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How econtext Works How econtext Works
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blah blah To accomplish the seemingly magical feat of bootstrapping a remote Python
process without any software installed on the remote machine requires a little
effort. The steps involved are not likely to be immediately obvious to the
casual reader, and required several iterations of research to discover, so we
document them thoroughly below.
The First Stage
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, and with a custom *argv[0]*
Python Command Line
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Configuring argv[0]
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Source Minimization
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Signalling Success
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ExternalContext main()
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Reaping The First Stage
#######################
Generating A Synthetic `econtext` Package
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Setup The Broker And Master Context
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Setup Logging
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The Module Importer
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Standard IO Redirection
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Function Call Dispatch
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The Broker
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Differences Between Master And Slave Brokers
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* Self destruct.
The Module Importer
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Child Package Enumeration
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Negative Cache Hits
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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ to the remote machine**. Due to the origins of econtext for use in managing
potentially damaged infrastructure, the remote machine need not even have a potentially damaged infrastructure, the remote machine need not even have a
writeable filesystem. writeable filesystem.
It is not intended as a generic RPC framework, the goal is to provide a robust It is not intended as a generic RPC framework; the goal is to provide a robust
and efficient low-level API on which tools like **Salt** or **Ansible** can be and efficient low-level API on which tools like **Salt** or **Ansible** can be
built, and while the API is quite friendly and similar in scope to **Fabric**, built, and while the API is quite friendly and similar in scope to **Fabric**,
ultimately it should not be used directly by consumer software. ultimately it should not be used directly by consumer software.

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