MFDATA documentation

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction to MFDATA
  • 1.1. What is mfdata?
  • 1.2. How do plugins work?
  • 1.3. Why would I use mfdata?
• 2. How to configure the metwork yum repository ?
  • 2.1. Prerequisites
  • 2.2. Choose a version
  • 2.3. Configure the metwork yum repository for CentOS 6 distribution
  • 2.4. Configure the metwork yum repository for CentOS 7 distribution
  • 2.5. Test
• 3. How to install/upgrade/remove mfdata metwork module (with internet access)
  • 3.1. Prerequisites
  • 3.2. Install mfdata metwork module
  • 3.3. Full installation
  • 3.4. Minimal installation
  • 3.5. Optional Addons
    • 3.5.1. Optional dependencies addons
    • 3.5.2. Optional mfdata addons
  • 3.6. Services
  • 3.7. Uninstall mfdata metwork module
  • 3.8. Upgrade mfdata metwork module
  • 3.9. Uninstall all metwork modules
  • 3.10. Upgrade all metwork modules
• 4. How to configure mfdata metwork module ?
  • 4.1. General
    • 4.1.1. How to configure a metwork module (mfserv, mfbase, mfdata…) during development process ?
      • 4.1.1.1. Find the module configuration file config.ini
      • 4.1.1.2. Understand the inheritance process
      • 4.1.1.3. Override a key
      • 4.1.1.4. Understand the link between “configuration file” and “environment variables”
      • 4.1.1.5. Understand what is overriden during module upgrades
    • 4.1.2. How to configure plugins during development process ?
    • 4.1.3. How to configure a metwork module (mfserv, mfbase, mfdata…) during production deployment process ?
    • 4.1.4. How to configure plugins during production deployment process ?
• 5. Quick Start
  • 5.1. Create your first plugin
    • 5.1.1. Create the plugin
    • 5.1.2. Run the plugin
    • 5.1.3. Release the plugin
    • 5.1.4. Deploy the plugin
  • 5.2. Use of the ungzip plugin
• 6. Additional Tutorials
  • 6.1. A PNG to JPEG conversion plugin
  • 6.2. Sending a file by FTP
  • 6.3. Using the batch template
  • 6.4. Create a plugin from scratch
    • 6.4.1. Create the plugin
    • 6.4.2. Set dependencies
    • 6.4.3. Fill in the plugin
    • 6.4.4. Override a configuration parameter
    • 6.4.5. Using the after callback
• 7. Release and Deploy a plugin
  • 7.1. Release a plugin
  • 7.2. Deploy a plugin in a production environment
• 8. Plugins guide
  • 8.1. Commands
    • 8.1.1. plugins.list
    • 8.1.2. plugins.install
    • 8.1.3. plugins.uninstall
    • 8.1.4. plugin_env
    • 8.1.5. plugin_wrapper
    • 8.1.6. Inside your plugin env
      • 8.1.6.1. make develop
      • 8.1.6.2. make release
      • 8.1.6.3. make clean
      • 8.1.6.4. make superclean
      • 8.1.6.5. make
      • 8.1.6.6. python3_virtualenv_sources/requirements-to-freeze.txt
      • 8.1.6.7. python2_virtualenv_sources/requirements-to-freeze.txt
      • 8.1.6.8. FIXME/nodejs
• 9. Identify particular types of files
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Example:
• 10. Miscellaneous
  • 10.1. The switch plugin tags attributes
  • 10.2. Inject data files in HTTP
  • 10.3. Plugins with more than one step
  • 10.4. The outside Metwork command
  • 10.5. The crontab support
  • 10.6. MFDATA - How it works ?
• 11. MFDATA Log
• 12. XATTRFILE API
• 13. ACQUISITION API
• 14. Layer root
  • 14.1. Overview
  • 14.2. Metadata
    • 14.2.1. Layer Home
    • 14.2.2. Label
    • 14.2.3. Dependencies
  • 14.3. Utilities
    • 14.3.1. mfdata.start
    • 14.3.2. mfdata.stop
    • 14.3.3. mfdata.status
    • 14.3.4. mfdata_wrapper
• 15. Layer python2
  • 15.1. Overview
  • 15.2. Metadata
    • 15.2.1. Layer Home
    • 15.2.2. Label
    • 15.2.3. Dependencies
• 16. Layer python3
  • 16.1. Overview
  • 16.2. Metadata
    • 16.2.1. Layer Home
    • 16.2.2. Label
    • 16.2.3. Dependencies