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<h1>9. cdist(1)<a class="headerlink" href="#cdist-1" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
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<h2>9.1. NAME<a class="headerlink" href="#name" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>cdist - Usable Configuration Management</p>
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<h2>9.2. SYNOPSIS<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">V</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="n">banner</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">config</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">install</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">inventory</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">preos</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">shell</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">info</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">trigger</span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">banner</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">config</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="n">CACHE_PATH_PATTERN</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="n">CONF_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">i</span> <span class="n">MANIFEST</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">j</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">JOBS</span><span class="p">]]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">o</span> <span class="n">OUT_PATH</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">P</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">R</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="n">tar</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">tgz</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">tbz2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">txz</span><span class="p">}]]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">r</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_OUT_PATH</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">remote</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">copy</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_COPY</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">remote</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">exec</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_EXEC</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">S</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">INVENTORY_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">A</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="n">HOSTFILE</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">p</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">HOST_MAX</span><span class="p">]]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="n">CACHE_PATH_PATTERN</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="n">CONF_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">i</span> <span class="n">MANIFEST</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">j</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">JOBS</span><span class="p">]]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">o</span> <span class="n">OUT_PATH</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">P</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">R</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="n">tar</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">tgz</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">tbz2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">txz</span><span class="p">}]]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">r</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_OUT_PATH</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">remote</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">copy</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_COPY</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">remote</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">exec</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_EXEC</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">S</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">INVENTORY_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">A</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="n">HOSTFILE</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">p</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">HOST_MAX</span><span class="p">]]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">inventory</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="n">add</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">add</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">tag</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="k">del</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="k">del</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">tag</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">}</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">inventory</span> <span class="n">add</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">INVENTORY_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="n">HOSTFILE</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">inventory</span> <span class="n">add</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">tag</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">INVENTORY_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="n">HOSTFILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">T</span> <span class="n">TAGFILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">t</span> <span class="n">TAGLIST</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">inventory</span> <span class="k">del</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">INVENTORY_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="n">HOSTFILE</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">inventory</span> <span class="k">del</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">tag</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">INVENTORY_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="n">HOSTFILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">T</span> <span class="n">TAGFILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">t</span> <span class="n">TAGLIST</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">inventory</span> <span class="nb">list</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">I</span> <span class="n">INVENTORY_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="n">HOSTFILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">H</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">]]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">preos</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="n">CONF_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">L</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="n">preos</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">...</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">preos</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">preos</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">options</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">debian</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">ARCH</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">B</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="n">CDIST_PARAMS</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">D</span> <span class="n">DRIVE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">e</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_EXEC</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">i</span> <span class="n">MANIFEST</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">k</span> <span class="n">KEYFILE</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">m</span> <span class="n">MIRROR</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">P</span> <span class="n">ROOT_PASSWORD</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">p</span> <span class="n">PXE_BOOT_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">r</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">S</span> <span class="n">SCRIPT</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="n">SUITE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">t</span> <span class="n">TRIGGER_COMMAND</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">y</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_COPY</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">target_dir</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">preos</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">preos</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">options</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">devuan</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">ARCH</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">B</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="n">CDIST_PARAMS</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">D</span> <span class="n">DRIVE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">e</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_EXEC</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">i</span> <span class="n">MANIFEST</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">k</span> <span class="n">KEYFILE</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">m</span> <span class="n">MIRROR</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">P</span> <span class="n">ROOT_PASSWORD</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">p</span> <span class="n">PXE_BOOT_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">r</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">S</span> <span class="n">SCRIPT</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="n">SUITE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">t</span> <span class="n">TRIGGER_COMMAND</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">y</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_COPY</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">target_dir</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">preos</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">preos</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">options</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="n">ubuntu</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">ARCH</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">B</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">C</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="n">CDIST_PARAMS</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">D</span> <span class="n">DRIVE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">e</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_EXEC</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">i</span> <span class="n">MANIFEST</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">k</span> <span class="n">KEYFILE</span> <span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">m</span> <span class="n">MIRROR</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">P</span> <span class="n">ROOT_PASSWORD</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">p</span> <span class="n">PXE_BOOT_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">r</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">S</span> <span class="n">SCRIPT</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="n">SUITE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">t</span> <span class="n">TRIGGER_COMMAND</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">y</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_COPY</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">target_dir</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">shell</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">s</span> <span class="n">SHELL</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">info</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="n">CONF_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">e</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">F</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">pattern</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">cdist</span> <span class="n">trigger</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">l</span> <span class="n">LOGLEVEL</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">q</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">g</span> <span class="n">CONFIG_FILE</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">6</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">C</span> <span class="n">CACHE_PATH_PATTERN</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="n">CONF_DIR</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">i</span> <span class="n">MANIFEST</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">j</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">JOBS</span><span class="p">]]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">n</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">o</span> <span class="n">OUT_PATH</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">P</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">R</span> <span class="p">[{</span><span class="n">tar</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">tgz</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">tbz2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">txz</span><span class="p">}]]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">r</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_OUT_PATH</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">remote</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">copy</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_COPY</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">remote</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">exec</span> <span class="n">REMOTE_EXEC</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">S</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">D</span> <span class="n">DIRECTORY</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">H</span> <span class="n">HTTP_PORT</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="n">ipv6</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">O</span> <span class="n">SOURCE</span><span class="p">]</span>
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</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="description">
<h2>9.3. DESCRIPTION<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>cdist is the frontend executable to the cdist configuration management.
