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diff --git a/docs/contributing/development.rst b/docs/contributing/development.rst index e39af3a5..c5df8b12 100644 --- a/docs/contributing/development.rst +++ b/docs/contributing/development.rst @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ device if you happen to be a crazy scientist. from vyos.config import Config from vyos import ConfigError - def get_config(): + def get_config(config=None): if config: conf = config else: @@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ device if you happen to be a crazy scientist. # Verify that configuration is valid if invalid: raise ConfigError("Descriptive message") - return True def generate(config): # Generate daemon configs @@ -385,6 +384,24 @@ For easy orientation we suggest you take a look on the ``ntp.py`` or ``interfaces-bonding.py`` (for tag nodes) implementation. Both files can be found in the vyos-1x_ repository. +Other considerations: vyos-configd +---------------------------------- + +All scripts now run under the config daemon and must conform to the +following: + +1. The signature and initial four lines of ``get_config(...)`` `must` be as + above. + +2. Each of ``get_config``, ``verify``, ``apply``, ``generate`` `must` + appear, with signatures as above, even if they are a no-op. + +3. Instantiations of ``Config`` other than that in ``get_config`` `must not` + appear. + +4. The legacy function ``my_set`` `must not` appear: modifications of the + active config `should not` appear in new code (if absolutely necessary, + alternative mechanisms may be used). XML (used for CLI definitions) ============================== |