perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

["David A. J. Ripley" <>]

This doesn't *quite* answer your question, but for some of our use cases 
where there are a relatively large number of test points and a 
well-structured test scheme, we generate the configuration programmatically, 
using a script that encapsulates the desired test rules, and takes as its 
input the list of test points. So when we add a node, we run the script, and 
out pops an entire new configuration. Obviously, this approach won't work 
well if you're going to have per-node schedules. The point I'm trying to make 
is that scripting deltas in the conf may be harder than just defining your 
test plans logic in a script and generating a new config when you need to.

D.

> On Jan 9, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Daniel Doyle 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
> You would probably have the best luck trying to have it edit the regular 
> testing conf file directly. All of the test manipulation in the frontend is 
> handled through CGI requests so while it is technically possible to emulate 
> what the frontend is doing it is uncharted (read: undocumented) territory.
> 
> If you create a new test via the frontend and examine what it dumps into 
> that file it should be straightforward to duplicate similar behavior.
> 
> Removing the endpoints/tests should be the same thing - load up the file, 
> pull your test or endpoint out, rewrite it.
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
> On Jan 9, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Alan Whinery 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
>> And again with a Subject:
>> More coffee now...
>> 
>> On January 9, 2015 6:48:10 AM HAST, Alan Whinery 
>> <>
>>  wrote:
>> What would be the straightforward and perfSONAR-minded way to have a 
>> script do:
>> 
>> 1 - add a scheduled test
>> 2 - add an endpoint
>> 3 - add another endpoint
>> 
>> ?
>> 
>> And I suppose the inevitable extension --
>> 
>> 4 - delete endpoint (if necessary) 
>> 5 - delete test
>> ?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
> 
> Dan Doyle
> GlobalNOC Software Developer
> 1-812-856-3892
> 
> 
> 
> 

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