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diff --git a/doc/generators.xml b/doc/generators.xml index ee7a6a8be..fe23b8445 100644 --- a/doc/generators.xml +++ b/doc/generators.xml @@ -177,5 +177,54 @@ written that executed logic in another language, but this functionality is currently not implemented. </para> + + <example> + <title>Simple Generator</title> + <programlisting> + from socket import gethostbyname, gaierror + from syslog import syslog, LOG_ERR + from Bcfg2.Server.Generator import Generator, DirectoryBacked, SingleXMLFileBacked, GeneratorError + +class Chiba(Generator): + '''the Chiba generator builds the following files: + -> /etc/network/interfaces''' + + __name__ = 'Chiba' + __version__ = '$Id: Chiba.py 1.12 05/01/15 11:05:02-06:00 desai@topaz.mcs.anl.gov $' + __author__ = 'bcfg-dev@mcs.anl.gov' + __provides__ = {'ConfigFile':{}} + + def __init__(self, core, datastore): + Generator.__init__(self, core, datastore) + self.repo = DirectoryBacked(self.data, self.core.fam) + self.__provides__['ConfigFile']['/etc/network/interfaces'] = self.build_interfaces + + def build_interfaces(self, entry, metadata): + '''build network configs for clients''' + entry.attrib['owner'] = 'root' + entry.attrib['group'] = 'root' + entry.attrib['perms'] = '0644' + try: + myriaddr = gethostbyname("%s-myr" % metadata.hostname) + except gaierror: + syslog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to resolve %s-myr"% metadata.hostname) + raise GeneratorError, ("%s-myr" % metadata.hostname, 'lookup') + entry.text = self.repo.entries['interfaces-template'].data % myriaddr + </programlisting> + </example> + + <para> + Generators must subclass the Bcfg2.Server.Generator.Generator + class. Generator constructors must take two arguments: an + instance of a Bcfg2.Core object, and a location for a + datastore. __name__, __version__, __author__, and __provides__ + are used to describe what the generator is and how it + works. __provides__ describes a set of configuration entries + that can be provided by the generator, and a set of handlers + that can bind in the proper data. build_interfaces is an example + of a handler. It gets client metadata and an configuration entry + passed in, and binds data into entry as appropriate. + </para> + </section> </chapter>
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