<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Glossary — Bcfg2 1.3.0 documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/default.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = { URL_ROOT: '', VERSION: '1.3.0', COLLAPSE_INDEX: false, FILE_SUFFIX: '.html', HAS_SOURCE: true }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/underscore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/doctools.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/sidebar.js"></script> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="_static/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="top" title="Bcfg2 1.3.0 documentation" href="index.html" /> <link rel="up" title="Bcfg2 documentation 1.3.0" href="contents.html" /> <link rel="next" title="Appendix" href="appendix/index.html" /> <link rel="prev" title="Troubleshooting" href="help/troubleshooting.html" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="_static/bcfg2.css" type=""/> </head> <body> <div style="text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px 15px 15px"> <a href="index.html"><img src="_static/bcfg2_logo.png" border="0" alt="sampledoc"/></a> </div> <div class="related"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="genindex.html" title="General Index" accesskey="I">index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="appendix/index.html" title="Appendix" accesskey="N">next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="help/troubleshooting.html" title="Troubleshooting" accesskey="P">previous</a> |</li> <li><a href="index.html">home</a> | </li> <!--<li><a href="search.html">search</a> | </li>--> <li><a href="help/index.html">help</a> | </li> <li><a href="contents.html">documentation </a> »</li> <li><a href="contents.html" accesskey="U">Bcfg2 documentation 1.3.0</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body"> <div class="section" id="glossary"> <span id="id1"></span><h1>Glossary<a class="headerlink" href="#glossary" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1> <dl class="glossary docutils"> <dt id="term-client">client</dt> <dd>A system that runs the <strong class="command">bcfg2</strong> command. Typically, this is to receive a configuration from a Bcfg2 server.</dd> <dt id="term-generator">generator</dt> <dd>A type of plugin which provides file contents. For example <a class="reference internal" href="server/plugins/generators/cfg.html#server-plugins-generators-cfg"><em>Cfg</em></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="server/plugins/generators/sshbase.html#server-plugins-generators-sshbase"><em>SSHbase</em></a>.</dd> <dt id="term-genshi">Genshi</dt> <dd>A Python-based templating engine. <a class="reference external" href="http://genshi.edgewall.org/">Genshi Homepage</a>.</dd> <dt id="term-group">group</dt> <dd>A “tag” assigned to a client through a probe or other plugin.</dd> <dt id="term-irc-channel">irc channel</dt> <dd>#bcfg2 on freenode</dd> <dt id="term-probe">probe</dt> <dd>A script that executes on a client machine and sets client metadata such as group membership.</dd> <dt id="term-profile">profile</dt> <dd>A special type of group that a client is explicitly assigned to.</dd> <dt id="term-repository">repository</dt> <dd>A collection of folders and files that together define the configurations that Bcfg2 applies to clients. The repository is located at <tt class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">/var/lib/bcfg2</span></tt> by default. This is not to be confused with a <a class="reference internal" href="#term-vcs"><em class="xref std std-term">VCS</em></a> repository, which is an excellent place to pull your Bcfg2 repository from to manage changes. When used alone, <a class="reference internal" href="#term-repository"><em class="xref std std-term">repository</em></a> refers to a Bcfg2 repository.</dd> <dt id="term-vcs">VCS</dt> <dd>Stands for <a class="reference external" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control">Version Control System</a>.</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="help/troubleshooting.html" title="previous chapter">Troubleshooting</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="appendix/index.html" title="next chapter">Appendix</a></p> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="_sources/glossary.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none"> <h3>Quick search</h3> <form class="search" action="search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> <p class="searchtip" style="font-size: 90%"> Enter search terms or a module, class or function name. </p> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="appendix/index.html" title="Appendix" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="help/troubleshooting.html" title="Troubleshooting" >previous</a> |</li> <li><a href="index.html">home</a> | </li> <!--<li><a href="search.html">search</a> | </li>--> <li><a href="help/index.html">help</a> | </li> <li><a href="contents.html">documentation </a> »</li> <li><a href="contents.html" >Bcfg2 documentation 1.3.0</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> © Copyright 2009-2013, Narayan Desai. 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