[Linux-cluster] cluster.conf arguments sent to fence agents

Digimer linux at alteeve.com
Tue Mar 2 05:18:22 UTC 2010


On 10-03-01 11:40 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
>>    I've built a new fence device and am now trying to sort out how and
>> what arguments CMAN (?) sends to the fence agent. Is there a document
>> explaining this interaction?
>>
>>    From looking at other fence agents, it seems like CMAN sends either a
>> series of single-dashed arguments followed by their values or a list of
>> arguments, one argument per new line. What I don't know is how CMAN
>> interprets the arguments in the<fence>...</fence>  statement to
>> arguments sent to the actual fence agent.
>>
>> Thanks for any help!
>
> Funny, I am hammering away on this now trying to write a Perl fence_ifmib
> replacement:)
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/wiki/FenceAgentAPI
>
> I also made a fencing agent that simply takes stdin and write it to a file
> to make sure I know what's being passed.
>
> It will push through whatever you put in there!
>
> jlc

Awesome, thanks!

Queued that up for light reading in the morning. :)

Digi




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