README
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mgmt: next generation config management!
About:
Mgmt is a real-time automation tool. It is familiar to existing configuration
management software, but is drastically more powerful as it can allow you to
build real-time, closed-loop feedback systems, in a very safe way, and with a
surprisingly small amout of our mcl code. For example, the following code will
ensure that your file server is set to read-only when it's friday.
import "datetime"
$is_friday = datetime.weekday(datetime.now()) == "friday"
file "/srv/files/" {
state => $const.res.file.state.exists,
mode => if $is_friday { # this updates the mode, the instant it changes!
"0550"
} else {
"0770"
},
}
It can run continuously, intermittently, or on-demand, and in the first case, it will guarantee that your system is always in the desired state for that instant! In this mode it can run as a decentralized cluster of agents across your network, each exchanging information with the others in real-time, to respond to your changing needs. For example, if you want to ensure that some resource runs on a maximum of two hosts in your cluster, you can specify that as well:
import "sys"
import "world"
# we'll set a few scheduling options:
$opts = struct{strategy => "rr", max => 2, ttl => 10,}
# schedule in a particular namespace with options:
$set = world.schedule("xsched", $opts)
if sys.hostname() in $set {
# use your imagination to put something more complex right here...
print "i got scheduled" {} # this will run on the chosen machines
}
As you add and remove hosts from the cluster, the real-time schedule function
will dynamically pick up to two hosts from the available pool. These specific
functions aren't intrinsic to the core design, and new ones can be easily added.
Please read on if you'd like to learn more...
Community:
Come join us in the mgmt community!
| Medium | Link |
|---|---|
| IRC | #mgmtconfig on Freenode |
| @mgmtconfig & #mgmtconfig | |
| Mailing list | mgmtconfig-list@redhat.com |
| Patreon | purpleidea on Patreon |
| Liberapay | purpleidea on Liberapay |
Status:
Mgmt is a next generation automation tool. It has similarities to other tools in the configuration management space, but has a fast, modern, distributed systems approach. The project contains an engine and a language. Please have a look at an introductory video or blog post.
Mgmt is a fairly new project. It is usable today, but not yet feature complete. With your help you'll be able to influence our design and get us to 1.0 sooner! Interested users should read the quick start guide.
Documentation:
Please read, enjoy and help improve our documentation!
| Documentation | Additional Notes |
|---|---|
| quick start guide | for everyone |
| frequently asked questions | for everyone |
| general documentation | for everyone |
| language guide | for everyone |
| function guide | for mgmt developers |
| resource guide | for mgmt developers |
| style guide | for mgmt developers |
| godoc API reference | for mgmt developers |
| prometheus guide | for everyone |
| puppet guide | for puppet sysadmins |
| development | for mgmt developers |
Questions:
Please ask in the community! If you have a well phrased question that might benefit others, consider asking it by sending a patch to the FAQ section. I'll merge your question, and a patch with the answer!
Get involved:
Feel free to grab one of the straightforward #mgmtlove issues if you're a first time contributor to the project or if you're unsure about what to hack on! Please get involved by working on one of these items or by suggesting something else! There are some lower priority issues and harder issues available in our TODO file. Please have a look.
Bugs:
Please set the DEBUG constant in main.go
to true, and post the logs when you report the issue.
Feel free to read my article on debugging golang programs.
Patches:
We'd love to have your patches! Please send them by email, or as a pull request.
On the web:
Read what people are saying and publishing about mgmt!
Happy hacking!
Documentation
Source Files
Directories
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Package converger is a facility for reporting the converged state.
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Package converger is a facility for reporting the converged state. |
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resources/packagekit
Package packagekit provides an interface to interact with packagekit.
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Package packagekit provides an interface to interact with packagekit. |
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Package etcd implements the distributed key value store and fs integration.
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Package etcd implements the distributed key value store and fs integration. |
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fs
Package fs implements a very simple and limited file system on top of etcd.
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Package fs implements a very simple and limited file system on top of etcd. |
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scheduler
Package scheduler implements a distributed consensus scheduler with etcd.
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Package scheduler implements a distributed consensus scheduler with etcd. |
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examples
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lib
libmgmt example of send->recv
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libmgmt example of send->recv |
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longpoll
This is an example longpoll client.
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This is an example longpoll client. |
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Package gapi defines the interface that graph API generators must meet.
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Package gapi defines the interface that graph API generators must meet. |
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funcs
Package funcs provides a framework for functions that change over time.
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Package funcs provides a framework for functions that change over time. |
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funcs/bindata
Package bindata stores core mcl code that is built-in at compile time.
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Package bindata stores core mcl code that is built-in at compile time. |
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funcs/facts
Package facts provides a framework for language values that change over time.
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Package facts provides a framework for language values that change over time. |
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funcs/vars
Package vars provides a framework for language vars.
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Package vars provides a framework for language vars. |
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types
Package types provides a framework for our language values and types.
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Package types provides a framework for our language values and types. |
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Package langpuppet implements an integration entrypoint that combines lang and Puppet.
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Package langpuppet implements an integration entrypoint that combines lang and Puppet. |
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This program works exactly like the `tee` program, if it was invoked with an implicit --ignore-interrupts argument, and if it also had an --ignore-quit argument.
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This program works exactly like the `tee` program, if it was invoked with an implicit --ignore-interrupts argument, and if it also had an --ignore-quit argument. |
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Package pgraph represents the internal "pointer graph" that we use.
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Package pgraph represents the internal "pointer graph" that we use. |
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Package prometheus provides functions that are useful to control and manage the built-in prometheus instance.
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Package prometheus provides functions that are useful to control and manage the built-in prometheus instance. |
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Package puppet provides the integration entrypoint for the puppet language.
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Package puppet provides the integration entrypoint for the puppet language. |
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Package recwatch provides recursive file watching events via fsnotify.
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Package recwatch provides recursive file watching events via fsnotify. |
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Package util contains a collection of miscellaneous utility functions.
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Package util contains a collection of miscellaneous utility functions. |
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errwrap
Package errwrap contains some error helpers.
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Package errwrap contains some error helpers. |
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semaphore
Package semaphore contains an implementation of a counting semaphore.
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Package semaphore contains an implementation of a counting semaphore. |
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socketset
Package socketset is in API for creating a select style netlink socket to receive events from the kernel.
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Package socketset is in API for creating a select style netlink socket to receive events from the kernel. |
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Package yamlgraph provides the facilities for loading a graph from a yaml file.
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Package yamlgraph provides the facilities for loading a graph from a yaml file. |