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diff --git a/doc/reports/index.txt b/doc/reports/index.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bef686305 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/reports/index.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +.. -*- mode: rst -*- + +.. _server-reports-index: + +The Bcfg2 Reporting System +========================== + +Bcfg2's reporting system is its killer feature. It allows administrators +to gain a broad understanding of the configuration state of their entire +environment. It summarizes + +* Configuration changes and when they were made +* Discrepancies between the specification and current client states + + * Clients can be grouped by misconfiguration type + +* Configuration entries that are not specified +* Overall client summaries according to these types + +There are two systems, the old system, which builds static reports based +on a series of XSLT stylesheets and a new dynamic reporting system that +uses django and a database backend. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + install + static + dynamic |