bcfg2-admin(8)
NAME
bcfg2-admin - Perform repository administration tasks
SYNOPSIS
bcfg2-admin [-C configfile] mode [mode args] [mode options]
DESCRIPTION
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
bcfg2-info(8), bcfg2-server(8)
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