It supports different subcommands as explained below.</p>
<p>It is written in Python so it requires <strong>python</strong>(1) to be installed.
It requires a minimal Python version 3.2.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="general">
<h2>9.4. GENERAL<a class="headerlink" href="#general" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>All commands accept the following options:</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>-h, --help</strong></dt>
<dd>Show the help screen.</dd>
<dt><strong>-l LOGLEVEL, --log-level LOGLEVEL</strong></dt>
<dd>Set the specified verbosity level. The levels, in
order from the lowest to the highest, are: ERROR (-1),
WARNING (0), INFO (1), VERBOSE (2), DEBUG (3), TRACE (4
or higher). If used along with -v then -v increases
last set value and -l overwrites last set value.</dd>
<dt><strong>-q, --quiet</strong></dt>
<dd>Quiet mode: disables logging, including WARNING and ERROR.</dd>
<dt><strong>-v, --verbose</strong></dt>
<dd>Increase the verbosity level. Every instance of -v
increments the verbosity level by one. Its default
value is 0 which includes ERROR and WARNING levels.
The levels, in order from the lowest to the highest,
are: ERROR (-1), WARNING (0), INFO (1), VERBOSE (2),
DEBUG (3), TRACE (4 or higher). If used along with -l
then -l overwrites last set value and -v increases
last set value.</dd>
<dt><strong>-V, --version</strong></dt>
<dd>Show version and exit.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="banner">
<h2>9.5. BANNER<a class="headerlink" href="#banner" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Displays the cdist banner. Useful for printing
cdist posters - a must have for every office.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="config-install">
<h2>9.6. CONFIG/INSTALL<a class="headerlink" href="#config-install" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Configure/install one or more hosts.
Install command is currently in beta.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>-4, --force-ipv4</strong></dt>
<dd>Force to use IPv4 addresses only. No influence for
custom remote commands.</dd>
<dt><strong>-6, --force-ipv6</strong></dt>
<dd>Force to use IPv6 addresses only. No influence for
custom remote commands.</dd>
<dt><strong>-A, --all-tagged</strong></dt>
<dd>Use all hosts present in tags db. Currently in beta.</dd>
<dt><strong>-a, --all</strong></dt>
<dd>List hosts that have all specified tags, if -t/--tag
is specified.</dd>
<dt><strong>-b, --beta</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality.</dd>
<dt><strong>-C CACHE_PATH_PATTERN, --cache-path-pattern CACHE_PATH_PATTERN</strong></dt>
<dd>Specify custom cache path pattern. If it is not set then
default hostdir is used. For more info on format see
<strong>CACHE PATH PATTERN FORMAT</strong> below.</dd>
<dt><strong>-c CONF_DIR, --conf-dir CONF_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Add a configuration directory. Can be specified multiple times.
If configuration directories contain conflicting types, explorers or
manifests, then the last one found is used.</dd>
<dt><strong>-f HOSTFILE, --file HOSTFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Read specified file for a list of additional hosts to operate on
or if '-' is given, read stdin (one host per line).
If no host or host file is specified then, by default,
read hosts from stdin. For the file format see
<strong>HOSTFILE FORMAT</strong> below.</dd>
<dt><strong>-g CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom configuration file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-I INVENTORY_DIR, --inventory INVENTORY_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom inventory directory. Inventory
directory is set up by the following rules: if cdist
configuration resolves this value then specified
directory is used, if HOME env var is set then
~/.cdit/inventory is used, otherwise distribution
inventory directory is used.</dd>
<dt><strong>-i MANIFEST, --initial-manifest MANIFEST</strong></dt>
<dd>Path to a cdist manifest or - to read from stdin.</dd>
<dt><strong>-j [JOBS], --jobs [JOBS]</strong></dt>
<dd>Operate in parallel in specified maximum number of
jobs. Global explorers, object prepare and object run
are supported. Without argument CPU count is used by
default.</dd>
<dt><strong>-n, --dry-run</strong></dt>
<dd>Do not execute code.</dd>
<dt><strong>-o OUT_PATH, --out-dir OUT_PATH</strong></dt>
<dd>Directory to save cdist output in.</dd>
<dt><strong>-P, --timestamp</strong></dt>
<dd>Timestamp log messages with the current local date and time
in the format: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.us.</dd>
<dt><strong>-p [HOST_MAX], --parallel [HOST_MAX]</strong></dt>
<dd>Operate on multiple hosts in parallel for specified
maximum hosts at a time. Without argument CPU count is
used by default.</dd>
<dt><strong>-R [{tar,tgz,tbz2,txz}], --use-archiving [{tar,tgz,tbz2,txz}]</strong></dt>
<dd>Operate by using archiving with compression where
appropriate. Supported values are: tar - tar archive,
tgz - gzip tar archive (the default), tbz2 - bzip2 tar
archive and txz - lzma tar archive. Currently in beta.</dd>
<dt><strong>-r REMOTE_OUT_PATH, --remote-out-dir REMOTE_OUT_PATH</strong></dt>
<dd>Directory to save cdist output in on the target host.</dd>
<dt><strong>-S, --disable-saving-output-streams</strong></dt>
<dd>Disable saving output streams.</dd>
<dt><strong>-s, --sequential</strong></dt>
<dd>Operate on multiple hosts sequentially (default).</dd>
<dt><strong>--remote-copy REMOTE_COPY</strong></dt>
<dd>Command to use for remote copy (should behave like scp).</dd>
<dt><strong>--remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC</strong></dt>
<dd>Command to use for remote execution (should behave like ssh).</dd>
<dt><strong>-t, --tag</strong></dt>
<dd>Host is specified by tag, not hostname/address; list
all hosts that contain any of specified tags.
