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					@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
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NAME
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cdist - Configuration distribution system
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					cdist - Configuration management system
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DESCRIPTION
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					DESCRIPTION
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					@ -15,28 +15,27 @@ UNIX systems and apply them. Cdist generally uses the push
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approach (a server pushes out the configuration to the clients),
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					approach (a server pushes out the configuration to the clients),
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but can also be used the pull way (see cdist-push-pull(7)).
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					but can also be used the pull way (see cdist-push-pull(7)).
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Cdist is configured in shell syntax, which is "compiled" to an
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					Cdist-deploy-to(1) is the main command to be used to deploy
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internal configuration representation (cdist-cconfig(7)), which again
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					configurations to a host.
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is used to generate an executable, which is run on the client
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(see cdist-language(7), cdist-design(7)).
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To get your fingers dirty with cdist very quick, have
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					The mapping of configurations to hosts is defined
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a look at cdist-quickstart(7).
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					in so called manifests, which are written in shell
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					script language (see cdist-manifest(7)).
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					Logical units of files and directives are called "types" in cdist jargon
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					(see cdist-types(7)). Cdist ships with some types, which you can change
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					or create new ones or even submit your types for inclusion into mainstream
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					(see cdist-type-inclusion(7)).
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REQUIREMENTS
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					The fastest way to get a host configured using cdist is probably
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					cdist-quickstart(7).
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Cdist requires enabled ssh-server and a posix shell on the clients and
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ssh-client and posix shell on the server. Additionaly, it requires
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the following unix tools:
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- find
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SEE ALSO
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					SEE ALSO
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Website: http://www.nico.schottelius.org/cdist/[]
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					Website: http://www.nico.schottelius.org/cdist/[], cdist-push-pull(7),
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					cdist-deploy-to(1), cdist-manifest(7), cdist-types(7), cdist-type-inclusion(7),
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					cdist-quickstart(7)
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COPYING
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					COPYING
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