdist #5: Generating Code & Exploring

Lecture content

Objective

• Understand how to generate code and when to use it
• Exploring explorers

Code generation steps

• Modify the previously created type __my_nginx_site
• Read about cdist messaging
• If there was a change in the nginx configuration file, reload nginx

Explorer steps

• Modify the __my_nginx_site type to use the os explorer
• Adjust your type to work on Alpine Linux and Debian (or two other Linux distributions of your choice)
• Set the nginx configuration directory accordingly

Documentation

• Explain the following in your cdist.org file
• What is the difference between gencode-remote and the remote code?
• What is the difference between gencode-local and gencode-remote?
• Locate a type that comes with upstream cdist that uses gencode-local - which one is it? Why does it need gencode-local?

Client notes