Merge branch 'master' of git://git.schottelius.org/cdist

.gitignore

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ doc/man/.marker
 doc/man/man1/*.1
 doc/man/man7/*.7
 doc/man/man*/*.html
+doc/man/man*/*.xml
 doc/man/man7/cdist-type__*.text
+doc/man/man7/cdist-reference.text
 doc/man/man*/docbook-xsl.css
 
 # Ignore cache for version control

README

@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
 
 ## Introduction
 
-cdist configures your system and is similar to
+cdist is an alternative to other configuration management systems like
-other configuration management systems like
 [cfengine](http://www.cfengine.org/),
 [bcfg2](http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2),
 [chef](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/)
-and [puppet](http://www.puppetlabs.com/), but it ticks differently.
+and [puppet](http://www.puppetlabs.com/).
-Here are some features that makes it unique: 
+But cdist ticks differently, here is the feature set that makes it unique: 
 
 [[!table  data="""
 Keywords | Description

bin/cdist-config

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #
 #
 
-__cdist_version="1.6.0pre"
+__cdist_version="1.6.0"
 
 # Fail if something bogus is going on
 set -u
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ __cdist_abs_myname="$__cdist_abs_mydir/$__cdist_myname"
 : ${__cdist_name_manifest:=manifest}
 : ${__cdist_name_object:=object}
 : ${__cdist_name_object_finished:=done}
-: ${__cdist_name_object_processed:=processed}
+: ${__cdist_name_object_prepared:=prepared}
 : ${__cdist_name_object_id:=object_id}
 : ${__cdist_name_object_source:=source}
 : ${__cdist_name_objects_created:=.objects_created}
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ __cdist_object_code()
    echo "$(__cdist_object_dir "$1")/${__cdist_name_code}"
 }
 
-__cdist_object_processed()
+__cdist_object_prepared()
 {
-   echo "$(__cdist_object_dir "$1")/${__cdist_name_object_processed}"
+   echo "$(__cdist_object_dir "$1")/${__cdist_name_object_prepared}"
 }
 
 __cdist_object_finished()

bin/cdist-deploy-to

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ cdist-dir push                "$__cdist_target_host" \
    "${__cdist_abs_mydir}" "${__cdist_remote_bin_dir}"
 cdist-explorer-run-global     "$__cdist_target_host"
 cdist-manifest-run-init       "$__cdist_target_host"
-cdist-object-all              "$__cdist_target_host" cdist-object-process
+cdist-object-all              "$__cdist_target_host" cdist-object-prepare
 cdist-object-all              "$__cdist_target_host" cdist-object-run
 cdist-cache                   "$__cdist_target_host"
 

bin/cdist-mass-deploy

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# 2011 Nico Schottelius (nico-cdist at schottelius.org)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+#
+# Deploy configuration to many hosts
+#
+
+. cdist-config
+[ $# -ge 1 ] || __cdist_usage "[-p] <target host> [target host ...]"
+set -eu
+
+parallel=""
+if [ "$1" = "-p" ]; then
+   parallel=yes
+   shift
+fi
+
+while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
+   # always assume we run parallel
+   cdist-deploy-to "$1" | awk -v host=$1 '{ print "[" host "] " $0 }' &
+   shift
+
+   # if not, wait for it _now_
+   [ "$parallel" ] || wait
+done
+
+# else wait after all are started
+if [ "$parallel" ]; then
+   echo "Waiting for cdist-deploy-to jobs to finish..."
+   wait
+fi

bin/cdist-object-prepare

@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ __cdist_object_dir="$(__cdist_object_dir "$__cdist_object")"
 # Export to non-core for use in manifest and gencode scripts
 export $__cdist_name_var_self=$__cdist_object
 
-__cdist_object_processed="$(__cdist_object_processed "$__cdist_object")"
+__cdist_object_prepared="$(__cdist_object_prepared "$__cdist_object")"
-if [ ! -f "$__cdist_object_processed" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "$__cdist_object_prepared" ]; then
    echo
-   echo "Processing object $__cdist_object"
+   echo "Preparing object $__cdist_object"
    cdist-object-explorer-run  "$__cdist_target_host" "$__cdist_object"
    cdist-object-manifest-run  "$__cdist_target_host" "$__cdist_object"
 
