On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:04:23PM +0200, Michal Židek wrote: > Hi, > > I just updated the design for the planned sss_confcheck tool. > It can be found here: > https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/DesignDocs/ConfigCheckTool > > For convenience I paste it here as well: > > > sss_confcheck tool > > Related ticket(s): > > https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/2269 > > Problem statement > > There is no easy way to debug the SSSD configuration without having to look > into the debug logs. Moreover the debug logs can be difficult to understand > for people outside SSSD development team. Some common issues can be > identified during static offline analysis of the config files. To find these > issues soon we need a tool that performs this analysis and provides human > readable report. > > Use cases > > - performing ad-hoc static analysis of the installed SSSD configuration > - performing ad-hoc static analysis of SSSD configuration files retrieved > from user with some SSSD problems > > Overview of the solution - sss_confcheck tool > > A new tool will be added to sss_* tools that will perform static analysis of > SSSD configuration files. This tool can be run without any parameters in > which case it will print a report to the standard output in the following or > similar format: > > ----------------- > $ sss_confcheck > Number of identified issues: 1 > [rule/allowed_nss_options]: Attribute 'foo' is not allowed in section 'nss'. > Check for typos.
It might be nice to explicitly say what the validators will do in the upcoming version (I know you linked the design document...) > > Used configuration file: > <Here will be the contents of sssd.conf file> > > Number of used configuration override snippets: 2 > List of configuration override snippets in order of priority (lowest > priority first): > snippet_name_1.conf > snippet_name_2.conf > > Content of configuration override snippets: > snippet_name_1.conf: > <content of snippet_name_1.conf> > > snippet_name_2.conf: > <content of snippet_name_2.conf> Would it make sense to also print the resulting config file (merged with snippets) ? _______________________________________________ sssd-devel mailing list sssd-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org https://lists.fedorahosted.org/admin/lists/sssd-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org