Currently in beta.</dd>
</dl>
<div class="section" id="hostfile-format">
<h3>9.6.1. HOSTFILE FORMAT<a class="headerlink" href="#hostfile-format" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>The HOSTFILE contains one host per line.
A comment is started with '#' and continues to the end of the line.
Any leading and trailing whitespace on a line is ignored.
Empty lines are ignored/skipped.</p>
<p>The Hostfile lines are processed as follows. First, all comments are
removed. Then all leading and trailing whitespace characters are stripped.
If such a line results in empty line it is ignored/skipped. Otherwise,
host string is used.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="cache-path-pattern-format">
<h3>9.6.2. CACHE PATH PATTERN FORMAT<a class="headerlink" href="#cache-path-pattern-format" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>Cache path pattern specifies path for a cache directory subdirectory.
In the path, '%N' will be substituted by the target host, '%h' will
be substituted by the calculated host directory, '%P' will be substituted
by the current process id. All format codes that
<strong>python</strong> <strong>datetime.strftime()</strong> function supports, except
'%h', are supported. These date/time directives format cdist config/install
start time.</p>
<p>If empty pattern is specified then default calculated host directory
is used.</p>
<p>Calculated host directory is a hash of a host cdist operates on.</p>
<p>Resulting path is used to specify cache path subdirectory under which
current host cache data are saved.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="inventory">
<h2>9.7. INVENTORY<a class="headerlink" href="#inventory" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Manage inventory database.
Currently in beta with all sub-commands.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="inventory-add-host">
<h2>9.8. INVENTORY ADD-HOST<a class="headerlink" href="#inventory-add-host" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Add host(s) to inventory database.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>host</strong></dt>
<dd>Host(s) to add.</dd>
<dt><strong>-b, --beta</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality.</dd>
<dt><strong>-f HOSTFILE, --file HOSTFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Read additional hosts to add from specified file or
from stdin if '-' (each host on separate line). If no
host or host file is specified then, by default, read
from stdin. Hostfile format is the same as config hostfile format.</dd>
<dt><strong>-g CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom configuration file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-I INVENTORY_DIR, --inventory INVENTORY_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom inventory directory. Inventory
directory is set up by the following rules: if cdist
configuration resolves this value then specified
directory is used, if HOME env var is set then
~/.cdit/inventory is used, otherwise distribution
inventory directory is used.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="inventory-add-tag">
<h2>9.9. INVENTORY ADD-TAG<a class="headerlink" href="#inventory-add-tag" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Add tag(s) to inventory database.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>host</strong></dt>
<dd>List of host(s) for which tags are added.</dd>
<dt><strong>-b, --beta</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality.</dd>
<dt><strong>-f HOSTFILE, --file HOSTFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Read additional hosts to add tags from specified file
or from stdin if '-' (each host on separate line). If
no host or host file is specified then, by default,
read from stdin. If no tags/tagfile nor hosts/hostfile
are specified then tags are read from stdin and are
added to all hosts. Hostfile format is the same as config hostfile format.</dd>
<dt><strong>-g CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom configuration file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-I INVENTORY_DIR, --inventory INVENTORY_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom inventory directory. Inventory
directory is set up by the following rules: if cdist
configuration resolves this value then specified
directory is used, if HOME env var is set then
~/.cdit/inventory is used, otherwise distribution
inventory directory is used.</dd>
<dt><strong>-T TAGFILE, --tag-file TAGFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Read additional tags to add from specified file or
from stdin if '-' (each tag on separate line). If no
tag or tag file is specified then, by default, read
from stdin. If no tags/tagfile nor hosts/hostfile are
specified then tags are read from stdin and are added
to all hosts. Tagfile format is the same as config hostfile format.</dd>
<dt><strong>-t TAGLIST, --taglist TAGLIST</strong></dt>
<dd>Tag list to be added for specified host(s), comma
separated values.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="inventory-del-host">
<h2>9.10. INVENTORY DEL-HOST<a class="headerlink" href="#inventory-del-host" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Delete host(s) from inventory database.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>host</strong></dt>
<dd>Host(s) to delete.</dd>
<dt><strong>-a, --all</strong></dt>
<dd>Delete all hosts.</dd>
<dt><strong>-b, --beta</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality.</dd>
<dt><strong>-f HOSTFILE, --file HOSTFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Read additional hosts to delete from specified file or
from stdin if '-' (each host on separate line). If no
host or host file is specified then, by default, read
from stdin. Hostfile format is the same as config hostfile format.</dd>
<dt><strong>-g CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom configuration file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-I INVENTORY_DIR, --inventory INVENTORY_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom inventory directory. Inventory
directory is set up by the following rules: if cdist
configuration resolves this value then specified
directory is used, if HOME env var is set then
~/.cdit/inventory is used, otherwise distribution
inventory directory is used.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="inventory-del-tag">
<h2>9.11. INVENTORY DEL-TAG<a class="headerlink" href="#inventory-del-tag" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Delete tag(s) from inventory database.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>host</strong></dt>
<dd>List of host(s) for which tags are deleted.</dd>
<dt><strong>-a, --all</strong></dt>
<dd>Delete all tags for specified host(s).</dd>
<dt><strong>-b, --beta</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality.</dd>
<dt><strong>-f HOSTFILE, --file HOSTFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Read additional hosts to delete tags for from
specified file or from stdin if '-' (each host on
separate line). If no host or host file is specified
then, by default, read from stdin. If no tags/tagfile
nor hosts/hostfile are specified then tags are read
from stdin and are deleted from all hosts. Hostfile
format is the same as config hostfile format.</dd>
<dt><strong>-g CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom configuration file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-I INVENTORY_DIR, --inventory INVENTORY_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom inventory directory. Inventory
directory is set up by the following rules: if cdist
configuration resolves this value then specified
directory is used, if HOME env var is set then
~/.cdit/inventory is used, otherwise distribution
inventory directory is used.</dd>
<dt><strong>-T TAGFILE, --tag-file TAGFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Read additional tags from specified file or from stdin
if '-' (each tag on separate line). If no tag or tag
file is specified then, by default, read from stdin.
