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+.. -*- mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _client-tools-index:
+
+Client Tool Drivers
+===================
+
+Client tool drivers allow Bcfg2 to execute configuration operations by
+interfacing with platform and distribution specific tools.
+
+Tool drivers handle any reconfiguration or verification operation. So
+far we have tools that primarily deal with packaging systems and service
+management. The POSIX tool also handles file system and permissions/groups
+operations.
+
+To write your own tool driver, to handle a new packaging format, or new
+service architecture see :ref:`development-index-writingtooldrivers`
+
+When the Bcfg2 client is run, it attempts to instantiate each of these
+drivers. The succeeding list of drivers are printed as a debug message
+after this process has completed. Drivers can supercede one another,
+for example, the Yum driver conflicts (and unloads) the RPM driver. This
+behavior can be overridden by running the Bcfg2 client with the ``-D``
+flag. This flag takes a colon delimited list of drivers to use on
+the system.
+
+Currently these are the tool drivers that are distributed with Bcfg2:
+
+Action
+------
+
+Pre and post-install tests and actions. This driver executes commands
+and supplies status information to the Bcfg2 server via the statistics
+mechanism. It can also be used to prevent bundle installation when
+pre-conditions are not met. See the UsingActions page for more details.
+
+APT
+---
+
+Debian Packages. This tool driver is used to handle packages on dpkg
+based systems and employs the "apt" executable. Extra information can be
+found at :ref:`client-tools-apt`.
+
+Blast
+-----
+
+Blastwave Packages. This tool driver is for blastwave packages on solaris
+
+Chkconfig
+---------
+
+Tool to manage services (primarily on Redhat based distros).
+
+.. note:: Start and stop are standard arguments, but the one for reload
+          isn't consistent across services. You can specify which argument
+          to use with the `restart` property in Service tags. Example:
+          ``<Service name="ftp" restart="condrestart" status="on"
+          type="chkconfig">``
+
+DebInit
+-------
+
+Debian Service Support; exec's update-rc.d to configure services.
+
+Encap
+-----
+
+`Encap <http://www.encap.org>`_ Packages.
+
+FreeBSDInit
+-----------
+
+FreeBSD Service Support. Only bundle updates will work.
+
+FreeBSDPackage
+--------------
+
+FreeBSD Packages. Verifies packages and their version numbers but can't
+install packages.
+
+launchd
+-------
+
+Mac OS X Services. To use this tool, you must maintain a standard launch
+daemon .plist file in ``/Library/LaunchDaemons/`` (example ssh.plist)
+and setup a ``<Service name="com.openssh.sshd" type="launchd" status="on"
+/>`` entry in your config to load or unload the service. Note the name
+is the ''Label'' specified inside of the .plist file
+
+Portage
+-------
+
+Support for Gentoo Packages.
+
+POSIX
+-----
+
+Files and Permissions are handled by the POSIX driver. Usage well
+documented other places.
+
+RcUpdate
+--------
+
+Uses the rc-update executable to manage services on distributions such
+as Gentoo.
+
+RPM
+---
+
+.. warning:: Deprecated in favor of :ref:`RPMng <client-tools-yumng>`
+
+Executes rpm to manage packages most often on redhat based systems.
+
+RPMng
+-----
+
+Next-generation RPM tool. Handles RPM sublties like epoch and
+prelinking and 64-bit platforms better than the RPM client
+tool. :ref:`client-tools-yumng`
+
+SMF
+---
+
+Solaris Service Support.
+
+Example legacy run service (lrc):
+
+.. code-block:: xml
+
+    <BoundService name='/etc/rc2_d/S47pppd' FMRI='lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S47pppd' status='off' type='smf'/>
+
+SYSV
+----
+
+Handles System V Packaging format that is available on Solaris.
+
+Upstart
+-------
+
+Upstart service support. Uses `Upstart`_ to configure services.
+
+.. _Upstart: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/
+
+Yum
+---
+
+.. warning:: Deprecated in favor of :ref:`YUMng <client-tools-yumng>`
+
+Handles RPMs using the YUM package manager.
+
+YUMng
+-----
+
+Handles RPMs using the YUM package manager. Handles sublties better than
+the Yum client tool. :ref:`client-tools-yumng`