It is a simple tool that enables you to remotely manage a large number of hosts. It brings together features of Configuration Management and Orchestration in a lightweight framework. Written in Python and using AMQP for messaging between the nodes.
- A RabbitMQ server
- The agent on the hosts you want to manage
- The client to control them
Manipulates resources (packages, files, services, ...) instead of executing commands. Describe a resource state and the tool takes care of it. For example, installing a package means sending this kind of message:
{
"collection": "packages",
"action": "update",
"id": "htop",
"attributes": {
"installed": true
}
}We also provide a client tool to ease its use or you can use http://comodit.com which alos benefit of the agents.
Abstract the definition of resources so you can focus on the what, not the how.
The example above about how to install a package works independently of the underlying platform.
Manage any kind of resources on the remote hosts with custom plugins. Available built-in resources are:
- files
- packages
- services
- users
- groups
Why not building a "cron" plugin.
How ? Take a look at example packages-plugin and start your own ?
Easy to deploy, small memory footprint. Cehck our WIKI for our quickstart tour.
No incoming open port required (not even port 22/ssh), secured with PKI/SSL
Parallelize tasks accross all your hosts.
The agents are automatically bound to an AMQP fanout exchange. It means that if a single message is published into that exchange, the RabbitMQ server broadcasts this message to every agent bound to that exchange.
Reach nodes without knowing their ip or hostname, filter requests by hostname, ip, platform Want to reach only hosts in particular subdomains ?