A collection of classes and commands for automated command line scripting using Python.
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.. _topics-configuration:
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Configuration
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Generating Commands From a File
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The :py:class:`scripttease.parsers.ini.Config` class may instantiate commands by loading a configuration file.
.. note::
Additional formats such as JSON or YAML may be supported in the future.
An example file:
.. code-block:: ini
[install apache]
install: apache2
[create the web site directory]
mkdir: /var/www/domains/example_com/www
recursive: yes
[set permissions on the website directory]
perms: /var/www/domains/example_com/www
group: www-data
mode: 775
owner: www-data
Notes regarding this format:
- This is the standard format for Python's ConfigParser. If you prefer, you may use ``=`` instead of ``:``.
- The first part of each command is the INI section and is used as the default comment.
- The command name *must* be the *first* option in the section.
- The arguments for the command appear as the value of the first option in the section. Arguments are separated by a
space.
- Arguments that should be treated as a single value should be enclosed in double quotes.
- ``yes`` and ``no`` are interpreted as boolean values.
- List values, where required, are separated by commas.
.. _topics-configuration-common-parameters:
Common Parameters
-----------------
All commands support the following common parameters:
- ``comment``: A comment regarding the command.
- ``condition``: A condition for execution. For example, ``! -f /path/to/some/file.txt``
- ``cd``: The path from which a command should be executed.
- ``environments``: A string or list of comma-separated strings indicating the operational environments in which the command runs. This is *not* used by default, but may be used to programmatically filter commands for a specific environment. For example, development versus live.
- ``prefix``: A statement to be added prior to executing the command.
- ``register``: A variable name to which the the success or failure (exit code) of the statement is captured.
- ``shell``: The shell used to run the commands. For example, ``/bin/bash``. This is generally not important, but can be a problem when attempting to execute some commands (such as Django management commands).
- ``stop``: ``True`` indicates no other commands should be executed if the given command fails.
- ``sudo``: ``True`` indicates the command should be automatically prefixed with ``sudo``. If provided as a string, the command is also prefixed with a specific user name.
- ``tags``: A list of tags used to classify the command.
Defining an "Itemized" Command
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Certain command definitions may be repeated by defining a list of items.
Example of an "itemized" command:
.. code-block:: ini
[create multiple directories]
mkdir: /var/www/domains/example_com/$item
items: www, www/assets, www/content
recursive: yes
[touch a bunch of files]
touch: /var/www/domains/example_com/www/$item
items: index.html, assets/index.html, content/index.html
.. note::
Command itemization may vary with the command type.
Pre-Parsing Command Files as Templates
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Configuration file may be pre-processed as a Jinja2 template by providing a context dictionary:
.. code-block:: ini
[install apache]
install: apache
[create the website directory]
mkdir: /var/www/domains/{{ domain_tld }}/www
recursive: yes
[set permissions on the website directory]
perms: /var/www/domains/{{ domain_tld }}/www
group: www-data
mode: 775
owner: www-data
Then with a config instance:
.. code-block:: python
context = {
'domain_tld': "example_com",
}
config = Config("commands.ini", context=context)
config.load()
for command in config.get_commands():
print(command.get_statement(cd=True))
print("")