config file generation issues with router-cli.gen-server-conf

[bcix]

Hey,

there are some issues with the config file generation,

a. A config file will not be generated, if no file is already available

./bin/ixptool.php -a router-cli.gen-server-conf -p vlanid=1,target=bird,proto=4 --config=/tmp/bird_v4.conf

ERROR: Cannot open / read specificed configuration file

b. Config file stays empty, output only send to STDOUT

touch /tmp/bird_v4.conf

./bin/ixptool.php -a router-cli.gen-server-conf -p vlanid=1,target=bird,proto=4 --config=/tmp/bird_v4.conf

wc -l  /tmp/bird_v4.conf
0 /tmp/bird_v4.conf

This is on ubuntu 12.04 LTS with PHP 5.4.19-1+debphp.org~precise+3

[barryo]

there are some issues with the config file generation,

a. A config file will not be generated, if no file is already available

|./bin/ixptool.php -a router-cli.gen-server-conf -p vlanid=1,target=bird,proto=4 --config=/tmp/bird_v4.conf

ERROR: Cannot open / read specificed configuration file

This relates to an issue with /tmp/bird_v4.conf.

b. Config file stays empty, output only send to STDOUT

|touch /tmp/bird_v4.conf

Please re-read the documentation (and particular the
Route-Server-Testing page). The --config=... files are not output
files but input files. See also:

https://github.com/inex/IXP-Manager/blob/master/application/configs/route-server-example.conf

If the documentation could be clearer, please also feel free to improve it.

• Barry

[bcix]

Ah, ok, thanks. I thought the header of the route-server "main" config part will be generated through the header.cfg skin and filled up with the variables from the database.

[barryo]

On 04/10/13 11:53, bcix wrote:

Ah, ok, thanks. I thought the header of the route-server "main" config
part will be generated through the |header.cfg| skin and filled up with
the variables from the database.

Some of it yes, but you also need a separate config file. In the future
I may look at pulling more of these from the NetInfo table but, for now,
an external config is required.

• Barry