I'm working on adding code which will add a user-driven setup sequence to
configure a management node:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-278
This relates to the following issues:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-164
"Make installation and configuration easier"
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-224 -- "Add all settings from vcld.conf
to database except for database connection settings".
The goal is to make it easier to configure the backend vcld components and to
provide a relatively easy mechanism to allow modules to implement a setup
subroutine. As of now, vcld is configured by editing various text files and
manually copying files to the appropriate locations.
Here's the plan:
-add setup_vcld() subroutine to vcld which drives the setup mode
-add -setup switch to vcld which causes the setup_vcld() subroutine to be called
-setup_vcld() retrieves the list of modules from the database and checks if the
module has implemented a setup() subroutine
-setup_vcld() calls setup() for each module which has implemented it and checks
the return value, aborts if false
I have created an initial setup_vcld() subroutine for vcld which I will commit
soon. From there I will try implementing setup() in XP.pm which will configure
the product key for Windows XP in the database.
Let me know if you have any thoughts or are interested in helping out.
-Andy
