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diff --git a/doc/man/bcfg2.conf.txt b/doc/man/bcfg2.conf.txt index 6faf48a1a..df49f3d4a 100644 --- a/doc/man/bcfg2.conf.txt +++ b/doc/man/bcfg2.conf.txt @@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ filemonitor inotify gamin - fam pseudo fam_blocking @@ -76,24 +75,22 @@ plugins A comma-delimited list of enabled server plugins. Currently available plugins are:: - Account - Base + ACL Bundler Bzr Cfg Cvs Darcs - DBStats Decisions + Defaults Deps - Editor FileProbes Fossil Git + GroupLogic GroupPatterns Guppy Hg - Hostbase Ldap Metadata NagiosGen @@ -108,14 +105,9 @@ plugins Rules SEModules ServiceCompat - Snapshots SSHbase - SSLCA - Statistics Svn - TCheetah TemplateHelper - TGenshi Trigger Descriptions of each plugin can be found in their respective @@ -158,25 +150,10 @@ Server Plugins This section has a listing of all the plugins currently provided with Bcfg2. -Account Plugin -++++++++++++++ - -The account plugin manages authentication data, including the following. - -* ``/etc/passwd`` -* ``/etc/group`` -* ``/etc/security/limits.conf`` -* ``/etc/sudoers`` -* ``/root/.ssh/authorized_keys`` - -Base Plugin -+++++++++++ +ACL Plugin +++++++++++ -The Base plugin is a structure plugin that provides the ability -to add lists of unrelated entries into client configuration entry -inventories. Base works much like Bundler in its file format. This -structure plugin is good for the pile of independent configs needed for -most actual systems. +The ACL plugin controls which hosts can make which XML-RPC calls. Bundler Plugin ++++++++++++++ @@ -203,25 +180,20 @@ contents for clients. In its simplest form, the Cfg repository is just a directory tree modeled off of the directory tree on your client machines. -Cvs Plugin (experimental) -+++++++++++++++++++++++++ +Cvs Plugin +++++++++++ The Cvs plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Concurrent version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes. -Darcs Plugin (experimental) -+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +Darcs Plugin +++++++++++++ The Darcs plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Darcs version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes. -DBStats Plugin -++++++++++++++ - -Direct to database statistics plugin. - Decisions Plugin ++++++++++++++++ @@ -245,13 +217,6 @@ Deps Plugin The Deps plugin allows you to make a series of assertions like "Package X requires Package Y (and optionally also Package Z etc.)" -Editor Plugin -+++++++++++++ - -The Editor plugin attempts to allow you to partially manage -configuration for a file. Its use is not recommended and not well -documented. - FileProbes Plugin +++++++++++++++++ @@ -274,6 +239,12 @@ The Git plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Git version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes. +GroupLogic Plugin ++++++++++++++++++ + +The GroupLogic plugin lets you flexibly assign group membership with a +Genshi template. + GroupPatterns Plugin ++++++++++++++++++++ @@ -286,18 +257,13 @@ Guppy Plugin The Guppy plugin is used to trace memory leaks within the bcfg2-server process using Guppy. -Hg Plugin (experimental) -++++++++++++++++++++++++ +Hg Plugin ++++++++++ The Hg plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Mercurial version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes. -Hostbase Plugin -+++++++++++++++ - -The Hostbase plugin is an IP management system built on top of Bcfg2. - Ldap Plugin +++++++++++ @@ -316,8 +282,8 @@ NagiosGen Plugin The NagiosGen plugin dynamically generates Nagios configuration files based on Bcfg2 data. -Ohai Plugin (experimental) -++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +Ohai Plugin ++++++++++++ The Ohai plugin is used to detect information about the client operating system. The data is reported back to the server using JSON. @@ -373,10 +339,10 @@ dynamic reporting system. Rules Plugin ++++++++++++ -The Rules plugin provides literal configuration entries that resolve the -abstract configuration entries normally found in the Bundler and Base -plugins. The literal entries in Rules are suitable for consumption by -the appropriate client drivers. +The Rules plugin provides literal configuration entries that resolve +the abstract configuration entries normally found in Bundler. The +literal entries in Rules are suitable for consumption by the +appropriate client drivers. SEModules Plugin ++++++++++++++++ @@ -389,12 +355,6 @@ ServiceCompat Plugin The ServiceCompat plugin converts service entries for older clients. -Snapshots Plugin -++++++++++++++++ - -The Snapshots plugin stores various aspects of a client’s state when the -client checks in to the server. - SSHbase Plugin ++++++++++++++ @@ -402,17 +362,6 @@ The SSHbase generator plugin manages ssh host keys (both v1 and v2) for hosts. It also manages the ssh_known_hosts file. It can integrate host keys from other management domains and similarly export its keys. -SSLCA Plugin -++++++++++++ - -The SSLCA plugin is designed to handle creation of SSL privatekeys and -certificates on request. - -Statistics -++++++++++ - -The Statistics plugin is deprecated (see Reporting). - Svn Plugin ++++++++++ @@ -420,20 +369,6 @@ The Svn plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Subversion backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes. -TCheetah Plugin -+++++++++++++++ - -The TCheetah plugin allows you to use the cheetah templating system to -create files. It also allows you to include the results of probes -executed on the client in the created files. - -TGenshi Plugin -++++++++++++++ - -The TGenshi plugin allows you to use the Genshi templating system to -create files. It also allows you to include the results of probes -executed on the client in the created files. - Trigger Plugin ++++++++++++++ @@ -667,25 +602,12 @@ the configuration file. running in paranoid mode. Only the most recent versions of these copies will be kept. -Snapshots options ------------------ - -Specified in the **[snapshots]** section. These options control the -server snapshots functionality. - - driver - sqlite - - database - The name of the database to use for statistics data. - - e.g.: ``$REPOSITORY_DIR/etc/bcfg2.sqlite`` - -SSLCA options -------------- +SSL CA options +-------------- -These options are necessary to configure the SSLCA plugin and can be -found in the **[sslca_default]** section of the configuration file. +These options are necessary to configure the SSL CA feature of the Cfg +plugin and can be found in the **[sslca_default]** section of the +configuration file. config Specifies the location of the openssl configuration file for |