If no tags/tagfile nor hosts/hostfile are specified
then tags are read from stdin and are added to all
hosts. Tagfile format is the same as config hostfile format.</dd>
<dt><strong>-t TAGLIST, --taglist TAGLIST</strong></dt>
<dd>Tag list to be deleted for specified host(s), comma
separated values.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="inventory-list">
<h2>9.12. INVENTORY LIST<a class="headerlink" href="#inventory-list" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>List inventory database.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>host</strong></dt>
<dd>Host(s) to list.</dd>
<dt><strong>-a, --all</strong></dt>
<dd>List hosts that have all specified tags, if -t/--tag
is specified.</dd>
<dt><strong>-b, --beta</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality.</dd>
<dt><strong>-f HOSTFILE, --file HOSTFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Read additional hosts to list from specified file or
from stdin if '-' (each host on separate line). If no
host or host file is specified then, by default, list
all. Hostfile format is the same as config hostfile format.</dd>
<dt><strong>-g CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom configuration file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-H, --host-only</strong></dt>
<dd>Suppress tags listing.</dd>
<dt><strong>-I INVENTORY_DIR, --inventory INVENTORY_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom inventory directory. Inventory
directory is set up by the following rules: if cdist
configuration resolves this value then specified
directory is used, if HOME env var is set then
~/.cdit/inventory is used, otherwise distribution
inventory directory is used.</dd>
<dt><strong>-t, --tag</strong></dt>
<dd>Host is specified by tag, not hostname/address; list
all hosts that contain any of specified tags.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="preos">
<h2>9.13. PREOS<a class="headerlink" href="#preos" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Create PreOS.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>-c CONF_DIR, --conf-dir CONF_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Add configuration directory (one that contains &quot;preos&quot; subdirectory).</dd>
<dt><strong>-g CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom configuration file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-L, --list-preoses</strong></dt>
<dd>List available PreOS-es.</dd>
</dl>
<p>Currently, the following PreOS-es are supported:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>debian</li>
<li>ubuntu</li>
<li>devuan</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section" id="preos-debian-devuan">
<h2>9.14. PREOS DEBIAN/DEVUAN<a class="headerlink" href="#preos-debian-devuan" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>target_dir</strong></dt>
<dd>target directory where PreOS will be bootstrapped</dd>
<dt><strong>-a ARCH, --arch ARCH</strong></dt>
<dd>target debootstrap architecture, by default 'amd64'</dd>
<dt><strong>-B, --bootstrap</strong></dt>
<dd>do bootstrap step</dd>
<dt><strong>-b, --beta</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality.</dd>
<dt><strong>-C, --configure</strong></dt>
<dd>do configure step</dd>
<dt><strong>-c CDIST_PARAMS, --cdist-params CDIST_PARAMS</strong></dt>
<dd>parameters that will be passed to cdist config, by
default '-v' is used</dd>
<dt><strong>-D DRIVE, --drive-boot DRIVE</strong></dt>
<dd>create bootable PreOS on specified drive</dd>
<dt><strong>-e REMOTE_EXEC, --remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC</strong></dt>
<dd>remote exec that cdist config will use, by default
internal script is used</dd>
<dt><strong>-i MANIFEST, --init-manifest MANIFEST</strong></dt>
<dd>init manifest that cdist config will use, by default
internal init manifest is used</dd>
<dt><strong>-k KEYFILE, --keyfile KEYFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>ssh key files that will be added to cdist config;
'<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__ssh_authorized_keys</span> <span class="pre">root</span> <span class="pre">...</span></code>' type is appended to initial manifest</dd>
<dt><strong>-m MIRROR, --mirror MIRROR</strong></dt>
<dd>use specified mirror for debootstrap</dd>
<dt><strong>-P ROOT_PASSWORD, --root-password ROOT_PASSWORD</strong></dt>
<dd>Set specified password for root, generated by default</dd>
<dt><strong>-p PXE_BOOT_DIR, --pxe-boot-dir PXE_BOOT_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>PXE boot directory</dd>
<dt><strong>-r, --rm-bootstrap-dir</strong></dt>
<dd>remove target directory after finishing</dd>
<dt><strong>-S SCRIPT, --script SCRIPT</strong></dt>
<dd>use specified script for debootstrap</dd>
<dt><strong>-s SUITE, --suite SUITE</strong></dt>
<dd>suite used for debootstrap, by default 'stable'</dd>
<dt><strong>-t TRIGGER_COMMAND, --trigger-command TRIGGER_COMMAND</strong></dt>
<dd>trigger command that will be added to cdist config;
'<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__cdist_preos_trigger</span> <span class="pre">http</span> <span class="pre">...</span></code>' type is appended to initial manifest</dd>
