commit 5d0d7b60b0309be640dd3848a02b110da29f24da
parent 472555bd1aa95a6edff48b433e6bb095feb7ebe1
Author: Solene Rapenne <solene@perso.pw>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:21:11 +0200
Drist now supports looping over hostname list or a file containing hostnames
Diffstat:
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-V2.00
-=======
+V2.01 - 2020-08-27
+==================
+
+- Document the use of a file containg hostnames and that
+ drist now supports looping over multiple servers
+
+
+V2.00 - 2020-08-26
+==================
/!\ This update involves major changes, don't use it unless
you can afford to rewrite all your drist modules.
diff --git a/drist b/drist
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ fi
# start looping over server list
if [ -f "$1" ]
then
- SERVER_LIST="$(cat $1 | tr '\n' ' ')"
+ SERVER_LIST="$(tr '\n' ' ' < $1)"
else
SERVER_LIST="$@"
fi
diff --git a/drist.1 b/drist.1
@@ -5,36 +5,45 @@
.Nm drist
.Nd dumb remote installer shell tool, a remote deployment tool
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm
.Op Fl p
.Op Fl n
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl s Op Fl e Ar sudo|doas
-.Ar server ...
+.Ar destination
.Sh OPTIONS
-.Op Fl p
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Op Fl p
to use persistent ssh connection, allowing to ssh only once
for the differents steps.
This uses ControlMaster feature from
.Xr ssh 1 .
-.Op Fl n
+.It Op Fl n
to simulate.
Tells
.Nm
to show what will happens if it runs.
This will make a ssh connection to check the remote hostname.
-.Op Fl d
+.It Op Fl d
to truncate reported hostname.
Tells
.Nm
to truncate the reported remote hostname to the left-most component.
-.Op Fl s
+.It Op Fl s
use a program to execute a command as root on the remote server.
Default is sudo.
-.Op Fl e Ar binary
+.It Op Fl e Ar binary
binary to use for executing the commands as root.
This flag is only useful when used with
.Fl s .
+.It Ar destination
+Specify the remote servers you want drist to work on.
+.Ar destination
+can be a file containing a list of hosts, one per line or
+it can be addresses passed in the command line.
+If you specify multiples servers,
+.Nm
+will loop over the list respecting the list order.
+Note that only one file can be used in the command line.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a tool to configure remote servers using
