Ok..
Part 1.. adding the hook
once this gets approved/commited
I'll work on implementing the hook in scoreboard and the mpm's
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 2:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Hooks for management reporting
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 09:36:34PM -0700, Ian Holsman wrote:
> > how about this prototype?
> >
> > it registers a 'test' hook which generates somes values,
> > I envison that this would be similliar to how the this would work
> > for the 'get/walk' type commands
>
> Looks good to me. It's got the flexibility of typing info
> that allows us to
> do structured data. The dotted naming is also a nice way to
> ask for specific
> bits, groups, or everything.
>
> +1 on concept.
>
> I believe a patch would only define the hook (and
> corresponding header doc).
> Note that I think the mgmt_line_t would be part of the
> system, so it would
> be in the patch, too. The C code would probably go into
> server/core.c since
> this is independent of MPMs (yes, they can use it, but all
> kinds of stuff in
> the server can use it).
>
> A second patch round can consider how this might be integrated into
> mod_status, and a third round for switching the scoreboard
> <-> mod_status
> communication channel.
>
> >...
> > > From: Harrie Hazewinkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:35 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Hooks for management reporting (was RE:New Hook)
> >...
> > > > #2 I usually need to see more generic stuff, and will
> probably shove the
> > > > values in a database/rrd so I can make pretty reports
> > >
> > > IMHO, making pretty reports is part of the management
> application and
> > > should not be done on an operational system. The only
> thing you need
> > > is enough information to create the report.
>
> Just had to respond to this one point...
>
> The reporting *can* be done on an operational system. That
> isn't for us to
> decide for users. This hook allows for the info to be
> offloaded from the
> box, or to generate the info right within the server process.
>
> Cheers,
> -g
>
> --
> Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
>
mgmt_get_var.patch
