2. FeaturesΒΆ
But cdist ticks differently, here is the feature set that makes it unique:
- Simplicity
- There is only one type to extend cdist called type
- Design
- Type and core cleanly separated
- Sticks completely to the KISS (keep it simple and stupid) paradigm
- Meaningful error messages - do not lose time debugging error messages
- Consistency in behaviour, naming and documentation
- No surprise factor: Only do what is obviously clear, no magic
- Define target state, do not focus on methods or scripts
- Push architecture: Instantly apply your changes
- Small core
- cdist's core is very small - less code, less bugs
- Fast development
- Focus on straightforwardness of type creation is a main development objective Batteries included: A lot of requirements can be solved using standard types
- Modern Programming Language
- cdist is written in Python
- Requirements, Scalability
- No central server needed, cdist operates in push mode and can be run from any computer
- Requirements, Scalability, Upgrade
- cdist only needs to be updated on the master, not on the target hosts
- Requirements, Security
- Uses well-know SSH as transport protocol
- Requirements, Simplicity
- Requires only shell and SSH server on the target
- UNIX
- Reuse of existing tools like cat, find, mv, ...
- UNIX, familiar environment, documentation
- Is available as manpages and HTML
- UNIX, simplicity, familiar environment
- cdist is configured in POSIX shell