.. -*- mode: rst -*- .. vim: ft=rst .. _server-plugins-structures-bundler-index: ======= Bundler ======= Bundler is used to describe groups of inter-dependent configuration entries, such as the combination of packages, configuration files, and service activations that comprise typical Unix daemons. Bundles are used to add groups of configuration entries to the inventory of client configurations, as opposed to describing particular versions of those entries. For example, a bundle could say that the configuration file ``/etc/passwd`` should be included in a configuration, but will not describe the particular version of ``/etc/passwd`` that a given client will receive. Group and Client tags can be used inside of bundles to differentiate which entries particular clients will recieve; this is useful for the case where entries are named differently across systems; for example, one linux distro may have a package called openssh while another uses the name ssh. Configuration entries nested inside of Group elements only apply to clients who are a member of those groups; multiple nested groups must all apply. Also, groups may be negated; entries included in such groups will only apply to clients who are not a member of said group. The same applies to Client elements. The following is an annotated copy of a bundle: .. code-block:: xml In this bundle, most of the entries are common to all systems. Clients in group **deb** get one extra package and service, while clients in group **rpm** get two extra packages and an extra service. In addition, clients in group **fedora** *and* group **rpm** get one extra package entries, unless they are not in the **fc14** group, in which case, they get an extra package. The client **trust.example.com** gets one extra file that is not distributed to any other clients. Notice that this file doesn't describe which versions of these entries that clients should get, only that they should get them. (Admittedly, this example is slightly contrived, but demonstrates how group entries can be used in bundles) +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | Group/Hostname | Entry | +============================+===============================+ | all | /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | all | /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | all | /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | all | /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | all | /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | all | /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | all | /etc/ssh/sshd_config | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | all | /etc/ssh/ssh_config | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | all | /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | rpm | Package openssh | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | rpm | Package openssh-askpass | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | rpm | Service sshd | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | rpm and fedora | Package openssh-server | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | rpm and fedora and not fc4 | Package openssh-clients | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | deb | Package ssh | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | deb | Service ssh | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ | trust.example.com | /etc/ssh/shosts.equiv | +----------------------------+-------------------------------+ Genshi templates ================ Genshi XML templates allow you to use the `Genshi `_ templating system to dynamically generate a bundle. Genshi templates can be specified **one** of two ways: * Add an XML-style genshi template to the Bundler directory with a ``.genshi`` and the associated namespace attribute. * Simply add the appropriate namespace attribute to your existing XML bundle. The top-level Bundle tag should look like the following:: Several variables are pre-defined inside templates: +-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ | Name | Description | +=============+========================================================+ | metadata | :ref:`Client metadata | | | ` | +-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ | repo | The path to the Bcfg2 repository on the filesystem | +-------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ .. note:: ```` and ```` tags are allowed inside of Genshi templates as of Bcfg2 1.2. However, they do not behave the same as using a Genshi conditional, e.g.:: The conditional is evaluated when the template is rendered, so code inside the conditional is not executed if the conditional fails. A ```` tag is evaluated *after* the template is rendered, so code inside the tag is always executed. This is an important distinction: if you have code that will fail on some groups, you *must* use a Genshi conditional, not a ```` tag. The same caveats apply to ```` tags. See also the :ref:`xml-genshi-reference`. Troubleshooting --------------- To render a bundle for a given client, you can run:: bcfg2-info buildbundle This will render the template; it will not fully bind all of the entries in the bundle. See :ref:`bcfg2-info ` for more details. Altsrc ====== .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 ../altsrc Examples ======== In some cases, configuration files need to include the client's hostname in their name. The following template produces such a config file entry. .. code-block:: xml Depending on the circumstance, these configuration files can either be handled by individual entries in :ref:`server-plugins-generators-cfg`, or can be mapped to a single entry by using the :ref:`server-plugins-structures-altsrc` feature. In this example, configuration file names are built using probed results from the client. getmac is a probe that gathers client MAC addresses and returns them in a newline delimited string. .. code-block:: xml .. note:: * The use of the altsrc directive causes all ifcfg files to be handled by the same plugin and entry. * The blocks have only been available in genshi since 0.4 (http://genshi.edgewall.org/ticket/84) If you want a file to be only on a per-client basis, you can use an if declaration. .. code-block:: xml or alternately .. code-block:: xml or yet another way .. code-block:: xml The final form is preferred if there is no code inside the block that would fail on other clients. While these examples are simple, the test in the if block can in fact be any python statement. .. _server-plugins-structures-bundler-index-examples: Other examples ============== Some simple examples of Bundles can be found in the `Bcfg2 example repository`_. .. _Bcfg2 example repository: https://github.com/solj/bcfg2-repo In addition to the example repository, the following is a list of some more complex example Bundles. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 kernel moab nagios ntp snmpd torque yp