On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 10:35:36 AM UTC+2, Federico Capoano wrote:
>
> On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 7:07:43 PM UTC+2, henriqsc wrote:
>>
>> Great. Many thanks. 
>>
>> It applied the configuration without actualy testing it I guess because 
>> the device where I'm testing it is behind a DHCP modem and I lose 
>> connection to the controller after I set pppoe. Is that the expected 
>> behaviour when test_config is not set? 
>>
>>>
>>>
> Yes, if you disable test_config and supply a problematic configuration 
> that causes the device inability to reach the controller, you will lose the 
> device and you will have to restore it in other ways, either by connecting 
> directly to it with an ethernet cable, but sometimes you may need to go as 
> far as to put it in failsafe.
>
> OpenWISP 2 is basically an automation tool. Before you start automating a 
> process, you should first ensure this process works as expected. So try to 
> always test your configurations before automating them with openwisp.
>
>
And another suggestion: leaving the test_config option disabled is not a 
good idea for production use.

I disable that flag in very rare cases and only for debugging purposes.

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