Options are specified in the form 'name = value'.
The file is line-based each newline-terminated line represents either a comment, a section name or an option.
Any line beginning with a hash (#) is ignored, as are lines containing only whitespace.
• Account The account plugin manages authentication data, including:
* /etc/passwd
* /etc/group
* /etc/security/limits.conf
* /etc/sudoers
* /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
• Actions
Action entries are commands that are executed either before bundle installation, after bundle installation or both. If exit status is observed, a failing pre-action will cause no modification of the enclosing bundle to be performed; all entries included in that bundle will not be modified. Failing actions are reported through Bcfg2's reporting system, so they can be centrally observed.
• BB The BB plugin maps users to machines and metadata to machines. (experimental)
• Base A structure plugin that provides the ability to add lists of unrelated entries into client configuration entry inventories. Base works much like Bundler in its file format. This structure plugin is good for the pile of independent configs needed for most actual systems.
• 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.
• Bzr The Bzr plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a GNU Bazaar version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes.
• Cfg The Cfg plugin provides a repository to describe configuration file contents for clients. In its simplest form, the Cfg repository is just a directory tree modeled off of the directory tree on your client machines.
• Cvs The Cvs plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Concurrent version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes. (experimental)
• Darcs The Darcs plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Darcs version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes. (experimental)
• DBStats Direct to database statistics plugin. (0.9.6 and later)
• Decisions The Decisions plugin has support for a centralized set of per-entry installation decisions. This approach is needed when particular changes are deemed "high risk"; this gives the ability to centrally specify these changes, but only install them on clients when administrator supervision is available. (0.9.6 and later)
• Deps The Deps plugin allows you to make a series of assertions like "Package X requires Package Y (and optionally also Package Z etc.)
• Editor The Editor plugin allows you to partially manage configuration for a file. Its use is not recommended and not well documented.
• Fossil The Fossil plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Fossil SCM version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes.
• Git The Git plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Git version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes.
• GroupPatterns The GroupPatterns plugin is a connector that can assign clients group membership based on patterns in client hostnames.
• Hg The Hg plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Mercurial version control backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes. (experimental)
• Hostbase The Hostbase plugin is an IP management system built on top of Bcfg2.
• Metadata The Metadata plugin is the primary method of specifying Bcfg2 server metadata.
• NagiosGen NagiosGen is a Bcfg2 plugin that dynamically generates Nagios configuration files based on Bcfg2 data.
• Ohai The Ohai plugin is used to detect information about the client operating system. The data is reported back to the server using JSON. (experimental)
• POSIXCompat The POSIXCompat plugin provides a compatibility layer which turns new-style (1.0) POSIX entries into old-style entries which are compatible with previous releases.
• Packages The Packages plugin is an alternative to Pkgmgr for specifying package entries for clients. Where Pkgmgr explicitly specifies package entry information, Packages delegates control of package version information to the underlying package manager, installing the latest version available from through those channels.
• Pkgmgr The Pkgmgr plugin resolves the Abstract Configuration Entity "Package" to a package specification that the client can use to detect, verify and install the specified package.
• Probes The Probes plugin gives you the ability to gather information from a client machine before you generate its configuration. This information can be used with the various templating systems to generate configuration based on the results.
• Properties The Properties plugin is a connector plugin that adds information from properties files into client metadata instances. (1.0 and later)
• Rules The Rules plugin resolves Abstract Configuration Entities to literal configuration entries suitable for the client drivers to consume.
• SGenshi (Deprecated) See Bundler.
• Snapshots The Snapshots plugin stores various aspects of a client's state when the client checks in to the server.
• SSHbase The SSHbase generator plugin manages ssh host keys (both v1 and v2) for hosts. It also manages the ssh_known_hosts file. It can integrate host keys from other management domains and similarly export its keys.
• Svn The Svn plugin allows you to track changes to your Bcfg2 repository using a Subversion backend. Currently, it enables you to get revision information out of your repository for reporting purposes.
• TCheetah The TCheetah plugin allows you to use the cheetah templating system to create files. It also allows you to include the results of probes executed on the client in the created files.
• TGenshi The TGenshi plugin allows you to use the Genshi templating system to create files. It also allows you to include the results of probes executed on the client in the created files.
• Trigger Trigger is a plugin that calls external scripts when clients are configured.
path Server log file path.
driver sqlite
database The name of the database to use for statistics data. eg: $REPOSITORY_DIR/etc/bcfg2.sqlite