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NUT configuration management with Augeas
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Introduction
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Configuration has long been one of the two main NUT weaknesses. This is
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mostly due to the framework nature of NUT, and its many components and
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features, which make NUT configuration a very complex task.
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In order to address this point, NUT now provides configuration tools and
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manipulation abstraction, to anybody who want to manipulate NUT configuration,
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through Augeas lenses and modules.
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From link:http://augeas.net[Augeas homepage]:
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"Augeas is a configuration editing tool. It parses configuration files in their
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native formats and transforms them into a tree. Configuration changes are made
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by manipulating this tree and saving it back into native config files."
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In other words, Augeas is the dreamed Registry, with all the advantages
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(such as a uniform interface and tools), and the added bonus of being
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free/libre open source software and letting liberty on configuration file
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format.
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Requirements
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To be able to use Augeas with NUT, you will need to install Augeas,
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and also the NUT provided lenses, which describe NUT configuration
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files format.
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Augeas
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Having link:http://augeas.net[Augeas] installed.
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You will need at least version 0.5.1 (prior versions may work too, reports
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are welcome).
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As an example, on Debian and derivatives, do the following:
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$ apt-get install augeas-lenses augeas-tools
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And optionaly:
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$ apt-get install libaugeas0 libaugeas-dev python-augeas
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On RedHat and derivatives, you have to install the packages 'augeas' and
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'augeas-libs'.
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[[augeas_user]]
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NUT lenses and modules for Augeas
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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These are the *.aug files in the present directory.
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You can either install the files to the right location on your system,
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generally in '/usr/share/augeas/lenses/', or use these from NUT
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source directory ('nut/scripts/augeas'). The latter is to be prefered for
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the time being.
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Create a test sandbox
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NOTE: for now, it's easier to include an existing /etc/nut/ directory.
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$ export AUGEAS_ROOT=./augeas-sandbox
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$ mkdir $AUGEAS_ROOT
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$ sudo cp -pr /etc/nut $AUGEAS_ROOT
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$ sudo chown -R $(id -nu):$(id -ng) $AUGEAS_ROOT
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Start testing and using
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-----------------------
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Augeas provides many tools and
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link:http://augeas.net/download.html[languages bindings] (Python, Perl,
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Java, PHP, Ruby, ...), still with the same simple logic.
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This chapter will only illustrate some of these. Refer to the language
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binding's help and link:http://augeas.net/docs/index.html[Augeas documentation]
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for more information.
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Shell
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~~~~~
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Start an augeas shell using:
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$ augtool -b
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NOTE: if you have not installed NUT lenses, add '-I/path/to/nut/scripts/augeas'.
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From there, you can perform different actions like:
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- list existing nut related files:
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augtool> ls /files/etc/nut/
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nut.conf/ = (none)
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upsd.users/ = (none)
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upsmon.conf = (none)
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ups.conf/ = (none)
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upsd.conf/ = (none
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+
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or using:
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+
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augtool> match /files/etc/nut/*
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/files/etc/nut/nut.conf = (none)
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/files/etc/nut/upsd.users = (none)
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/files/etc/nut/upsmon.conf = (none)
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/files/etc/nut/ups.conf = (none)
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/files/etc/nut/upsd.conf = (none)
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NOTE: if you don't see anything, you may search for error messages by using:
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augtool> ls /augeas/files/etc/nut/*/errors
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and
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augtool> get /augeas/files/etc/nut/ups.conf/error/message
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/augeas/files/etc/nut/ups.conf/error/message = Permission denied
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- create a new device entry (in ups.conf), called 'augtest':
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augtool> set /files/etc/nut/ups.conf/augtest/driver dummy-ups
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augtool> set /files/etc/nut/ups.conf/augtest/port auto
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augtool> save
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- list the devices using the 'usbhid-ups' driver:
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augtool> match /files/etc/nut/ups.conf/*/driver dummy-ups
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C
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A library is available for C programs, along with pkg-config support.
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You can get the compilation and link flags using the following code
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in your configure script or Makefile:
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CFLAGS="`pkg-config --silence-errors --cflags augeas`"
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LDFLAGS="`pkg-config --silence-errors --libs augeas`"
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Here is an code sample using this library for NUT configuration:
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augeas *a = aug_init(NULL, NULL, AUG_NONE);
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ret = aug_match(a, "/files/etc/nut/*", &matches_p);
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ret = aug_set(a, "/files/etc/nut/ups.conf/augtest/driver", "dummy-ups");
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ret = aug_set(a, "/files/etc/nut/ups.conf/augtest/port", "auto");
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ret = aug_save(a);
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Python
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The `augeas` class abstracts access to the configuration files.
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$ python
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Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 8 2008, 01:19:33)
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[GCC 4.3.0 20080404 (Red Hat 4.3.0-6)] on linux2
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Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
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>>> import augeas
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>>> a = augeas.augeas()
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>>> a.match("/files/etc/nut/*")
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['/files/etc/nut/upsd.users', '/files/etc/nut/upsmon.conf', '/files/etc/nut/ups.conf', '/files/etc/nut/upsd.conf']
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>>> a.set("/files/etc/nut/ups.conf/augtest/driver", "dummy-ups")
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True
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>>> a.set("/files/etc/nut/ups.conf/augtest/port", "auto")
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True
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>>> a.save()
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True
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>>>
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$ grep -A 2 augtest /etc/nut/ups.conf
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[augtest]
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driver=dummy-ups
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port=auto
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Perl
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The Perl binding is available through CPAN and packages.
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use Config::Augeas;
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my $aug = Config::Augeas->new( root => $aug_root ) ;
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my @a = $aug->match("/files/etc/nut/*") ;
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my $nb = $aug->count_match("/files/etc/nut/*") ;
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$aug->set("/files/etc/nut/ups.conf/augtest/driver", "dummy-ups") ;
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$aug->set("/files/etc/nut/ups.conf/augtest/port", "auto") ;
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$aug->save ;
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Test the conformity testing module
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Existing configuration files can be tested for conformity. To do so, use:
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$ augparse -I ./ ./test_nut.aug
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