NAME

       cdist-type__rsync - Mirror directories using rsync

DESCRIPTION

       WARNING: This type is of BETA quality:

       • it has not been tested widely

       • interfaces may change

       • if there is a better approach to solve the problem -> the type may even vanish

       If you are fine with these constraints, please read on.

       This  cdist  type  allows  you  to mirror local directories to the target host using rsync. Rsync will be
       installed in the manifest of the type.  If group or owner are giveng, a recursive chown will be  executed
       on the target host.

       A slash will be appended to the source directory so that only the contents of the directory are taken and
       not the directory name itself.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       source Where to take files from

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       group  Group to chgrp to.

       owner  User to chown to.

       destination
              Use this as the base destination instead of the object id

       remote-user
              Use this user instead of the default "root" for rsync operations.

OPTIONAL MULTIPLE PARAMETERS

       rsync-opts
              Use this option to give rsync options with.   See  rsync(1)  for  available  options.   Only  "--"
              options  are  supported.   Write  the options without the beginning "--" Can be specified multiple
              times.

MESSAGES

       NONE

EXAMPLES

          # You can use any source directory
          __rsync /tmp/testdir \
              --source /etc

          # Use source from type
          __rsync /etc \
              --source "$__type/files/package"

          # Allow multiple __rsync objects to write to the same dir
          __rsync mystuff \
              --destination /usr/local/bin \
              --source "$__type/files/package"

          __rsync otherstuff \
              --destination /usr/local/bin \
              --source "$__type/files/package2"

          # Use rsync option --exclude
          __rsync /tmp/testdir \
              --source /etc \
              --rsync-opts exclude=sshd_conf

          # Use rsync with multiple options --exclude --dry-run
          __rsync /tmp/testing \
              --source /home/tester \
              --rsync-opts exclude=id_rsa \
              --rsync-opts dry-run

SEE ALSO

       rsync(1)

AUTHORS

       Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2015 Nico Schottelius. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the  GNU
       General  Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
       (at your option) any later version.