The Bcfg2 Reporting System

Bcfg2’s reporting system is its killer feature. It allows administrators to gain a broad understanding of the configuration state of their entire environment. It summarizes

• Configuration changes and when they were made
• Discrepancies between the specification and current client states
  • Clients can be grouped by misconfiguration type
• Configuration entries that are not specified
• Overall client summaries according to these types

There are two systems, the old system, which builds static reports based on a series of XSLT stylesheets and a new dynamic reporting system that uses django and a database backend.

• Bcfg2 Static Reporting System
  • Goals
  • Retention Model
  • Setup
  • Output
  • Shortcomings and Planned Enhancements
• Bcfg2 Web Reporting System
  • Summary and Features
  • Installation
  • Upgrading
  • Configuring
  • Usage
  • Screenshots