Viper provides a simple API (Python and CLI) to easily manage large infrastructures.

The User Guide

• Getting Started
  • Installation
  • Initialization
  • Viper in Action (Basic Mode)
  • Viperfile in Action (Advanced Mode)
• The Viper Python API
  • The Concept
  • Example: Method Chaining
  • Unit vs Container Types
  • Useful Common Properties & Abilities
  • Useful Abilities Common to the Unit Types
  • Useful Abilities Common to the Container Types
  • More on Task: Command Factories, Output Processors, Callbacks and …
• The Viper Command-line Interface
  • The Concept
  • Similarity Between the Python API and Command-line Interface
  • Example: Output Piping as Method Chaining
  • Defining Actions
  • Defining Viper Objects: Hosts, Task
  • Defining Utilities: Handlers, Filters, Sort Keys
• Extending the Command-line Interface (using viperfile.py)
  • Why and How
  • Example: Defining a Project
  • Example: Defining a subcommand for host group
• Further Readings
• Contributing To Viper

Indices and Tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page