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@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +$Id: $ + +This document describes how to setup a Bcfg2 repository from scratch. + +1. /etc/bcfg2.conf + +This file tells Bcfg2Server important bootstrapping information about +where its repository is, and which configuration structuring agents +and generators should be used to build client +configurations. The list of structures and generators are comma +delimited and must be importable by python from the +Bcfg2.Server.(Generators|Structures) hierarchy (respectively). All +options currently are in the [server] section. + +repository: top level of configuration file repository +structures: comma delimited list of structuring agents to use. +generators: comma delimited list of generators to use. +metadata: path to the directory where metadata.xml (the client + metadata setup) resides. + +2. metadata/metadata.xml + +This file defines metadata constructs for all known systems. This file +contains two types of declarations: one for clients, including an +attribute for client image, and client nodes for class membership and +attributes. See the example file for more info. This file doesn't +need to be exhaustively written: bcfg2 will soon support defaults (to +support environments where machines are frequently added) and default +profiles. + +3. The repository + +Structuring agents and generators are responsible for contructing +client configurations. All of these currently use FAM to coherently +cache files on disk, with notifications upon file changes. The +repository contains a directory for each of these; which is structured +according to the needs of that generator/structure.
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