Description

dConf was originally planned to be a tool to configure dCache setting through the admin interface based on jython. currently it can do more than just configuring things.

Get started

• check out the code (latest from trunk) and build an rpm (if you have rpmbuild installed).

  svn co http://trac.dcache.org/svn/dcache/contributed/trunk/dConf
  cd dConf
  ./make_rpm.sh
  

• install the rpm on the dCache headnode.
  • it will create a direcotry in /opt/d-cache/dConf

• locally install jython with ./setup-jython-dConf.sh <JAVA_HOME> eg.

  cd /opt/d-cache/dConf
  ./setup-jython-dConf.sh /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_10/
  

• make a cfg file like:

  [SSH]
  user = admin
  host = localhost
  port = 22223
  key = /root/.ssh/dcache_admin_key 
  

• test the connection setup (just a simple logoff)

  ./dConf -cfg <cfgfile> -test
  

• inspect what your current config is

  ./dConf -cfg <cfgfile> -create
  

  • repeat previous commands with more output: just add eg. -debug 20
• to make modifications, save the output of -create in another cfg file, modify the content and run

  ./dConf -cfg <new_cfgfile> -commit
  

  • it will not actually do anything, just simulate
  • add -dummy no to actually change things