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diff --git a/doc/unsorted/development_writing_plugins.txt b/doc/unsorted/development_writing_plugins.txt deleted file mode 100644 index cc0bd7c00..000000000 --- a/doc/unsorted/development_writing_plugins.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -.. -*- mode: rst -*- - -.. _unsorted-development_writing_plugins: - -=============== -Writing Plugins -=============== - -Server Plugin Types -=================== - -Generator ---------- - -Generator plugins contribute to literal client configurations - -Structure ---------- - -Structure Plugins contribute to abstract client configurations - -Metadata --------- - -Signal metadata capabilities - -Connector ---------- - -Connector Plugins augment client metadata instances - -Probing -------- - -Signal probe capability - -Statistics ----------- - -Signal statistics handling capability - -Decision --------- - -Signal decision handling capability - -Version -------- - -Interact with various version control systems - -Writing Server Plugins -====================== - -Metadata --------- - -If you would like to define your own Metadata plugin (to extend/change functionality of the existing Metadata plugin), here are the steps to do so. We will call our new plugin `MyMetadata`. - -#. Add MyMetadata.py - - .. code-block:: python - - __revision__ = '$Revision$' - - import Bcfg2.Server.Plugins.Metadata - - class MyMetadata(Bcfg2.Server.Plugins.Metadata.Metadata): - '''This class contains data for Bcfg2 server metadata''' - __version__ = '$Id$' - __author__ = 'bcfg-dev@mcs.anl.gov' - - def __init__(self, core, datastore, watch_clients=True): - Bcfg2.Server.Plugins.Metadata.Metadata.__init__(self, core, datastore, watch_clients) - -#. Add MyMetadata to `src/lib/Server/Plugins/__init__.py` -#. Replace Metadata with MyMetadata in the plugins line of bcfg2.conf |