Hammer CLI is packaged for the following RPM based distributions:
- RHEL and derivatives, version 6
- Fedora 18, 19
- Debian Wheezy, Squeezy
- Ubuntu Precise
Configuration is by default looked for in the following directories, loaded in this order:
RbConfig::CONFIG['sysconfdir']/hammer/
(The actual value depends on your operatingsystem and ruby defaults.)/etc/hammer/
~/.hammer/
./config/
(config dir in CWD)- custom location (file or directory) specified on command line -
-c CONF_FILE_PATH
In each of these directories hammer is trying to load cli_config.yml
and anything in
the cli.modules.d
subdirectory which is place for specific configuration of hammer modules a.k.a. plugins.
Later directories and files have precedence if they redefine the same option. Files from cli.modules.d
are loaded in alphabetical order. The modules are loaded in alphabetical order which can be overriden with explicit requirement of dependences in the modules.
The packaged version of hammer copies the template to /etc/hammer
for you.
When you install from gems or source you'll have to copy config files manually.
The configuration templates are contained in the hammer_cli gem
gem contents hammer_cli|grep template.yml
and can be copied to one of the locations above and changed as needed.
Hammer uses YAML formatting for its configuration.
List of existing options is available in the configuration template file with descriptions.
Plugins are disabled by default. To enable plugin create configuration file in cli.modules.d
and add:enable_module: true
in it.
Plugin specific configuration must be nested under plugin's name (without the hammer_cli_
prefix).
In the example we assume the gem hammer_cli_foreman
with the Foreman plugin is installed. Then the plugin configuration
in ~/.hammer/cli.modules.d/foreman.yml
should look as follows:
:foreman:
:enable_module: true
:host: 'https://localhost/'
:username: 'admin'
:password: 'changeme'
Confirm your setup by running $ hammer -h
and check that the desired commands are listed.
$ hammer -h
Usage:
hammer [OPTIONS] SUBCOMMAND [ARG] ...
Parameters:
SUBCOMMAND subcommand
[ARG] ... subcommand arguments
Subcommands:
architecture Manipulate architectures.
compute-resource Manipulate compute resources.
domain Manipulate domains.
environment Manipulate environments.
fact Search facts.
global-parameter Manipulate global parameters.
host Manipulate hosts.
hostgroup Manipulate hostgroups.
location Manipulate locations.
medium Manipulate installation media.
model Manipulate hardware models.
organization Manipulate organizations.
os Manipulate operating system.
partition-table Manipulate partition tables.
proxy Manipulate smart proxies.
puppet-class Search puppet modules.
report Browse and read reports.
sc-param Manipulate smart class parameters.
shell Interactive shell
subnet Manipulate subnets.
template Manipulate config templates.
user Manipulate users.
Options:
--autocomplete LINE Get list of possible endings
--csv Output as CSV (same as --output=csv)
--csv-separator SEPARATOR Character to separate the values
--interactive INTERACTIVE Explicitly turn interactive mode on/off
One of true/false, yes/no, 1/0.
--output ADAPTER Set output format. One of [silent, csv, base, table]
--show-ids Show ids of associated resources
--version show version
-c, --config CFG_FILE path to custom config file
-h, --help print help
-p, --password PASSWORD password to access the remote system
-u, --username USERNAME username to access the remote system
-v, --verbose be verbose
And you are done. Your hammer client is configured and ready to use.
It is necessary to copy the hammer_cli_complete script to the bash_completion.d directory.
$ sudo cp hammer-cli/hammer_cli_complete /etc/bash_completion.d/
Then after starting a new shell the completion should work.