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Available models and backends
Dominique Dumont edited this page May 16, 2021
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These editors are available for the following applications:
| Application | Installation | description |
|---|---|---|
| Lcdproc |
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Editor and validator of /etc/LCDd.conf. Also used to upgrade configuration during package upgrade on Debian and Ubuntu. See usage and blogs |
| OpenSSH |
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Editor and validator of /etc/ssh/sshd_config, ssh_config and ~/.ssh/config. See usage and blogs |
| Systemd |
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Editor and validator of Systemd configuration files. See usage and blogs |
| Approx |
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Editor and validator of /etc/approx/approx.conf |
| Debian package files |
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Editor and validator of (most of) files in Debian source package directory. See usage |
| Debian Popularity Contest |
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Editor and validator of /etc/popularity-contest.conf |
| Debian Multistrap |
|
Editor and validator of Multistrap configuration file. |
| Config::Model (dogfooding) |
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This one is a special case: it provides a graphical editor to edit configuration model (not configuration data). See this example. |
| Fstab |
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Editor and validator /etc/fstab. Experimental, lots of filesystems are missing. |
| Xorg |
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Editor and validator of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Experimental/stale. Lot of of items are still missing |
| Kerberos | Kerberos model (contributed by Peter Knowles). This project is orphaned and looking for maintainer |
| UI | description |
|---|---|
| Config::Model::TkUI | Graphical interface based on Perl/Tk. |
| Config::Model::CursesUI | Curses interface |
| Config::Model::TermUI | Interactive command line interface |
| Config::Model::FuseUI | Interface based on Fuse. Each configuration parameter gets its file, like Linux /proc virtual file system |
| module name | description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| App::Cme | Provides cme command | released |
| config-model | core framework that interprets configuration models | released |
| config-model-cursesui | Curses interface | beta |
| config-model-tkui | Perl/Tk graphical interface wih wizard | beta |
Comment supported means that comments in configuration files are preserved and shown in the GUI as annotations. Otherwise, comments are discarded.
| Backend | Module | Comment support |
|---|---|---|
| Perl data structure | Built in Config::Model | no |
| Ini file | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::IniFile | yes |
| Shell variables | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::ShellVar | yes |
| Dpkg control syntax | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Dpkg::Control | yes |
| Dpkg copyright syntax | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Dpkg::Copyright | yes |
| Fstab syntax | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Fstab | yes |
| YAML | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Yaml | no |
| JSON | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Json | no |
| OpenSSH client config | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::OpenSsh::Ssh | yes |
| OpenSSH server config | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::OpenSsh::Sshd | yes |
| Approx | Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Approx | yes |
| Augeas | Config::Model::Backend::Augeas | no |