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NAME

       bcfg2-admin - Perform repository administration tasks

SYNOPSIS

       bcfg2-admin [-C configfile] mode [mode args] [mode options]

DESCRIPTION

       bcfg2-admin is used to perform Bcfg2 repository administration.

OPTIONS

       -C configfile
              Specify alternate bcfg2.conf location.

       -E encoding
              Specify the encoding of config files.

       -Q path
              Specify the path to the server repository.

       -S server
              Manually specify the server location (as opposed to using the value in bcfg2.conf).
              This should be in the format "https://server:port"

       -d     Enable debugging output.

       -h     Print usage information.

       -o logfile
              Writes a log to the specified path.

       --ssl-key=key
              Specify the path to the SSL key.

       -v     Enable verbose output.

       -x password
              Use 'password' for client communication.

MODES

       backup Create an archive of the entire Bcfg2 repository.

       bundle action
              Display details about the available bundles (See BUNDLE OPTIONS below).

       client action client [attribute=value]
              Add, edit, or remove clients entries in metadata (See CLIENT OPTIONS below).

       compare old new
              Compare two client configurations.  Can  be  used  to  verify  consistent  behavior
              between  releases.  Determine differences between files or directories (See COMPARE
              OPTIONS below).

       init   Initialize a new repository (interactive).

       minestruct client [-f xml-file] [-g groups]
              Build structure entries based on client statistics extra  entries  (See  MINESTRUCT
              OPTIONS below).

       perf   Query server for performance data.

       pull client entry-type entry-name
              Install  configuration  information into repo based on client bad entries (See PULL
              OPTIONS below).

       reports [init|load_stats|purge|scrub|update]
              Interact with the dynamic reporting system (See REPORTS OPTIONS below).

       snapshots [init|dump|query|reports]
              Interact with the Snapshots database (See SNAPSHOTS OPTIONS below).

       syncdb Sync the Django ORM with the configured database.

       tidy   Remove unused files from repository.

       viz [-H] [-b] [-k] [-o png-file]
              Create a graphviz diagram of client, group and bundle information (See VIZ  OPTIONS
              below).

       xcmd   Provides a XML-RPC Command Interface to the bcfg2-server.

   BUNDLE OPTIONS
       mode   One of the following.

              list-xml
                     List all available xml bundles

              list-genshi
                     List all available genshi bundles

              show   Interactive dialog to get details about the available bundles

   CLIENT OPTIONS
       mode   One of the following.

              add    Add a client

              del    Delete a client

              list   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'.

   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 outputfile
              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
       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 <outfile>
              Write to outfile file instead of stdout.

       -k     Add a shape/color key.

SEE ALSO

       bcfg2-info(8), bcfg2-server(8)