-   # Mark this object as processed
+   # Mark this object as prepared
-   touch "$__cdist_object_processed"
+   touch "$__cdist_object_prepared"
 fi

build.sh

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ case "$1" in
             fi
             htmlpage="${src%.text}.html"
             if [ ! -f "$htmlpage" -o "$htmlpage" -ot "$src" ]; then
-               echo "Compiling html for $src"
+               echo "Compiling html page for $src"
                $A2XH "$src"
             fi
          done
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ case "$1" in
    ;;
 
    clean)
-      rm -f ${MANDIR}/cdist-reference.text
+      rm -f ${MAN7DSTDIR}/cdist-reference.text
       find "${MANDIR}" -mindepth 2 -type l \
          -o -name "*.1" \
          -o -name "*.7" \

doc/changelog

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.6.0:
+1.6.0: 2011-04-06
 	* New Type __package_yum
 	* New type __debconf_set_selections
 	* New explorer os_version
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	* Removed --preseed support from __package_apt
 	* explorer/os: gained Fedora support
 	* Simplified types __user and __group
+	* New helper binary: cdist-mass-deploy
 
 1.5.0: 2011-04-01
 	* Add basic cache functionality

doc/dev/todo/1.6

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Documentation:
-   - update stages
-   - go through all manpages and ensure __ and co are correct

doc/dev/todo/TAKEME

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CORE
 
 - cdist-object-gencode: remove code if output empty?
    - also take care of that in cdist-code-run!
-- cdist-object-process -> cdist-object-prepare
 - Remove cdist-object-push, covers only one line and is used only once:
    [20:22] kr:bin% grep cdist-object-push *
    cdist-object-run:   cdist-object-push          "$__cdist_target_host" "$__cdist_object"

doc/dev/todo/niconext

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-remove --preseed from package_apt and add debconf_set_selection or similar
+Cleanup documentation:
-   -> much cleaner!
+   type reference -> add types + manpages
+   add explorer reference

doc/man/.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-cdist.7
-*.html
-cdist-design.7
-cdist-reference.text

doc/man/cdist-reference.text.sh

@@ -132,8 +132,20 @@ tmp_dir::
 
 TYPES
 -----
-The available types are listed in the SEE ALSO section
+The following types are available:
-and are referenced as cdist-type__TYPENAME.
+
+eof
+
+for type in man7/cdist-type__*.text; do
+   no_dir="${type#man7/}";
+   no_type="${no_dir#cdist-type}";
+   name="${no_type%.text}";
+   man="${no_dir%.text}(7)"
+
+   echo "- $name" "($man)"
+done
+
+cat << eof
 
 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 ---------------------
@@ -172,16 +184,7 @@ __type_explorers::
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 - cdist(7)
-eof
-for type in man7/cdist-type__*.7; do
-   name_1="${type#man7/}"
-   name_2="${name_1%.7}"
 
-   name="$name_2"
-   echo "- ${name}(7)"
-done
-
-cat <<eof
 
 COPYING
 -------

doc/man/man1/cdist-deploy-to.text

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ called stages. It is intented to run either from the command line or from cron.
 ENVIRONMENT
 -----------
 If the environment variable **__cdist_conf_dir** is not set, the
-configuration is read from /etc/cdist. The local output directory can
+configuration is read from <git-checkout>/conf. The local output directory can
 be changed by the variable **__cdist_local_base_dir**. All environment
 variables are handled by cdist-config.
 

doc/man/man1/cdist-mass-deploy.text

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+cdist-mass-deploy(1)
+====================
+Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
+
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-mass-deploy - Deploy configuration to many hosts
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+cdist-mass-deploy [-p] HOSTNAME [HOSTNAME ...]
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+cdist-mass-deploy is essentially a wrapper around cdist-deploy-to to
+be able to deploy to many hosts on one command line.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+Deploy in parallel to all hosts specfied in the dsh group configuration ikr,
+which is prefixed by "root@":
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cdist-mass-deploy -p $(cat ~/.dsh/group/ikr | sed 's/^root@//') 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+- cdist(7)
+- cdist-deploy-to(1)
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2010-2011 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
+granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

doc/man/man1/cdist-object-all.text

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+cdist-object-all(1)
+===================
+Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
+
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-object-all - Run the given command on all objects
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+cdist-object-all HOSTNAME COMMAND
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Iterates over all defined objects and executes the given command on each
+of them.
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+- cdist(7)
+- cdist-type(1)
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is
+granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

doc/man/man1/cdist-object-code-run.text

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Execute the local and remote code for the given object.
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 - cdist(7)
-- cdist-object-run-all(1)
+- cdist-object-run(1)
 - cdist-code-run(1)
 - cdist-run-remote(1)
 

doc/man/man1/cdist-object-gencode-run.text

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SEE ALSO
 --------
 - cdist(7)
 - cdist-code-run(1)
-- cdist-object-run-all(1)
+- cdist-object-run(1)
 - cdist-object-gencode(1)
 
