Documentation for LCFG Developers

These tips and howtos relate to extending and developing LCFG, for instance by developing new components.

Recent documents:

• BuildTools - tools for building LCFG components
• UsingLCFGSvn - Tips on working with the LCFG subversion repository
• AutoBuild - the LCFG source auto-builder service
• LcfgSkeleton - creating skeleton code for new components
• SchemaChanges - how to manage changes to LCFG component schemas
• XMLProfileNotes - Notes on the LCFG XML profile structure
• LoadingResources - How to read LCFG resource values from scripts
• ControllingDaemons - How to call service actions (e.g. apache reload) in a platform-independent way.
• EnvInit - Generic support for initialising the environment for component method calls
• BuildDependencies - Standard build dependencies for LCFG components.
• SystemdDocs - Using Systemd with LCFG
• SysInfoDevel - How to query SysInfo from LCFG components and shell scripts
• FileComponentIdeas - Any ideas for how to improve the file component
• CommonMacroIdeas - Proposed cpp convenience and mutation macros which could be added to the LCFG layer

Older documents (which are mostly still relevant):

• ExtraComponentMethod - how to add new methods to a component
• RegressionTesting - incorporating regression tests in component development
• OverrideResources - overriding resources values for testing and debugging
• ResourceChanges - accessing the "old" value when resources change
• SchemaExtension - extending component schemas
• ErrorMap - Spanning map showing compilation errors
• MiscComponentTips - miscellaneous small component tips
• DebuggingDaemons - Tips on debugging daemons controlled by components
• MooseDefaults - Interesting project to reimplement the schema files using Moose
• NewComponents - Adding new components to a machine

Various Thoughts and Ideas

• Possible improvements to the syslog component - SyslogComponent
• LanguageImprovements