Bcfg2 documentation 1.4.0

• Introduction
  • Architecture Overview
    • Server
    • Client
  • What Operating Systems Does Bcfg2 Support?
• Installation
  • Prerequisites
    • Bcfg2 Client
    • Bcfg2 Server
    • Bcfg2 Reporting
  • Installation from source
    • Download
    • Install
  • Building packages from source
    • Building RPMs
    • Building Debian packages
  • Distribution-specific notes
    • Alpine Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • Debian
    • Fedora
    • Gentoo
    • OS X
    • RHEL / Centos / Scientific Linux
    • Ubuntu
• Getting started
  • Get and Install Bcfg2 Server
  • Set up Repository
  • Populate Repository
  • Next Steps
  • Platform-specific Quickstart Notes
    • CentOS
    • Ubuntu
    • Gentoo
    • Mac OS X
• Detailed Bcfg2 Architecture
  • Goals
  • The Bcfg2 Client
    • Architecture Abstraction
  • The Bcfg2 Server
    • The Configuration Specification Construction Process
  • The Literal Configuration Specification
    • The Structure of Specifications
  • Design Considerations
    • System Metadata
    • Package Management
• The Bcfg2 Server
  • Plugins
    • Enabling Plugins
    • Default Plugins
    • Plugin Roles (in 1.0)
  • Admin
    • backup
    • client
    • compare
    • init
    • minestruct
    • perf
    • pull
    • viz
    • xcmd
  • Configuration Entries
    • Bound Entries
    • altsrc
  • info.xml
  • Using bcfg2-info
    • Getting Started
    • Debugging Configuration Rules
    • Debugging and Developing Bcfg2
  • SELinux
    • Running Bcfg2 under SELinux
    • Managing SELinux Entries
  • Server Configuration
    • Running as a non-root user
    • Server Backends
  • Global Database Settings
    • Separate Reporting Database
    • Configuration Options
    • Database Schema Sync
  • Server-side Caching
    • Metadata Caching
  • Bcfg2 Data Encryption
    • bcfg2-crypt
    • Configuring Encryption
    • Encryption API
  • Common XML Features
    • Group and Client tags
    • Genshi templating
    • Encryption
    • XInclude
    • Feature Matrix
  • Access Control
• The Bcfg2 Client
  • Client modes
    • Dryrun mode
    • Interactive mode
    • Paranoid mode
    • Overall client service mode
  • Client Tool Drivers
    • Actions
    • APT Client Tool
    • Augeas
    • POSIXUsers
    • VCS Client Tool
    • Bcfg2 RPM/YUM Client Drivers
    • Action
    • APK
    • APT
    • Blast
    • Chkconfig
    • DebInit
    • Encap
    • FreeBSDInit
    • FreeBSDPackage
    • launchd
    • Portage
    • POSIX
    • RcUpdate
    • RPM
    • SMF
    • Systemd
    • SYSV
    • Upstart
    • YUM
  • Client Metadata
    • Construction
    • Contents
  • Agent Functionality using SSH
    • See Also
  • Client Debugging
• The Bcfg2 Reporting System
  • Bcfg2 Web Reporting System
    • Summary and Features
    • Installation
    • Upgrading
    • Configuring
    • Usage
    • Screenshots
• Bcfg2 Development
  • Server-side Caching System
  • Cfg Handler Development
    • Cfg Handler Types
    • Cfg Handler Base Class
    • Cfg Exceptions
    • Existing Cfg Handlers
    • Other Cfg Objects
  • Writing A Client Tool Driver
    • Client Tool API
  • Python Compatibility
    • Using Bcfg2.Compat
    • Bcfg2.Compat symbols
  • Server Core Development
    • Base Core
    • Core Implementations
  • Documentation
    • The wiki
    • The manual
    • Documentation Style Guide for Bcfg2
  • File Monitor Development
    • Event Codes
    • Basics
    • Existing FAM Backends
  • bcfg2-lint Plugin Development
    • Plugin Types
    • Error Handling
    • Basics
    • Existing bcfg2-lint Plugins
  • Bcfg2 Option Parsing
    • Collecting Options
    • The Bcfg2.Options module
  • Developing for Packages
    • The Collection Object
    • The Source Object
    • The Packages Module
    • Packages Source Description
    • Existing Packages Backends
  • Bcfg2 Plugin development
    • Cfg Handler Development
    • Developing for Packages
    • Bcfg2 Plugins
    • Server Plugin Types
    • Exposing XML-RPC Functions
    • Invalidating Caches
    • Tracking Execution Time
    • Plugin Helper Classes
    • Plugin Exceptions
    • See Also
  • Environment setup for development
    • Checking Out a Copy of the Code
    • Using a Virtual Environment for Development
  • Submitting Patches
    • Github
    • Mailing List
  • Testing
    • Testing Prereleases
    • Upgrade Testing
  • Tips for Bcfg2 Development
  • Bcfg2 unit testing
    • Testing in a virtualenv
    • Writing Unit Tests
  • Common Utilities
  • Versioning Bcfg2
• Getting Help with Bcfg2
  • Report A Bug
• Glossary
• Appendix
  • Example files
    • MySQL example
    • ntp example
  • Example configuration
    • mrepo
  • Books
  • Papers
  • Articles
  • Guides
    • Authentication
    • Bootstrap
    • Quickstart for CentOS
    • Converging on Verification with RHEL 5
    • Gentoo
    • Import existing ssh keys
    • NAT HOWTO
    • Automated Bcfg2 SSL Authentication
    • Ubuntu
    • Using Bcfg2 With CentOS
    • Version control systems
    • Web Reporting Quickstart
  • Tools
• Man Pages
  • bcfg2
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • See Also
  • bcfg2-admin
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • Modes
    • See Also
  • bcfg2-build-reports
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • See Also
  • bcfg2-crypt
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • Modes
    • Selecting passphrase
    • See Also
  • bcfg2-info
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • Modes
    • See Also
  • bcfg2-lint
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • Plugins
    • Bugs
    • See Also
  • bcfg2-lint.conf
    • Description
    • File format
    • Global options
    • Error handling
    • Plugin options
    • See Also
  • bcfg2-report-collector
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • See Also
  • bcfg2-reports
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • Modes
    • See Also
  • bcfg2-server
    • Synopsis
    • Description
    • Options
    • See Also
  • bcfg2.conf
    • Description
    • File format
    • Server options
    • Server Plugins
    • Caching options
    • Client options
    • Communication options
    • Component options
    • Logging options
    • MDATA options
    • Packages options
    • Paranoid options
    • SSL CA options
    • Database options
    • Reporting options
    • See Also
• Release Announcements
  • 1.4.0pre2
    • backwards-incompatible user-facing changes
    • Thanks
  • 1.4.0pre1
    • backwards-incompatible user-facing changes
    • deprecated features (will be removed in a future release, likely 1.5)
    • deprecated plugins and features which have been removed
    • other fixes and new features
    • Thanks
  • 1.3.6
  • 1.3.5
  • 1.3.4
• Unsorted Docs
  • Emacs + YASnippet mode
  • HOWTOs
  • Vim Snippet Support
  • Notes on possible Windows support
    • Services
    • Registry
    • Files
    • Packages
    • Prior FLOSS Art
  • Writing Bcfg2 Specification
    • Dynamic Groups
    • Abstract Configuration (Structures)
    • Literal Configuration (Generators)

Indices, glossary and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Glossary
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