cdist(1) ======== NAME ---- cdist - Usable Configuration Management SYNOPSIS -------- :: cdist [-h] [-d] [-v] [-V] {banner,config,shell} ... cdist banner [-h] [-d] [-v] cdist config [-h] [-d] [-v] [-b] [-c CONF_DIR] [-f HOSTFILE] [-i MANIFEST] [-j [JOBS]] [-n] [-o OUT_PATH] [-p] [-s] [--remote-copy REMOTE_COPY] [--remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC] [host [host ...]] cdist shell [-h] [-d] [-v] [-s SHELL] DESCRIPTION ----------- cdist is the frontend executable to the cdist configuration management. It supports different subcommands as explained below. It is written in Python so it requires :strong:`python`\ (1) to be installed. It requires a minimal Python version 3.2. GENERAL ------- All commands accept the following options: .. option:: -h, --help Show the help screen .. option:: -d, --debug Set log level to debug .. option:: -v, --verbose Set log level to info, be more verbose .. option:: -V, --version Show version and exit BANNER ------ Displays the cdist banner. Useful for printing cdist posters - a must have for every office. CONFIG ------ Configure one or more hosts. .. option:: -b, --enable-beta Enable beta functionalities. Beta functionalities include the following options: -j/--jobs. .. option:: -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. .. option:: -f HOSTFILE, --file HOSTFILE Read additional hosts to operate on from specified file or from stdin if '-' (each host on separate line). If no host or host file is specified then, by default, read hosts from stdin. .. option:: -i MANIFEST, --initial-manifest MANIFEST Path to a cdist manifest or - to read from stdin .. option:: -j [JOBS], --jobs [JOBS] Specify the maximum number of parallel jobs; currently only global explorers are supported (currently in beta) .. option:: -n, --dry-run Do not execute code .. option:: -o OUT_PATH, --out-dir OUT_PATH Directory to save cdist output in .. option:: -p, --parallel Operate on multiple hosts in parallel .. option:: -s, --sequential Operate on multiple hosts sequentially (default) .. option:: --remote-copy REMOTE_COPY Command to use for remote copy (should behave like scp) .. option:: --remote-exec REMOTE_EXEC Command to use for remote execution (should behave like ssh) SHELL ----- This command allows you to spawn a shell that enables access to the types as commands. It can be thought as an "interactive manifest" environment. See below for example usage. Its primary use is for debugging type parameters. .. option:: -s SHELL, --shell SHELL Select shell to use, defaults to current shell. Used shell should be POSIX compatible shell. FILES ----- ~/.cdist Your personal cdist config directory. If exists it will be automatically used. cdist/conf The distribution configuration directory. It contains official types and explorers. This path is relative to cdist installation directory. EXAMPLES -------- .. code-block:: sh # Configure ikq05.ethz.ch with debug enabled % cdist config -d ikq05.ethz.ch # Configure hosts in parallel and use a different configuration 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 # Configure hosts read from file loadbalancers % cdist config -f loadbalancers # Configure hosts read from file web.hosts using 16 parallel jobs # (beta functionality) % cdist config -b -j 16 -f web.hosts # Display banner cdist banner # Show help % cdist --help # Show Version % cdist --version # Enter a shell that has access to emulated types % cdist shell % __git usage: __git --source SOURCE [--state STATE] [--branch BRANCH] [--group GROUP] [--owner OWNER] [--mode MODE] object_id ENVIRONMENT ----------- 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. CDIST_PATH Colon delimited list of config directories. CDIST_LOCAL_SHELL Selects shell for local script execution, defaults to /bin/sh. CDIST_REMOTE_SHELL Selects shell for remote scirpt execution, defaults to /bin/sh. CDIST_OVERRIDE Allow overwriting type parameters. CDIST_ORDER_DEPENDENCY Create dependencies based on the execution order. CDIST_REMOTE_EXEC Use this command for remote execution (should behave like ssh). CDIST_REMOTE_COPY Use this command for remote copy (should behave like scp). EXIT STATUS ----------- The following exit values shall be returned: 0 Successful completion. 1 One or more host configurations failed. AUTHORS ------- Nico Schottelius CAVEATS ------- 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` 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` configuration options. For more details refer to :strong:`sshd_config`\ (5). COPYING ------- Copyright \(C) 2011-2013 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+).