16.140. cdist-type__rsync(7)¶

16.140.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__rsync - Mirror directories using rsync

16.140.2. DESCRIPTION¶

The purpose of this type is to bring power of rsync into cdist.

16.140.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

source: Source directory in local machine. If source is directory, slash (/) will be added to source and destination paths.

16.140.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

destination: Destination directory. Defaults to $__object_id.
owner: Will be passed to rsync as --chown=OWNER. Read rsync(1) for more details.
group: Will be passed to rsync as --chown=:GROUP. Read rsync(1) for more details.
mode: Will be passed to rsync as --chmod=MODE. Read rsync(1) for more details.
options: Defaults to --recursive --links --perms --times. Due to `bug in Python's argparse<https://bugs.python.org/issue9334>`_, value must be prefixed with \.
remote-user: Defaults to root.

16.140.5. OPTIONAL MULTIPLE PARAMETERS¶

option: Pass additional options to rsync. See rsync(1) for all possible options. Due to `bug in Python's argparse<https://bugs.python.org/issue9334>`_, value must be prefixed with \.

16.140.6. EXAMPLES¶

__rsync /var/www/example.com \
    --owner root \
    --group www-data \
    --mode 'D750,F640' \
    --source "$__files/example.com/www"

16.140.7. AUTHORS¶

Ander Punnar <ander-at-kvlt-dot-ee>

16.140.8. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2021 Ander Punnar. 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.