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diff --git a/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/python/README.rst b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/python/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3990f6300 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/libcharon/plugins/vici/python/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +About +----- + +The strongSwan VICI protocol allows external applications to monitor, configure +and control the IKE daemon charon. This Python package provides a native client +side implementation of the VICI protocol, well suited to script automated tasks +in a reliable way. + + +Example Usage +------------- + +.. code-block:: python + + >>> import vici + >>> s = vici.Session() + >>> s.version() + OrderedDict([('daemon', b'charon'), ('version', b'5.4.0'), + ('sysname', b'Linux'), ('release', b'3.13.0-27-generic'), ('machine', b'x86_64')]) + >>> s.load_pool({"p1": {"addrs": "10.0.0.0/24"}}) + OrderedDict([('success', b'yes')]) + >>> s.get_pools() + OrderedDict([('p1', OrderedDict([('base', b'10.0.0.0'), ('size', b'254'), + ('online', b'0'), ('offline', b'0')]))]) |