cdist-type__uci - Manage configuration values in UCI

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ungleich GmbH 2021 7.0.0 Sep 11, 2024 CDIST-TYPE__UCI(7)

This cdist type can be used to alter configuration options in OpenWrt's Unified Configuration Interface (UCI) system.

# Set the system hostname __uci system.@system[0].hostname --value 'OpenWrt' # Set DHCP option 252: tell DHCP clients to not ask for proxy information. __uci dhcp.lan.dhcp_option --type list --value '252,"\n"' # Enable NTP and NTPd (each is applied individually) __uci system.ntp.enabled --value 1 __uci system.ntp.enable_server --value 1 __uci system.ntp.server --type list \ --value '0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org' \ --value '1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org' \ --value '2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org' \ --value '3.openwrt.pool.ntp.org'

cdist-type__uci - Manage configuration values in UCI

statepresent or absent, defaults to present. type If the type should generate an option or a list. One of: option or list. Defaults to auto-detect based on the number of --value parameters.

value The value to be set. Can be used multiple times. This parameter is ignored if --state is absent. Due to the way cdist handles arguments, values mustnot contain newline characters. Values do not need special quoting for UCI. The only requirement is that the value is passed to the type as a single shell argument.

• https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/base-system/uci