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PROGRAM:

NAME

cdist - Usable Configuration Management

SYNOPSIS

cdist [-h] [-d] [-v] [-V] {banner,config,shell} ...

cdist banner [-h] [-d] [-v]

cdist config [-h] [-d] [-V] [-c CONF_DIR] [-i MANIFEST] [-p] [-s] host [host ...]

cdist shell [-h] [-d] [-v] [-s SHELL]

DESCRIPTION

cdist is the frontend executable to the cdist configuration management. cdist supports
different subcommands as explained below.

GENERAL

All commands accept the following options:

-d, --debug
Set log level to debug

-h, --help
Show the help screen

-v, --verbose
Set log level to info, be more verbose

-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

-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.

-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)

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.

-s/--shell
Select shell to use, defaults to current shell

EXAMPLES

# 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

# 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_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

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values shall be returned:

0
Successful completion

1
One or more host configurations failed

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