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diff --git a/doc/intro.txt b/doc/intro.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c00108996..000000000 --- a/doc/intro.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ -.. -*- mode: rst -*- - -============ -Introduction -============ - -Bcfg2 helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducible, -and verifiable description of their environment, and offers -visualization and reporting tools to aid in day-to-day administrative -tasks. It is the fifth generation of configuration management tools -developed in the `Mathematics and Computer Science Division`_ of -`Argonne National Laboratory`_. - -.. _Mathematics and Computer Science Division: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/ -.. _Argonne National Laboratory: http://www.anl.gov/ - -It is based on an operational model in which the specification can be -used to validate and optionally change the state of clients, but in a -feature unique to bcfg2 the client's response to the specification can -also be used to assess the completeness of the specification. Using -this feature, bcfg2 provides an objective measure of how good a job an -administrator has done in specifying the configuration of client -systems. Bcfg2 is therefore built to help administrators construct an -accurate, comprehensive specification. - -Bcfg2 has been designed from the ground up to support gentle -reconciliation between the specification and current client states. It -is designed to gracefully cope with manual system modifications. - -Finally, due to the rapid pace of updates on modern networks, client -systems are constantly changing; if required in your environment, -Bcfg2 can enable the construction of complex change management and -deployment strategies. - -Bcfg2 is fairly portable. It has been successfully run on: - -* `AIX`_, `FreeBSD`_, `OpenBSD`_, `Mac OS X`_, `OpenSolaris`_, - `Solaris`_. - -.. _AIX: http://www.ibm.com/aix -.. _FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/ -.. _OpenBSD: http://www.openbsd.org/ -.. _Mac OS X: http://www.apple.com/macosx/ -.. _OpenSolaris: http://opensolaris.org/ -.. _Solaris: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/ - -* Many `GNU/Linux`_ distributions, including `Blag`_, `CentOS`_, - `Debian`_, `Fedora`_, `Gentoo`_, `gNewSense`_, `Mandriva`_, - `OpenSUSE`_, `Redhat/RHEL`_, `SuSE/SLES`_, `Trisquel`_ and - `Ubuntu`_. - -.. _GNU/Linux: http://www.gnu.org/gnu/Linux-and-gnu.html -.. _Blag: http://www.blagblagblag.org/ -.. _CentOS: http://www.centos.org/ -.. _Debian: http://www.debian.org/ -.. _Fedora: http://www.fedoraproject.org/ -.. _Gentoo: http://www.gentoo.org/ -.. _gNewSense: http://www.gnewsense.org/ -.. _Mandriva: http://www.mandriva.com/ -.. _OpenSUSE: http://opensuse.org/ -.. _Redhat/RHEL: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/ -.. _SuSE/SLES: http://www.novell.com/linux/ -.. _Trisquel: http://trisquel.info/ -.. _Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/ - -Bcfg2 should run on any POSIX compatible operating system, however -direct support for an operating system's package and service formats -are limited by the currently available :ref:`client tools` -(new client tools are pretty easy to add). There is also an -:ref:`incomplete but more exact list of platforms on -which Bcfg2 works`. |