<dt><strong>-y REMOTE_COPY, --remote-copy REMOTE_COPY</strong></dt>
<dd>remote copy that cdist config will use, by default
internal script is used</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="preos-ubuntu">
<h2>9.15. PREOS UBUNTU<a class="headerlink" href="#preos-ubuntu" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>target_dir</strong></dt>
<dd>target directory where PreOS will be bootstrapped</dd>
<dt><strong>-a ARCH, --arch ARCH</strong></dt>
<dd>target debootstrap architecture, by default 'amd64'</dd>
<dt><strong>-B, --bootstrap</strong></dt>
<dd>do bootstrap step</dd>
<dt><strong>-b, --beta</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality.</dd>
<dt><strong>-C, --configure</strong></dt>
<dd>do configure step</dd>
<dt><strong>-c CDIST_PARAMS, --cdist-params CDIST_PARAMS</strong></dt>
<dd>parameters that will be passed to cdist config, by
default '-v' is used</dd>
<dt><strong>-D DRIVE, --drive-boot DRIVE</strong></dt>
<dd>create bootable PreOS on specified drive</dd>
<dt><strong>-e REMOTE_EXEC, --remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC</strong></dt>
<dd>remote exec that cdist config will use, by default
internal script is used</dd>
<dt><strong>-i MANIFEST, --init-manifest MANIFEST</strong></dt>
<dd>init manifest that cdist config will use, by default
internal init manifest is used</dd>
<dt><strong>-k KEYFILE, --keyfile KEYFILE</strong></dt>
<dd>ssh key files that will be added to cdist config;
'<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__ssh_authorized_keys</span> <span class="pre">root</span> <span class="pre">...</span></code>' type is appended to initial manifest</dd>
<dt><strong>-m MIRROR, --mirror MIRROR</strong></dt>
<dd>use specified mirror for debootstrap</dd>
<dt><strong>-P ROOT_PASSWORD, --root-password ROOT_PASSWORD</strong></dt>
<dd>Set specified password for root, generated by default</dd>
<dt><strong>-p PXE_BOOT_DIR, --pxe-boot-dir PXE_BOOT_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>PXE boot directory</dd>
<dt><strong>-r, --rm-bootstrap-dir</strong></dt>
<dd>remove target directory after finishing</dd>
<dt><strong>-S SCRIPT, --script SCRIPT</strong></dt>
<dd>use specified script for debootstrap</dd>
<dt><strong>-s SUITE, --suite SUITE</strong></dt>
<dd>suite used for debootstrap, by default 'xenial'</dd>
<dt><strong>-t TRIGGER_COMMAND, --trigger-command TRIGGER_COMMAND</strong></dt>
<dd>trigger command that will be added to cdist config;
'<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__cdist_preos_trigger</span> <span class="pre">http</span> <span class="pre">...</span></code>' type is appended to initial manifest</dd>
<dt><strong>-y REMOTE_COPY, --remote-copy REMOTE_COPY</strong></dt>
<dd>remote copy that cdist config will use, by default
internal script is used</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="shell">
<h2>9.16. SHELL<a class="headerlink" href="#shell" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>This command allows you to spawn a shell that enables access
to the types as commands. It can be thought as an
&quot;interactive manifest&quot; environment. See below for example
usage. Its primary use is for debugging type parameters.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>-s SHELL, --shell SHELL</strong></dt>
<dd>Select shell to use, defaults to current shell. Used shell should
be POSIX compatible shell.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="info">
<h2>9.17. INFO<a class="headerlink" href="#info" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Display information for cdist (global explorers, types).</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>pattern</strong></dt>
<dd>Glob pattern. If it contains special characters('?', '*', '[') then it is
used as specified, otherwise it is translated to <cite>*pattern*</cite>.</dd>
<dt><strong>-h, --help</strong></dt>
<dd>Show help message and exit.</dd>
<dt><strong>-a, --all</strong></dt>
<dd>Display all info. This is the default.</dd>
<dt><strong>-c CONF_DIR, --conf-dir CONF_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Add configuration directory (can be repeated).</dd>
<dt><strong>-e, --global-explorers</strong></dt>
<dd>Display info for global explorers.</dd>
<dt><strong>-F, --fixed-string</strong></dt>
<dd>Interpret pattern as a fixed string.</dd>
<dt><strong>-f, --full</strong></dt>
<dd>Display full details.</dd>
<dt><strong>-g CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom configuration file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-t, --types</strong></dt>
<dd>Display info for types.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="trigger">
<h2>9.18. TRIGGER<a class="headerlink" href="#trigger" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Start trigger (simple http server) that waits for connections. When host
connects then it triggers config or install command and then cdist
config/install is executed which configures/installs host.
When triggered cdist will try to reverse DNS lookup for host name and if
host name is dervied then it is used for running cdist config. If no
host name is resolved then IP address is used.
