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diff --git a/doc/server/index.txt b/doc/server/index.txt index 0de02c400..7aec60ca4 100644 --- a/doc/server/index.txt +++ b/doc/server/index.txt @@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ The Bcfg2 Server ================ +The Bcfg2 server is responsible for taking a network description and +turning it into a series of configuration specifications for particular +clients. It also manages probed data and tracks statistics for clients. + +The Bcfg2 server takes information from two sources when generating client +configuration specifications. The first is a pool of metadata that describes +clients as members of an aspect-based classing system. That is, clients are +defined in terms of aspects of their behavior. The other is a file system +repository that contains mappings from metadata to literal configuration. +These are combined to form the literal configuration specifications for +clients. + .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 |