cdist-tutorial(7) ================= A guided introduction into cdist Nico Schottelius INTRODUCTION ------------ This document gives you a pointer on what to read in which order and is thus a "guide to the right locations". So in case you are just starting, just "begin at the beginning" (Brave New World). You can see the target audience in [] brackets after the description. cdist-quickstart New to cdist? Want to get your hands dirty? Read this. [beginner] cdist-bootstrap The comprehensive guide to your first cdist installation [beginner] cdist-manifest Learn how to define which hosts get which configurations [beginner] cdist-type Understand how types are working and created [intermediate] cdist-best-practice Hints from real life experience to help you to organise cdist [intermediate] cdist-reference The type, explorers and environment variables reference [intermediate] cdist-explorer Interested in getting more information about the target system? [intermediate] cdist-stages Understand the internal workflow of cdist. [advanced] cdist-hacker README, if you want to extend or modify cdist. [hacker] SEE ALSO -------- - `cdist(1) <../man1/cdist.html>`_ - `cdist-type(7) `_ - `cdist-best-practice(7) `_ - `cdist-stages(7) `_ - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley COPYING ------- 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).