Request path recognizes following requests:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><strong>/cdist/config/.*</strong> for config</li>
<li><strong>/cdist/install/.*</strong> for install.</li>
</ul>
<p>This command returns the following response codes to client requests:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>200 for success</li>
<li>599 for cdist run errors</li>
<li>500 for cdist/server errors.</li>
</ul>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>-4, -force-ipv4</strong></dt>
<dd>Force to use IPv4 addresses only. No influence for
custom remote commands.</dd>
<dt><strong>-6, --force-ipv6</strong></dt>
<dd>Force to use IPv6 addresses only. No influence for
custom remote commands.</dd>
<dt><strong>-C CACHE_PATH_PATTERN, --cache-path-pattern CACHE_PATH_PATTERN</strong></dt>
<dd>Specify custom cache path pattern. If it is not set
then default hostdir is used.</dd>
<dt><strong>-c CONF_DIR, --conf-dir CONF_DIR</strong></dt>
<dd>Add configuration directory (can be repeated, last one
wins).</dd>
<dt><strong>-D DIRECTORY, --directory DIRECTORY</strong></dt>
<dd>Where to create local files</dd>
<dt><strong>-g CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified custom configuration file.</dd>
<dt><strong>-H HTTP_PORT, --http-port HTTP_PORT</strong></dt>
<dd>Create trigger listener via http on specified port</dd>
<dt><strong>-i MANIFEST, --initial-manifest MANIFEST</strong></dt>
<dd>Path to a cdist manifest or '-' to read from stdin.</dd>
<dt><strong>--ipv6</strong></dt>
<dd>Listen to both IPv4 and IPv6 (instead of only IPv4)</dd>
<dt><strong>-j [JOBS], --jobs [JOBS]</strong></dt>
<dd>Operate in parallel in specified maximum number of
jobs. Global explorers, object prepare and object run
are supported. Without argument CPU count is used by
default. Currently in beta.</dd>
<dt><strong>-n, --dry-run</strong></dt>
<dd>Do not execute code.</dd>
<dt><strong>-O SOURCE, --source SOURCE</strong></dt>
<dd>Which file to copy for creation</dd>
<dt><strong>-o OUT_PATH, --out-dir OUT_PATH</strong></dt>
<dd>Directory to save cdist output in.</dd>
<dt><strong>-P, --timestamp</strong></dt>
<dd>Timestamp log messages with the current local date and
time in the format: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.us.</dd>
<dt><strong>-R [{tar,tgz,tbz2,txz}], --use-archiving [{tar,tgz,tbz2,txz}]</strong></dt>
<dd>Operate by using archiving with compression where
appropriate. Supported values are: tar - tar archive,
tgz - gzip tar archive (the default), tbz2 - bzip2 tar
archive and txz - lzma tar archive. Currently in beta.</dd>
<dt><strong>-r REMOTE_OUT_PATH, --remote-out-dir REMOTE_OUT_PATH</strong></dt>
<dd>Directory to save cdist output in on the target host.</dd>
<dt><strong>--remote-copy REMOTE_COPY</strong></dt>
<dd>Command to use for remote copy (should behave like
scp).</dd>
<dt><strong>--remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC</strong></dt>
<dd>Command to use for remote execution (should behave
like ssh).</dd>
<dt><strong>-S, --disable-saving-output-streams</strong></dt>
<dd>Disable saving output streams.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="configuration">
<h2>9.19. CONFIGURATION<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>cdist obtains configuration data from the following sources in the following
order (from higher to lower precedence):</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ol class="arabic simple">
<li>command-line options</li>
<li>configuration file specified at command-line</li>
<li>configuration file specified in CDIST_CONFIG_FILE environment variable</li>
<li>environment variables</li>
<li>user's configuration file (first one found of ~/.cdist.cfg, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cdist/cdist.cfg, in specified order)</li>
<li>system-wide configuration file (/etc/cdist.cfg).</li>
</ol>
</div></blockquote>
<div class="section" id="configuration-file-format">
<h3>9.19.1. CONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration-file-format" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>cdist configuration file is in the INI file format. Currently it supports
only [GLOBAL] section.
The possible keywords and their meanings are as follows:</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt><strong>archiving</strong></dt>
<dd>Use specified archiving. Valid values include:
'none', 'tar', 'tgz', 'tbz2' and 'txz'.</dd>
<dt><strong>beta</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality. It recognizes boolean values from
'yes'/'no', 'on'/'off', 'true'/'false' and '1'/'0'.</dd>
<dt><strong>cache_path_pattern</strong></dt>
<dd>Specify cache path pattern.</dd>
<dt><strong>conf_dir</strong></dt>
<dd>List of configuration directories separated with the character conventionally
used by the operating system to separate search path components (as in PATH),
such as ':' for POSIX or ';' for Windows.
If also specified at command line then values from command line are
appended to this value.</dd>
<dt><strong>init_manifest</strong></dt>
<dd>Specify default initial manifest.</dd>
<dt><strong>inventory_dir</strong></dt>
<dd>Specify inventory directory.</dd>
<dt><strong>jobs</strong></dt>
<dd>Specify number of jobs for parallel processing. If -1 then the default,
number of CPU's in the system is used. If 0 then parallel processing in
jobs is disabled. If set to positive number then specified maximum
number of processes will be used.</dd>
<dt><strong>local_shell</strong></dt>
<dd>Shell command used for local execution.</dd>
<dt><strong>out_path</strong></dt>
<dd>Directory to save cdist output in.</dd>
<dt><strong>parallel</strong></dt>
<dd>Process hosts in parallel. If -1 then the default, number of CPU's in
the system is used. If 0 then parallel processing of hosts is disabled.
If set to positive number then specified maximum number of processes
will be used.</dd>
<dt><strong>remote_copy</strong></dt>
<dd>Command to use for remote copy (should behave like scp).</dd>
<dt><strong>remote_exec</strong></dt>
<dd>Command to use for remote execution (should behave like ssh).</dd>
<dt><strong>remote_out_path</strong></dt>
<dd>Directory to save cdist output in on the target host.</dd>
<dt><strong>remote_shell</strong></dt>
<dd>Shell command at remote host used for remote execution.</dd>
<dt><strong>save_output_streams</strong></dt>
<dd>Enable/disable saving output streams (enabled by default).
