Glossary

client

A system that runs the bcfg2 command. Typically, this is to receive a configuration from a Bcfg2 server.

generator

A type of plugin which provides file contents. For example Cfg or SSHbase.

Genshi

A Python-based templating engine. Genshi Homepage.

group

A “tag” assigned to a client through a probe or other plugin.

irc channel

#bcfg2 on freenode

probe

A script that executes on a client machine and sets client metadata such as group membership.

profile

A special type of group that a client is explicitly assigned to.

repository

A collection of folders and files that together define the configurations that Bcfg2 applies to clients. The repository is located at /var/lib/bcfg2 by default. This is not to be confused with a VCS repository, which is an excellent place to pull your Bcfg2 repository from to manage changes. When used alone, repository refers to a Bcfg2 repository.

VCS

Stands for Version Control System.