debian man page for bcfg2-admin

bcfg2-admin(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    bcfg2-admin(8)

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).
       backup
	      Create an archive of the whole Bcfg2 repository.
       bundle <action>
	      Display details about the available bundles.
       client <action> <client> [attribute=value]
	      Add, edit, or remove clients entries in 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. Determine differences between files
	      or directories.
       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.
       reports [init|load_stats|purge|scrub|update]
	      Interact with the dynamic reporting system.
       snapshots [init|dump|query|reports]
	      Interact with the Snapshots database.
       tidy
	      Remove unused files from repository.
       viz [-H] [-b] [-k] [-o png-file]
	      Create a graphviz diagram of client, group and bundle information.

BUNDLE OPTIONS
       mode
	      List all available xml bundles 'list-xml' or for all available genshi bundles 'list-genshi'. 'show' provides an  interactive  dialog
	      to get details about the available bundles.

CLIENT OPTIONS
       mode
	      Add a client 'add', delete a client 'del', or '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'.

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.

REPORTS OPTIONS
       init
	      Initialize the database.
       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 <output file>
	      Write to outfile file instead of stdout.
       -k
	      Add a shape/color key.

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