ungleich-learning-circle/sami/my-org-files/cdist.org/cdist#1-intro.org

• cdist #1: Introduction
  • Lecture content
    • Objective
      • Begin to use cdist
    • Steps
      • Install cdist locally https://www.cdi.st/manual/latest/cdist-quickstart.html
      • Create a new cdist configuration directory in ~/ungleich-learning-circle/USERNAME/dot-cdist
      • Create an empty initial manifest
      • Commit that status
      • Ensure that you can login as root to localhost via ssh without a password
      • Configure cdist to configures the motd of your localhost
        • Ensure you have a case block matching on $__target_host
        • Use the -c parameter to cdist to specify the configuration directory
        • Use the -vv parameter to get more verbose output
      • Configure cdist to create the file /etc/cdist-configured
      • Configure cdist to setup the timezone on your local computer
      • Configure cdist to ensure emacs is installed
      • Ensure that in the end all changes are committed in your repository
• init.file
• Types manifest for installing packages or insuring that packages are installed

cdist #1: Introduction

Lecture content

Objective

Begin to use cdist

Steps

Install cdist locally https://www.cdi.st/manual/latest/cdist-quickstart.html

Create a new cdist configuration directory in ~/ungleich-learning-circle/USERNAME/dot-cdist

Create an empty initial manifest

Commit that status

Ensure that you can login as root to localhost via ssh without a password

Configure cdist to configures the motd of your localhost

Ensure you have a case block matching on $__target_host

Use the -c parameter to cdist to specify the configuration directory

Use the -vv parameter to get more verbose output

Configure cdist to create the file /etc/cdist-configured

Configure cdist to setup the timezone on your local computer

Configure cdist to ensure emacs is installed

Ensure that in the end all changes are committed in your repository

init.file

• sami@cdist/manifest$ cat init

case "$__target_host" in localhost) #target is configured with cdist __file /etc/cdist-configured

__motd –source "$__files/motd"

__timezone Europe/Zurich

;; esac

Types manifest for installing packages or insuring that packages are installed

• __package emacs –state present