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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