[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH 0051] IPA server and replica installers can accept options from config file

[Jan Cholasta]

Dne 29.7.2015 v 12:20 Martin Babinsky napsal(a):
> Initial attempt to implement
> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4517
>
> Some points to discuss:
>
> 1.) name of the config entries: currently the option names are derived
> from CLI options but have underscores in them instead of dashes. Maybe
> keeping the CLI option names also for config entries will make it easier
> for the user to transfer their CLI options from scripts to config files.

NACK. There is no point in generating config names from CLI names, which 
are generated from knob names - use knob names directly.

>
> 2.) Config sections: there is currently only one valid section named
> '[global]' in accordance with the format of 'default.conf'. Should we
> have separate sections equivalent to option groups in CLI (e.g. [basic],
> [certificate system], [dns])?

No, because they would have to be maintained forever. For example, some 
options are in wrong sections and we wouldn't be able to move them.

>
> 3.) Handling of unattended mode when specifying a config file:
> Currently there is no connection between --config-file and unattended
> mode. So when you run ipa-server-install using config file, you still
> get asked for missing stuff. Should '--config-file' automatically imply
> '--unattended'?

The behavior should be the same as if you specified the options on the 
command line. So no, --config-file should not imply --unattended.

>
> There are probably other issues to discuss. Feel free to write
> email/ping me on IRC.
>

(I haven't looked at the patch yet.)

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Jan Cholasta