Glossary
- environment
- An environment in the sprinter context is a collection of features for a client machine that can be described by a sprinter manifest file. Sprinter’s main job is to install, update, and ultimately manages these environments.
- feature
- A sprinter feature represents a single unit of configuration for a sprinter environment. A feature should represent a single modular, functional unit to manage one aspect of an environment, such as the environment variables, a package that needs to be installed, or an in-house command line tool.
- formula
- A formula represents a classification of a feature, that provides the steps to install, update, etc. a feature.
- manifest
- A sprinter manifest is a configuration file describing a sprinter environment. Sprinter manifest examples can be found in the source code, or in the Sprinter Tutorial.
- .rc file
- The file that is injected into the .bashrc or the .bash_profile on the client. This performs the majority of the activation and deactivation of a sprinter environment. More information can be found at Sprinter Internals.
- injection
- An injection is when sprinter-specific configuration is inserted into an existing configuration file on a client. More informmation can found at Sprinter Internals.