 

doc/man/man1/cdist-object-prepare.text

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+cdist-object-prepare(1)
+=======================
+Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
+
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-object-prepare - Prepare an object
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+cdist-object-prepare HOSTNAME OBJECT
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Prepare the given object by running it through stage 3 (object information 
+retrieval) and stage 4 (run the object manifest).
+See related man pages for details.
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+- cdist(7)
+- cdist-stages(7)
+- cdist-object-explorer-run(1)
+- cdist-object-manifest-run(1)
+- cdist-type(1)
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is granted 
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

doc/man/man1/cdist-object-push.text

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Transfers the given object to the target host.
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 - cdist(7)
-- cdist-object-run-all(1)
+- cdist-object-run(1)
 - cdist-type(1)
 
 

doc/man/man1/cdist-object-run-all.text

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-cdist-object-run-all(1)
-=======================
-Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
-
-
-NAME
-----
-cdist-object-run-all - Run all created objects on the target host
-
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-cdist-object-run-all HOSTNAME
-
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-Transfers type explorers to the target then runs cdist-object-run(1) 
-for each created object.
-
-
-SEE ALSO
---------
-- cdist(7)
-- cdist-type-explorer-push(1)
-- cdist-object-run(1)
-- cdist-type(1)
-
-
-COPYING
--------
-Copyright \(C) 2011 Nico Schottelius, Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is
-granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

doc/man/man1/cdist-object-run.text

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cdist-object-run(1)
 ===================
-Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
+Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
 
 
 NAME
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ cdist-object-run HOSTNAME OBJECT
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Runs the given object on the given target host.
+Applies the given object on the target host by running it through stage 5 
-The different subtasks are dispatched to specialized exectuables.
+(code generation) and stage 6 (code execution).
 See related man pages for details.
 
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 - cdist(7)
-- cdist-object-explorer-run(1)
+- cdist-stages(7)
 - cdist-object-gencode-run(1)
 - cdist-object-push(1)
 - cdist-object-code-run(1)
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ SEE ALSO
 
 COPYING
 -------
-Copyright \(C) 2011 Nico Schottelius, Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is
+Copyright \(C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is
 granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

doc/man/man7/cdist-stages.text

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Starting the execution of deployment with cdist-deploy-to(1), cdist passes
 through different stages, each can be triggered and debugged on its own.
-Reading the source of the cdist-deploy-to and cdist-object-run-all executables
+Reading the source of the cdist-deploy-to executable shows the scripts 
-shows the scripts responsible for each stage.
+responsible for each stage.
 
 
 STAGE 0: INTERNAL PREPERATION
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ STAGE 3: OBJECT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
 -------------------------------------
 Every object is checked whether its type has explorers and if so, these are 
 transfered to the target host and executed. The results are transfered back
-and can be used in the following stages to decide what changes need to made
+and can be used in the following stages to decide what changes need to be made
 on the target to implement the desired state.
 
 Related documentation:
@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@ Related documentation:
 
 STAGE 4: RUN THE OBJECT MANIFEST
 --------------------------------
-Every object is checked whether its type has a manifest file. If the type has
+Every object is checked whether its type has a executable manifest. The 
-a manifest file and it is executable, it will be executed. The manifest script
+manifest script may generate and change the created objects. In other words, 
-may generate and change the created objects. In other words, one type can reuse
+one type can reuse other types.
-other types.
 
 For instance the object __apache/www.test.ch is of type __apache, which may 
 contain a manifest script, which creates new objects of type __file.
@@ -88,11 +87,10 @@ Related documentation:
 
 STAGE 5: CODE GENERATION
 ------------------------
-In this stage for every created objects its type is checked whether it has a
+In this stage for every created object its type is checked for executable 
-gencode script. If the type has a gencode script and it is executable it will
+gencode scripts. The gencode scripts generate the code to be executed on the 
-be executed. This executable should create code to be executed on the target
+target on stdout. If the gencode executables fail, they must print diagnostic 
-on stdout. If the gencode executable fails, it must print diagnostic messages
+messages on stderr and exit non-zero.
-on stderr and exit non-zero.
 
 Related documentation:
    - cdist-object-gencode-run(1)