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Glossary

clan

Collection of machines interconnected in a network.

clan-app

Graphical interface for managing clans. Simpler to use than the clan-cli.

clan-cli

Command-line tool for managing clans.

clanModule

Module that enables configuration via the inventory. Legacy clanModules also support configuration outside the inventory.

clanService

Service defined and managed through a clan configuration.

clanURL

Flake URL-like syntax used to link to clans. Required to connect the url-open application to the clan-app.

facts (deprecated)

System for creating secrets and public files in a declarative way.
Note: Deprecated, use vars instead.

inventory

JSON-like structure used to configure multiple machines.

machine

A physical computer or virtual machine.

role

Specific function assigned to a machine within a service. Allows assignment of sane default configurations in multi-machine services.

vars

System for creating secrets and public files in a declarative way.