MMC Pkgs plugin configuration file

Olivier Roussy

<oroussy@mandriva.com>

$Id: mmc-python-plugin-pkgs-configuration.xml 4610 2009-10-08 13:41:53Z nrueff $

Revision History
Revision 1.2.4	2009-10-08	NR
New Pulse 2 Release, but no new option
Revision 1.2.3	2009-07-22	NR
New Pulse 2 Release, but no new option
Revision 1.2.2	2009-05-19	NR
New Pulse 2 Release, but no new option
Revision 1.2.1	2009-05-12	OR
Initial official release

Abstract

This document explains the content of the MMC Pkgs plugin configuration file

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Configuration file sections
3. « main » section
4. « user_package_api » section

1. Introduction

The « Pkgs » plugin is the MMC plugin in charge of the edition, removal and creation of packages in the Pulse2 package system.

The plugin configuration file is /etc/mmc/plugins/pkgs.ini.

Like all MMC related configuration file, its file format is INI style. The file is made of sections, each one starting with a « [sectionname] » header. In each section options can be defined like this: « option = value ».

For example:

[section1]
option1 = 1
option2 = 2

[section2]
option1 = foo
option2 = plop

2. Configuration file sections

For now two sections are available in this configuration file:

Table 1. pkgs.ini available sections

Section name	Description	Optional
main	Mostly MMC related behaviors	yes
user_package_api	Describe how to reach the User package API service	yes

3. « main » section

This section is used to give directives to the MMC agent.

Table 2. Available options for the "main" section

Option name	Description	Optional	Default value
disable	Whenever use this plugin (or not)	yes	0

4. « user_package_api » section

This section is used to tell to the plugin where to find its User Package API service.

Table 3. Available options for the "user_package_api" section

Option name	Description	Optional	Default value
server	The service IP address	yes	127.0.0.1
port	The service TCP port	yes	9990
mountpoint	The service path	yes	/upaa
username	The name to use when we send XMLRPC call	yes	""
password	The password to use when we send XMLRPC call	yes	""
enablessl	SSL mode support	yes	1
verifypeer	use SSL certificates	yes	0
cacert	path to the certificate file describing the certificate authority of the SSL server	yes	""
localcert	path to the SSL server private certificate	yes	""