NAME Footprintless - A utility for managing systems with minimal installs VERSION version 1.01 SYNOPSIS use Footprintless; my $footprintless = Footprintless->new(); # Deploy initialize, start, and follow the log of the foo $footprintless->overlay('dev.foo.overlay')->initialize(); $footprintless->service('dev.foo.service')->start(); $footprintless->log('dev.foo.logs.app')->follow(); DESCRIPTION Footprintless is an automation framework with an application frontend for managing diverse software stacks in a consistent fashion. It provides a minimally invasive approach to configuration management. At its core, Config::Entities are used to define the whole system . Once defined, the entities are used by all of the Footprintless modules to decouple the environment from the action. The environment is defined by the entities used to create command options. Specifically: hostname ssh sudo_username username Each module will have its own entities structure, see them for more details. ENTITIES An example system my consist of multiple environments, each defined in their own file: ./fooptintless /entities /foo /dev.pm /qa.pm /prod.pm Each one of them would likely be rather similar, perhaps a variation of: return { app => { deployment => { 'Config::Entities::inherit' => ['hostname', 'sudo_username'], clean => [ '/opt/foo/tomcat/conf/Catalina/localhost/', '/opt/foo/tomcat/temp/', '/opt/foo/tomcat/webapps/', '/opt/foo/tomcat/work/' ], resources => { bar => 'com.pastdev:bar:war:1.0', baz => 'com.pastdev:baz:war:1.0' }, to_dir => '/opt/foo/tomcat/webapps' }, hostname => 'app.pastdev.com', logs => { catalina => '/opt/foo/tomcat/logs/catalina.out' }, overlay => { 'Config::Entities::inherit' => ['hostname', 'sudo_username'], base_dir => '/home/me/git/foo/base', clean => [ '/opt/foo/tomcat/' ], deployment_coordinate => 'foo.dev.app.deployment', key => 'T', os => 'linux', resolver_coordinate => 'foo.dev', template_dir => '/home/me/git/foo/template', to_dir => '/opt/foo/tomcat' }, sudo_username => 'tomcat', tomcat => { 'Config::Entities::inherit' => ['hostname', 'sudo_username'], catalina_base => '/opt/foo/tomcat', http => { port => 20080 }, service => { 'Config::Entities::inherit' => ['hostname', 'sudo_username'], action => { 'kill' => { command_args => 'stop -force' }, 'status' => { use_pid => 1 } }, command => '/opt/foo/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh', pid_file => '/opt/foo/tomcat/bin/.catalina.pid', }, shutdown => { port => 20005, password => $properties->{'foo.dev.app.tomcat.shutdown.password'}, }, trust_store => { 'Config::Entities::inherit' => ['hostname', 'sudo_username'], file => '/opt/foo/tomcat/certs/truststore.jks', include_java_home_cacerts => 1, password => $properties->{'foo.dev.app.tomcat.trust_store.password'}, } } } web => { hostname => 'web.pastdev.com', logs => { error => '/var/log/httpd/error_log', access => '/var/log/httpd/access_log' } sudo_username => 'apache' } } Then when you decide to perform an action, the environment is just part of the coordinate: fpl log foo.dev.app.tomcat.logs.catalina follow fpl service foo.qa.app.tomcat.service status fpl deployment foo.prod.app.deployment deploy --clean If using the framework instead, the story is the same: my $permission_denied = Footprintless->new() ->log('foo.prod.web.logs.error') ->grep(options => 'Permission denied'); CONSTRUCTORS new(\%entity, %options) Creates a new Footprintless factory. Available options are: entities If supplied, entities will serve as the configuration for this instance. All other configuration sources will be ignored. Must be either a hashref, or an instance of Config::Entities. fpl_home The root folder for footprintless configuration. Defaults to the $FPL_HOME environment variable if set, ~/.footprintless if not. config_dirs The root folder(s) for configuration entities. Defaults to the $FPL_CONFIG_DIRS environment variable if set, $FPL_HOME/config if not. config_dirs can be a scalar (one directory), or an array ref if there is more than one directory. If set via the $FPL_CONFIG_DIRS environment variable, and you need more than one directory, use a ; to delimit on windows, or a : to delimit on *nix (same as the $PATH variable). config_properties The properties file(s) used for placeholder replacement for configuration entities. Defaults to the $FPL_CONFIG_PROPS environment variable if set, $FPL_HOME/properties.pl if not. config_properties can be a scalar (one file), or an array ref if there is more than one directory. If set via the $FPL_CONFIG_PROPS environment variable, and you need more than one directory, use a ; to delimit on windows, or a : to delimit on *nix (same as the $PATH variable). command_runner Sets the command_runner for this instance. Must be an a subclass of Footprintless::CommandRunner. localhost Sets the localhost resolver for this instance. Must be an instance or subclass of Footprintless::Localhost. command_options_factory Sets the command_options_factory for this instance. Must be an instance or subclass of Footprintless::CommandOptionsFactory. METHODS agent() Returns the agent used by this instance. command_options_factory() Returns the command_options_factory used by this instance. command_runner() Returns the command_runner used by this instance. deployment($coordinate, %options) Returns a new instance of Footprintless::Deployment preconfigured to operate on the deployment at $coordinate. Supported options are command_options_factory A command_options_factory to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. command_runner A command_runner to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. localhost A localhost to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. resource_manager A resource_manager to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. entities() Returns the Config::Entities that were resolved by this footprintless instance. localhost() Returns the localhost resolver used by this instance. log($coordinate, %options) Returns a new instance of Footprintless::Log preconfigured to operate on the log at $coordinate. Supported options are command_options_factory A command_options_factory to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. command_runner A command_runner to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. localhost A localhost to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. overlay($coordinate, %options) Returns a new instance of Footprintless::Overlay preconfigured to operate on the overlay at $coordinate. Supported options are command_options_factory A command_options_factory to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. command_runner A command_runner to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. localhost A localhost to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. resource_manager A resource_manager to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. resource_manager() Returns the resource_manager used by this instance. service($coordinate, %options) Returns a new instance of Footprintless::Service preconfigured to operate on the service at $coordinate. Supported options are command_options_factory A command_options_factory to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. command_runner A command_runner to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. localhost A localhost to use instead of that which is supplied by this footprintless instance. AUTHOR Lucas Theisen COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Lucas Theisen. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. SEE ALSO Please see those modules/websites for more information related to this module. * Footprintless::Deployment * Footprintless::Log * Footprintless::Overlay * Footprintless::Service * https://github.com/lucastheisen/footprintless