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diff --git a/doc/1.0-roadmap b/doc/1.0-roadmap deleted file mode 100644 index 45814ba95..000000000 --- a/doc/1.0-roadmap +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -This document details the major work needed before Bcfg2 is ready for -a 1.0 release. The high-level goal for 1.0 is to fix long-standing -architecture warts and provide a reasonable internal API for the -server. - -* Major Goals -** Done -*** Build a comprehensive server plugin architecture -*** make out of tree plugins work -*** properties switch to connector plugin -*** Version Control Backend -*** Change to mode attribute for services -** Left -*** Fix the POSIX path problem -*** Clean up client/server statistics data format -*** Multithreaded server (sync from Cobalt) -*** Reporting System and Database -*** add support for pre/post connectors -**** Schema fixes -**** Performance -* Other Goals -** ticket triage -** bind failure annotations -** plugin self-bootstrap (get out of bcfg2-admin init) -** core plugin filtering (for bcfg2-admin & co) -*** Document - -* Pie in the sky -** Rework XMLRPC interfaces - -* User visible changes -** Properties -*** switched over to a connector interface -*** now supports multiple file of XML -*** data available as metadata.Properties[filename] -** Probes -*** switched over to a connector interface -*** data available as metadata.Probes -** Service changes -*** Add overall client service mode -**** default (perform all service manipulations) -**** disabled (perform no service manipulations) -**** build (attempt to stop all services started) (deprecates/replaces -B) -*** Add per service mode -**** mode='manual' (do not start/stop/restart this service) -**** mode='default' (perform appropriate service ops) -**** mode='supervised' (default + ensure service is running when verification is performed) - (deprecates supervised='true') -**** mode='custom' (set non-default restart target in conjunction with target attr) -** Version Control backend -*** Now implemented as plugins (Git, Svn) -*** Enable either Git or Svn plugin in the plugins line of /etc/bcfg2.conf -*** the svn option in /etc/bcfg2.conf is no longer respected diff --git a/doc/contents.txt b/doc/contents.txt index 4f0c1a1b2..f20919cbd 100644 --- a/doc/contents.txt +++ b/doc/contents.txt @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Welcome to Bcfg2's documentation! getting_started/index plugins/index client/index + gettinghelp unsorted/index diff --git a/doc/gettinghelp.txt b/doc/gettinghelp.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..03c146acc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/gettinghelp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +.. _gettinghelp: + +============ +Getting Help +============ + +Having trouble? We'd like to help! + +* Try the :ref:`FAQ <faq-index>` -- it's got answers to many common questions. + +* Looking for specific information? Try the :ref:`genindex`, :ref:`modindex` or the :ref:`detailed table of contents <contents>`. + +* Search for information in the `Bcfg2 mailing list archives`_. + +* Ask a question in the `#bcfg2 IRC channel`_, or search the `IRC logs`_ to see if its been asked before. + +* Report bugs with Bcfg2 in our `ticket tracker`_. + +.. _Bcfg2 mailing list archives: http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/MailingList +.. _#bcfg2 IRC channel: irc://irc.freenode.net/bcfg2 +.. _IRC logs: http://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_logs/bcfg2 +.. _ticket tracker: http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki + diff --git a/doc/glossary.txt b/doc/glossary.txt index ec13364bf..baa523856 100644 --- a/doc/glossary.txt +++ b/doc/glossary.txt @@ -4,7 +4,26 @@ Glossary ======== -.. glossary:: +.. glossary:: :sorted: - IRC Channel - what now? + client + + generator + A type of plugin which provides file contents. For example Cfg or TGenshi. + + Genshi + A Python-based templating engine. `Genshi Homepage`_. + + + group + A "tag" assigned to a client through a probe or other plugin. + + probe + A script that executes on a client machine and sets client metadata such as group membership. + + profile + A special type of group that a client is explicitly assigned to. + + structure + +.. _Genshi Homepage: http://genshi.edgewall.org/ diff --git a/doc/index.txt b/doc/index.txt index ca96bfe1f..2256b5555 100644 --- a/doc/index.txt +++ b/doc/index.txt @@ -1,31 +1,11 @@ .. _index: ===================== -Bcfg2's documentation +Bcfg2 Manual (v1.0.1) ===================== -Getting help -============ - -Having trouble? We'd like to help! - -* Try the :ref:`FAQ <faq-index>` -- it's got answers to many common questions. - -* Looking for specific information? Try the :ref:`genindex`, :ref:`modindex` or the :ref:`detailed table of contents <contents>`. - -* Search for information in the `Bcfg2 mailing list archives`_. - -* Ask a question in the `#bcfg2 IRC channel`_, or search the `IRC logs`_ to see if its been asked before. - -* Report bugs with Bcfg2 in our `ticket tracker`_. - -.. _Bcfg2 mailing list archives: http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/MailingList -.. _#bcfg2 IRC channel: irc://irc.freenode.net/bcfg2 -.. _IRC logs: http://colabti.org/irclogger/irclogger_logs/bcfg2 -.. _ticket tracker: http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki - -Introduction -============ +What is Bcfg2? +============== Bcfg2 helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducible, and verifiable description of their environment, and offers @@ -39,9 +19,9 @@ developed in the `Mathematics and Computer Science Division`_ of 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 +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 +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. @@ -55,6 +35,9 @@ systems are constantly changing; if required in your environment, Bcfg2 can enable the construction of complex change management and deployment strategies. +What Operating Systems Does Bcfg2 Support? +========================================== + Bcfg2 is fairly portable. It has been successfully run on: * `AIX`_, `FreeBSD`_, `OpenBSD`_, `Mac OS X`_, `OpenSolaris`_, |