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] [-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

SEE ALSO

    • cdist(7)

    • cdist-reference(7)

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

AUTHOR

Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
    Author.