On Tue, 2015-06-09 at 19:33 +0200, Jakub Skořepa wrote:
> Hello,
> My name is Jakub Skořepa and I'm working on Cockpit UI for Systemd
> Timers.
>
> For that I need to create and modify systemd unit files. Cockpit uses
> D
> -Bus for everything so I need D-Bus API for that. I think that it
> would
> be beneficial if systemd was able to create unit files on-the-fly
> using
> through D-Bus method call.
>
> I plan creating simple server for doing this task but long-term it
> woul
> d be better if systemd was capable of doing this.
>
> I propose methods with following signatures:
>
> # CreateUnit:
>
> Creates specified unit
>
> sa{sa{ss}}
> | | ||
> Name | |Value
> Section name |
> Key
>
> # ModifyUnit: (same signature)
>
> If section/key is not then section/key is left intact.
> If Value="" then key is erased.
>
> # CreateUnits:
>
> Creates multiple units. Same as CreateUnit called for each top-level
>
> array element.
>
> a{sa{sa{ss}}}
> | | ||
> Name | |Value
> Section name |
> Key
>
> # ModifyUnits: (same signature as CreateUnits)
>
> Modifies multiple units. Same as ModifyUnit called for each top
> -level
> array element.
> In order for ModifyUnit() to work, there also needs to be a way to retrieve the current definition of the unit on the system. (And, ideally, a way to retrieve this for any unit currently loaded into systemd).
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