It recognizes boolean values from 'yes'/'no', 'on'/'off', 'true'/'false'
and '1'/'0'.</dd>
<dt><strong>timestamp</strong></dt>
<dd>Timestamp log messages with the current local date and time
in the format: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.us.</dd>
<dt><strong>verbosity</strong></dt>
<dd>Set verbosity level. Valid values are:
'ERROR', 'WARNING', 'INFO', 'VERBOSE', 'DEBUG', 'TRACE' and 'OFF'.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="files">
<h2>9.20. FILES<a class="headerlink" href="#files" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt>~/.cdist</dt>
<dd>Your personal cdist config directory. If exists it will be
automatically used.</dd>
<dt>~/.cdist/cache</dt>
<dd>Local cache directory.</dd>
<dt>~/.cdist/inventory</dt>
<dd>The home inventory directory. If ~/.cdist exists it will be used as
default inventory directory.</dd>
<dt>~/.cdist/preos</dt>
<dd>PreOS plugins directory, if existing.</dd>
<dt>cdist/conf</dt>
<dd>The distribution configuration directory. It contains official types and
explorers. This path is relative to cdist installation directory.</dd>
<dt>cdist/inventory</dt>
<dd>The distribution inventory directory.
This path is relative to cdist installation directory.</dd>
<dt>cdist/preos</dt>
<dd>The distribution PreOS plugins directory.</dd>
<dt>/etc/cdist.cfg</dt>
<dd>Global cdist configuration file, if exists.</dd>
<dt>~/.cdist.cfg or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cdist/cdist.cfg</dt>
<dd>Local cdist configuration file, if exists.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="notes">
<h2>9.21. NOTES<a class="headerlink" href="#notes" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>cdist detects if host is specified by IPv6 address. If so then remote_copy
command is executed with host address enclosed in square brackets
(see <strong>scp</strong>(1)).</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="examples">
<h2>9.22. EXAMPLES<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-sh"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Configure ikq05.ethz.ch with debug enabled</span>
% cdist config -vvv ikq05.ethz.ch
<span class="c1"># Configure hosts in parallel and use a different configuration directory</span>
% cdist config -c ~/p/cdist-nutzung <span class="se">\</span>
-p ikq02.ethz.ch ikq03.ethz.ch ikq04.ethz.ch
<span class="c1"># Use custom remote exec / copy commands</span>
% cdist config --remote-exec /path/to/my/remote/exec <span class="se">\</span>
--remote-copy /path/to/my/remote/copy <span class="se">\</span>
-p ikq02.ethz.ch ikq03.ethz.ch ikq04.ethz.ch
<span class="c1"># Configure hosts read from file loadbalancers</span>
% cdist config -f loadbalancers
<span class="c1"># Configure hosts read from file web.hosts using 16 parallel jobs</span>
% cdist config -j <span class="m">16</span> -f web.hosts
<span class="c1"># Display banner</span>
cdist banner
<span class="c1"># Show help</span>
% cdist --help
<span class="c1"># Show Version</span>
% cdist --version
<span class="c1"># Enter a shell that has access to emulated types</span>
% cdist shell
% __git
usage: __git --source SOURCE <span class="o">[</span>--state STATE<span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">[</span>--branch BRANCH<span class="o">]</span>
<span class="o">[</span>--group GROUP<span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">[</span>--owner OWNER<span class="o">]</span> <span class="o">[</span>--mode MODE<span class="o">]</span> object_id
<span class="c1"># Install ikq05.ethz.ch with debug enabled</span>
% cdist install -vvv ikq05.ethz.ch
<span class="c1"># List inventory content</span>
% cdist inventory list -b
<span class="c1"># List inventory for specified host localhost</span>
% cdist inventory list -b localhost
<span class="c1"># List inventory for specified tag loadbalancer</span>
% cdist inventory list -b -t loadbalancer
<span class="c1"># Add hosts to inventory</span>
% cdist inventory add-host -b web1 web2 web3
<span class="c1"># Delete hosts from file old-hosts from inventory</span>
% cdist inventory del-host -b -f old-hosts
<span class="c1"># Add tags to specified hosts</span>
% cdist inventory add-tag -b -t europe,croatia,web,static web1 web2
<span class="c1"># Add tag to all hosts in inventory</span>
% cdist inventory add-tag -b -t vm
<span class="c1"># Delete all tags from specified host</span>
% cdist inventory del-tag -b -a localhost
<span class="c1"># Delete tags read from stdin from hosts specified by file hosts</span>
% cdist inventory del-tag -b -T - -f hosts
<span class="c1"># Configure hosts from inventory with any of specified tags</span>
% cdist config -b -t web dynamic
<span class="c1"># Configure hosts from inventory with all specified tags</span>
% cdist config -b -t -a web dynamic
<span class="c1"># Configure all hosts from inventory db</span>
$ cdist config -b -A
<span class="c1"># Create default debian PreOS in debug mode with config</span>
<span class="c1"># trigger command</span>
$ cdist preos debian /preos/preos-debian -vvvv -C <span class="se">\</span>
-k ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub -p /preos/pxe-debian <span class="se">\</span>
-t <span class="s2">&quot;/usr/bin/curl 192.168.111.5:3000/config/&quot;</span>
<span class="c1"># Create ubuntu PreOS with install trigger command</span>
$ cdist preos ubuntu /preos/preos-ubuntu -C <span class="se">\</span>
-k ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub -p /preos/pxe-ubuntu <span class="se">\</span>
-t <span class="s2">&quot;/usr/bin/curl 192.168.111.5:3000/install/&quot;</span>
<span class="c1"># Create ubuntu PreOS on drive /dev/sdb with install trigger command</span>
<span class="c1"># and set root password to &#39;password&#39;.</span>
$ cdist preos ubuntu /mnt -B -C <span class="se">\</span>
-k ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub -D /dev/sdb <span class="se">\</span>
-t <span class="s2">&quot;/usr/bin/curl 192.168.111.5:3000/install/&quot;</span> <span class="se">\</span>
-P password
<span class="c1"># Start trigger in verbose mode that will configure host using specified</span>
<span class="c1"># init manifest</span>
% cdist trigger -v -i ~/.cdist/manifest/init-for-triggered
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="environment">
<h2>9.23. ENVIRONMENT<a class="headerlink" href="#environment" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt>TMPDIR, TEMP, TMP</dt>
<dd>Setup the base directory for the temporary directory.
