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bcfg2-admin
===========

.. program:: bcfg2-admin

Synopsis
--------

**bcfg2-admin** [-C *configfile*] *mode* [*mode args*] [*mode options*]

Description
-----------

:program:`bcfg2-admin` is used to perform Bcfg2 repository
administration.

Options
-------

-C configfile     Specify alternate bcfg2.conf location.
-E encoding       Specify the encoding of config files.
-Q path           Specify the path to the server repository.
-S server         Manually specify the server location (as opposed to
                  using the value in bcfg2.conf). This should be in
                  the format "https://server:port"
-d                Enable debugging output.
-h                Print usage information.
-o logfile        Writes a log to the specified path.
--ssl-key=key     Specify the path to the SSL key.
-v                Enable verbose output.
-x password       Use 'password' for client communication.

Modes
-----

backup
    Create an archive of the entire Bcfg2 repository.
bundle *action*
    Display details about the available bundles (See BUNDLE OPTIONS
    below).
client *action* *client* [attribute=value]
    Add, edit, or remove clients entries in metadata (See CLIENT OPTIONS
    below).
compare *old* *new*
    Compare two client configurations. Can be used to verify consistent
    behavior between releases. Determine differences between files or
    directories (See COMPARE OPTIONS below).
init
    Initialize a new repository (interactive).
minestruct *client* [-f xml-file] [-g groups]
    Build structure entries based on client statistics extra entries
    (See MINESTRUCT OPTIONS below).
perf
    Query server for performance data.
pull *client* *entry-type* *entry-name*
    Install configuration information into repo based on client bad
    entries (See PULL OPTIONS below).
reports [init|load_stats|purge|scrub|update]
    Interact with the dynamic reporting system (See REPORTS OPTIONS
    below).
snapshots [init|dump|query|reports]
    Interact with the Snapshots database (See SNAPSHOTS OPTIONS below).
syncdb
    Sync the Django ORM with the configured database.
tidy
    Remove unused files from repository.
viz [-H] [-b] [-k] [-o png-file]
    Create a graphviz diagram of client, group and bundle information
    (See VIZ OPTIONS below).
xcmd
    Provides a XML-RPC Command Interface to the bcfg2-server.

BUNDLE OPTIONS
++++++++++++++

mode
    One of the following.

    *list-xml*
        List all available xml bundles
    *list-genshi*
        List all available genshi bundles
    *show*
        Interactive dialog to get details about the available bundles

CLIENT OPTIONS
++++++++++++++

mode
    One of the following.

    *add*
        Add a client
    *del*
        Delete a client
    *list*
        List all client entries

client
    Specify the client's name.

attribute=value
    Set attribute values when adding a new client. Allowed attributes
    are 'profile', 'uuid', 'password', 'location', 'secure, and
    'address'.

COMPARE OPTIONS
+++++++++++++++

old
    Specify the location of the old configuration file.

new
    Specify the location of the new configuration file.

MINESTRUCT OPTIONS
++++++++++++++++++

client
    Client whose metadata is to be searched for extra entries.

-g *groups*
    Hierarchy of groups in which to place the extra entries in.

-f *outputfile*
    Specify the xml file in which to write the extra entries.

PULL OPTIONS
++++++++++++

client
    Specify the name of the client to search for.

entry type
    Specify the type of the entry to pull.

entry name
    Specify the name of the entry to pull.

REPORTS OPTIONS
+++++++++++++++

load_stats [-s] [-c] [-03]
    Load statistics data.

purge [--client [n]] [--days [n]] [--expired]
    Purge historic and expired data.

scrub
    Scrub the database for duplicate reasons and orphaned entries.

update
    Apply any updates to the reporting database.

SNAPSHOTS OPTIONS
+++++++++++++++++

init
    Initialize the snapshots database.

query
    Query the snapshots database.

dump
    Dump some of the contents of the snapshots database.

reports [-a] [-b] [-e] [--date=MM-DD-YYYY]
    Generate reports for clients in the snapshots database.

VIZ OPTIONS
+++++++++++

-H
    Include hosts in diagram.

-b
    Include bundles in diagram.

-o <outfile>
    Write to outfile file instead of stdout.

-k
    Add a shape/color key.

See Also
--------

:manpage:`bcfg2-info(8)`, :manpage:`bcfg2-server(8)`