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author | Narayan Desai <desai@mcs.anl.gov> | 2011-01-03 21:19:03 -0600 |
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committer | Narayan Desai <desai@mcs.anl.gov> | 2011-01-03 21:19:03 -0600 |
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diff --git a/doc/client/tools.txt b/doc/client/tools.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..676feb175 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/client/tools.txt @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +.. -*- mode: rst -*- + +.. _client-tools: + +Client Tool Drivers +=================== + +Client tool drivers allow Bcfg2 to execute configuration operations by +interfacing with platform and distribution specific tools. + +Tool drivers handle any reconfiguration or verification operation. So +far we have tools that primarily deal with packaging systems and service +management. The POSIX tool also handles file system and permissions/groups +operations. + +To write your own tool driver, to handle a new packaging format, or new +service architecture see :ref:`development-index-writingtooldrivers` + +When the Bcfg2 client is run, it attempts to instantiate each of these +drivers. The succeeding list of drivers are printed as a debug message +after this process has completed. Drivers can supercede one another, +for example, the Yum driver conflicts (and unloads) the RPM driver. This +behavior can be overridden by running the Bcfg2 client with the ``-D`` +flag. This flag takes a colon delimited list of drivers to use on +the system. + +Currently these are the tool drivers that are distributed with Bcfg2: + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + :glob: + + tools/* + +Action +------ + +Pre and post-install tests and actions. This driver executes commands +and supplies status information to the Bcfg2 server via the statistics +mechanism. It can also be used to prevent bundle installation when +pre-conditions are not met. See the UsingActions page for more details. + +APT +--- + +Debian Packages. This tool driver is used to handle packages on dpkg +based systems and employs the "apt" executable. Extra information can be +found at :ref:`client-tools-apt`. + +Blast +----- + +Blastwave Packages. This tool driver is for blastwave packages on solaris + +Chkconfig +--------- + +Tool to manage services (primarily on Redhat based distros). + +.. note:: Start and stop are standard arguments, but the one for reload + isn't consistent across services. You can specify which argument + to use with the `restart` property in Service tags. Example: + ``<Service name="ftp" restart="condrestart" status="on" + type="chkconfig">`` + +DebInit +------- + +Debian Service Support; exec's update-rc.d to configure services. + +Encap +----- + +`Encap <http://www.encap.org>`_ Packages. + +FreeBSDInit +----------- + +FreeBSD Service Support. Only bundle updates will work. + +FreeBSDPackage +-------------- + +FreeBSD Packages. Verifies packages and their version numbers but can't +install packages. + +launchd +------- + +Mac OS X Services. To use this tool, you must maintain a standard launch +daemon .plist file in ``/Library/LaunchDaemons/`` (example ssh.plist) +and setup a ``<Service name="com.openssh.sshd" type="launchd" status="on" +/>`` entry in your config to load or unload the service. Note the name +is the ''Label'' specified inside of the .plist file + +Portage +------- + +Support for Gentoo Packages. + +POSIX +----- + +Files and Permissions are handled by the POSIX driver. Usage well +documented other places. + +RcUpdate +-------- + +Uses the rc-update executable to manage services on distributions such +as Gentoo. + +RPM +--- + +.. warning:: Deprecated in favor of :ref:`RPMng <client-tools-yumng>` + +Executes rpm to manage packages most often on redhat based systems. + +RPMng +----- + +Next-generation RPM tool. Handles RPM sublties like epoch and +prelinking and 64-bit platforms better than the RPM client +tool. :ref:`client-tools-yumng` + +SMF +--- + +Solaris Service Support. + +Example legacy run service (lrc): + +.. code-block:: xml + + <BoundService name='/etc/rc2_d/S47pppd' FMRI='lrc:/etc/rc2_d/S47pppd' status='off' type='smf'/> + +SYSV +---- + +Handles System V Packaging format that is available on Solaris. + +Upstart +------- + +Upstart service support. Uses `Upstart`_ to configure services. + +.. _Upstart: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ + +Yum +--- + +.. warning:: Deprecated in favor of :ref:`YUMng <client-tools-yumng>` + +Handles RPMs using the YUM package manager. + +YUMng +----- + +Handles RPMs using the YUM package manager. Handles sublties better than +the Yum client tool. :ref:`client-tools-yumng` |