See <a class="reference external" href="http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/tempfile.html">http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/tempfile.html</a> for
more information. This is rather useful, if the standard
directory used does not allow executables.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_PATH</dt>
<dd>Colon delimited list of config directories.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_LOCAL_SHELL</dt>
<dd>Selects shell for local script execution, defaults to /bin/sh.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_REMOTE_SHELL</dt>
<dd>Selects shell for remote script execution, defaults to /bin/sh.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_OVERRIDE</dt>
<dd>Allow overwriting type parameters.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_ORDER_DEPENDENCY</dt>
<dd>Create dependencies based on the execution order.
Note that in version 6.2.0 semantic of this processing mode is
finally fixed and well defined.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_REMOTE_EXEC</dt>
<dd>Use this command for remote execution (should behave like ssh).</dd>
<dt>CDIST_REMOTE_COPY</dt>
<dd>Use this command for remote copy (should behave like scp).</dd>
<dt>CDIST_INVENTORY_DIR</dt>
<dd>Use this directory as inventory directory.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_BETA</dt>
<dd>Enable beta functionality.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_CACHE_PATH_PATTERN</dt>
<dd>Custom cache path pattern.</dd>
<dt>CDIST_CONFIG_FILE</dt>
<dd>Custom configuration file.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="section" id="exit-status">
<h2>9.24. EXIT STATUS<a class="headerlink" href="#exit-status" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The following exit values shall be returned:</p>
<p>0 Successful completion.</p>
<p>1 One or more host configurations failed.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="authors">
<h2>9.25. AUTHORS<a class="headerlink" href="#authors" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Originally written by Nico Schottelius &lt;<a class="reference external" href="mailto:nico-cdist--&#37;&#52;&#48;--schottelius&#46;org">nico-cdist--<span>&#64;</span>--schottelius<span>&#46;</span>org</a>&gt;
and Steven Armstrong &lt;<a class="reference external" href="mailto:steven-cdist--&#37;&#52;&#48;--armstrong&#46;cc">steven-cdist--<span>&#64;</span>--armstrong<span>&#46;</span>cc</a>&gt;.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="caveats">
<h2>9.26. CAVEATS<a class="headerlink" href="#caveats" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>When operating in parallel, either by operating in parallel for each host
(-p/--parallel) or by parallel jobs within a host (-j/--jobs), and depending
on target SSH server and its configuration you may encounter connection drops.
This is controlled with sshd <strong>MaxStartups</strong> configuration options.
You may also encounter session open refusal. This happens with ssh multiplexing
when you reach maximum number of open sessions permitted per network
connection. In this case ssh will disable multiplexing.
This limit is controlled with sshd <strong>MaxSessions</strong> configuration
options. For more details refer to <strong>sshd_config</strong>(5).</p>
<p>When requirements for the same object are defined in different manifests (see
example below), for example, in init manifest and in some other type manifest
and those requirements differ then dependency resolver cannot detect
dependencies correctly. This happens because cdist cannot prepare all objects first
and run all objects afterwards. Some object can depend on the result of type
explorer(s) and explorers are executed during object run. cdist will detect
such case and display a warning message. An example of such a case:</p>
<div class="highlight-sh"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>init manifest:
__a a
<span class="nv">require</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;__e/e&quot;</span> __b b
<span class="nv">require</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;__f/f&quot;</span> __c c
__e e
__f f
<span class="nv">require</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;__c/c&quot;</span> __d d
__g g
__h h
<span class="nb">type</span> __g manifest:
<span class="nv">require</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;__c/c __d/d&quot;</span> __a a
Warning message:
WARNING: cdisttesthost: Object __a/a already exists with requirements:
/usr/home/darko/ungleich/cdist/cdist/test/config/fixtures/manifest/init-deps-resolver /tmp/tmp.cdist.test.ozagkg54/local/759547ff4356de6e3d9e08522b0d0807/data/conf/type/__g/manifest: set<span class="o">()</span>
/tmp/tmp.cdist.test.ozagkg54/local/759547ff4356de6e3d9e08522b0d0807/data/conf/type/__g/manifest: <span class="o">{</span><span class="s1">&#39;__c/c&#39;</span>, <span class="s1">&#39;__d/d&#39;</span><span class="o">}</span>
Dependency resolver could not handle dependencies as expected.
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="copying">
<h2>9.27. COPYING<a class="headerlink" href="#copying" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+).</p>
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