cdist - usable configuration management
=======================================

cdist is a mature configuration management system that adheres to the KISS
principle. It has been used in small up to enterprise grade environment for
years and effectively is an alternative to other configuration management
system such as `Ansible <https://www.ansible.com/>`_, `Chef
<https://www.chef.io/products/chef-infra>`_ or `Puppet <https://puppet.com/>`_.

Community
~~~~~~~~~

You are welcome to drop by and ask questions on the `#cdist:ungleich.ch
<https://matrix.to/#/#cdist:ungleich.ch>`_ matrix room or ``#cdist`` IRC
channel on `libera <https://libera.chat>`_.  The Matrix room and IRC channel
are bridged via a simple relay bot.

Development
~~~~~~~~~~~

Source code repositories and issue trackers can be found on ungleich's software
forge:

* `ungleich-public/cdist <https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/cdist/>`_: core cdist logic and types.
* `ungleich-public/cdist-contrib <https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/cdist-contrib/>`_: extra useful types not released as part of core cdist.
* `ungleich-public/cdist-web <https://code.ungleich.ch/ungleich-public/cdist-web/>`_: sources of this website.

Commercial support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can request commercial support for cdist from
`ungleich <http://www.ungleich.ch/>`_.

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   cdist-why
   cdist-features
   cdist-documentation