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cdist(1)
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Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
NAME
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cdist - Configuration management
SYNOPSIS
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cdist [-h] [-V]
cdist banner
cdist config [-h] [-d] [-V] [-c CONF_DIR] [-i MANIFEST] [-p] [-s] host [host ...]
DESCRIPTION
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cdist is the frontend executable to the cdist configuration management.
cdist supports different as explained below. The options to the main
program are:
-h, --help::
Show the help screen
-V, --version::
Show version and exit
BANNER
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Displays the cdist banner.
CONFIG
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Configure a system
-h, --help::
Show the help screen
-c CONF_DIR, --conf-dir CONF_DIR::
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. Additionally this can also
be configured by setting the CDIST_PATH environment variable to a colon
delimited list of config directories. Directories given with the
--conf-dir argument have higher precedence over those set through the
environment variable.
-d, --debug::
Enable debug output
-i MANIFEST, --initial-manifest MANIFEST::
Path to a cdist manifest or - to read from stdin
-p, --parallel::
Operate on multiple hosts in parallel
-s, --sequential::
Operate on multiple hosts sequentially
--remote-copy REMOTE_COPY:
Command to use for remote copy (should behave like scp)
--remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC:
Command to use for remote execution (should behave like ssh)
EXAMPLES
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# Configure ikq05.ethz.ch with debug enabled
cdist config -d ikq05.ethz.ch
# Configure hosts in parallel and use a different home directory
cdist config -c ~/p/cdist-nutzung \
-p ikq02.ethz.ch ikq03.ethz.ch ikq04.ethz.ch
# Use custom remote exec / copy commands
cdist config --remote-exec /path/to/my/remote/exec \
--remote-copy /path/to/my/remote/copy \
-p ikq02.ethz.ch ikq03.ethz.ch ikq04.ethz.ch
# Display banner
cdist banner
# Show help
cdist --help
# Show Version
cdist --version
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ENVIRONMENT
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TMPDIR, TEMP, TMP::
Setup the base directory for the temporary directory.
See http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/tempfile.html for
more information. This is rather useful, if the standard
directory used does not allow executables.
EXIT STATUS
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The following exit values shall be returned:
0::
Successful completion
1::
One or more host configurations failed
SEE ALSO
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- cdist(7)
- cdist-reference(7)
COPYING
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Copyright \(C) 2011-2012 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).