.TH bcfg2.conf 5 .SH NAME bcfg2.conf - configuration parameters for bcfg2 .SH DESCRIPTION .TP bcfg2.conf includes configuration parameters for the bcfg2 server and client. .SH FILE FORMAT The file is INI-style and consists of sections and options. A section begins with the name of the sections in square brackets and continues until the next section begins. Options are specified in the form 'name = value'. The file is line-based each newline-terminated line represents either a comment, a section name or an option. Any line beginning with a hash (#) is ignored, as are lines containing only whitespace. .SH SERVER OPTIONS These options are only necessary on the Bcfg2 server. They are specified in the [server] section of the configuration file. .TP .B repository Specifies the path to the Bcfg2 repository containing all of the configuration specifications. The repository should be created using the bcfg2-init command. .TP .B plugins A comma-delimited list of enabled server plugins. Currently available plugins are Actions, Base, Bundler, Cfg, DBStats, Deps, Git, Hostbase, Packages, Pkgmgr, Rules, SGenshi, Snapshots, SSHbase, Svn, TCheetah, and TGenshi. .TP .B bundles A list of enabled bundles .TP .B filemonitor The file monitor used to watch for changes in the repository. Values of 'gamin', 'fam', or 'pseudo' are valid. .SH CLIENT OPTIONS These options only affect client functionality, specified in the [client] section. .TP .B drivers Specify tool driver set to use. This option can be used to explicitly specify the client tool drivers you want to use when the client is run. .SH STATISTICS OPTIONS Server-only, specified in the [statistics] section. These options control the statistics collection functionality of the server. .TP .B database_engine The database engine used by the statistics module. One of either 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3', or 'ado_mssql'. .TP .B database_name The name of the database to use for statistics data. If 'database_engine' is set to 'sqlite3' this is a file path to sqlite file and defaults to $REPOSITORY_DIR/etc/brpt.sqlite .TP .B database_user User for database connections. Not used for sqlite3. .TP .B database_password Password for database connections. Not used for sqlite3. .TP .B database_host Host for database connections. Not used for sqlite3. .TP .B database_port Port for database connections. Not used for sqlite3. .SH COMMUNICATION OPTIONS Specified in the [communication] section. These options define settings used for client-server communication. .TP .B password Required on both the server and clients. On the server, sets the password clients need to use to communicate. On a client, sets the password to use to connect to the server. .TP .B key A server-only option. The file system path to the server's SSL key. Required if using xmlrpc/ssl for communication. .TP .B protocol Communication protocol to use. Defaults to xmlrpc/ssl. .TP .B retries A client-only option. Number of times to retry network communication. .TP .B agent-port The TCP port on which to bind for agent mode. .TP .B user A client-only option. The UUID of the client. .SH COMPONENT OPTIONS Specified in the [components] section. .TP .B bcfg2 URL of the server. On the server this specifies which interface and port the server listens on. On the client, this specifies where the client will attempt to contact the server. eg: bcfg2 = https://10.3.1.6:6789 .TP .B encoding Text encoding of configuration files. Defaults to the system default encoding. .SH LOGGING OPTIONS Specified in the [logging] section. These options control the server logging functionality. .B path Server log file path. .SH SNAPSHOTS OPTIONS Specified in the [snapshots] section. These options control the server snapshots functionality. .B driver sqlite .B database The name of the database to use for statistics data. eg: $REPOSITORY_DIR/etc/bcfg2.sqlite .SH SEE ALSO .BR bcfg2(1), .BR bcfg2-server(8)