bcfg2-admin

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
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NAME

bcfg2-admin - Perform repository administration tasks  

SYNOPSIS

bcfg2-admin [-C config-file] <mode> <mode args> <mode options>  

DESCRIPTION

bcfg2-admin Perform bcfg2 repository administration  

OPTIONS

-C <config-file>

Specify the location of the configuration file (if it is not in /etc/bcfg2.conf)
 

MODES

init

Initialize a new repository (interactive)
client <action> <client> [attribute=value]
Add or remove clients from metadata
query [g=group] [p=profile] [-f output-file] [-n] [-c]
Search for clients based on group or profile
compare <old> <new>
Compare two client configurations. Can be used to verify consistent behavior between releases
minestruct <client> [-f xml-file] [-g groups]
Build structure entries based on client statistics extra entries
pull <client> <entry-type> <entry-name>
Install configuration information into repo based on client bad entries
snapshots [init|dump|query|reports]
Interact with the Snapshots database
tidy
Remove unused files from repository
viz [-H] [-b] [-k] [-o png-file] [-r]
Create a graphviz diagram of client, group and bundle information
 

CLIENT OPTIONS

mode

Add a client 'add' or delete a client 'del'
client
Specify the client's name
attribute=value
Set attribute values when adding a new client
 

QUERY OPTIONS

g=group

Specify a group to search within
p=profile
Specify a profile to search within
-f <output-file>
Write the results of the query to a file
-n
Print the results, one on each line
-c
Print the results, separated by commas
 

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 <xml-output-file>
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
 

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 <output file>
Write to outfile file instead of stdout
-r
Produce raw graphviz output
-k
Add a shape/color key

 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
MODES
CLIENT OPTIONS
QUERY OPTIONS
COMPARE OPTIONS
MINESTRUCT OPTIONS
PULL OPTIONS
SNAPSHOTS OPTIONS
VIZ OPTIONS
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Time: 15:26:32 GMT, November 06, 2009