bcfg2-admin

Synopsis

bcfg2-admin [-C configfile] mode [mode args] [mode options]

Description

bcfg2-admin is used to perform Bcfg2 repository administration.

Options

-C configfile Specify alternate bcfg2.conf location.
-E encoding Specify the encoding of config files.
-Q path Specify the path to the server repository.
-S server Manually specify the server location (as opposed to using the value in bcfg2.conf). This should be in the format “https://server:port
-d Enable debugging output.
-h Print usage information.
-o logfile Writes a log to the specified path.
--ssl-key=key Specify the path to the SSL key.
-v Enable verbose output.
-x password Use ‘password’ for client communication.

Modes

backup
Create an archive of the entire Bcfg2 repository.
client action client [attribute=value]
Add, edit, or remove clients entries in metadata (See CLIENT OPTIONS below).
compare old new
Compare two client configurations. Can be used to verify consistent behavior between releases. Determine differences between files or directories (See COMPARE OPTIONS below).
dbshell
Call the Django ‘dbshell’ command on the configured database.
init
Initialize a new repository (interactive).
initreports
Initialize the Reporting database.
minestruct client [-f xml-file] [-g groups]
Build structure entries based on client statistics extra entries (See MINESTRUCT OPTIONS below).
perf
Query server for performance data.
pull client entry-type entry-name
Install configuration information into repo based on client bad entries (See PULL OPTIONS below).
purgereports
Purge historic and expired data from the Reporting database
reportssqlall
Call the Django ‘shell’ command on the Reporting database.
reportsstats
Print Reporting database statistics.
scrubreports
Scrub the Reporting database for duplicate reasons and orphaned entries.
shell
Call the Django ‘shell’ command on the configured database.
syncdb
Sync the Django ORM with the configured database.
tidy
Remove unused files from repository.
updatereports
Apply database schema updates to the Reporting database.
validatedb
Call the Django ‘validate’ command on the configured database.
viz [-H] [-b] [-k] [-o png-file]
Create a graphviz diagram of client, group and bundle information (See VIZ OPTIONS below).
xcmd
Provides a XML-RPC Command Interface to the bcfg2-server.

CLIENT OPTIONS

mode

One of the following.

add
Add a client
del
Delete a client
list
List all client entries
client
Specify the client’s name.
attribute=value
Set attribute values when adding a new client. Allowed attributes are ‘profile’, ‘uuid’, ‘password’, ‘location’, ‘secure, and ‘address’.

COMPARE OPTIONS

-d N, –diff-lines N
Show only N lines of a diff
-c, --color Show colors even if not ryn from a TTY
-q, --quiet Only show that entries differ, not how they differ
old
Specify the location of the old configuration(s).
new
Specify the location of the new configuration(s).

MINESTRUCT OPTIONS

client
Client whose metadata is to be searched for extra entries.
-g groups
Hierarchy of groups in which to place the extra entries in.
-f outputfile
Specify the xml file in which to write the extra entries.

PULL OPTIONS

client
Specify the name of the client to search for.
entry type
Specify the type of the entry to pull.
entry name
Specify the name of the entry to pull.

VIZ OPTIONS

-H, --includehosts
 Include hosts in diagram.
-b, --includebundles
 Include bundles in diagram.
-o outfile, –outfile outfile
Write to outfile file instead of stdout.
-k, --includekey
 Add a shape/color key.
-c hostname, –only-client hostname
Only show groups and bundles for the named client

See Also

bcfg2-info(8), bcfg2-server(8)