[kea-dev] Check kea configuration

[Marcin Siodelski]

Yes, I think it would be useful. Can you please open a ticket?

Marcin

W dniu 2015-03-19 o 09:43, Chaigneau, Nicolas pisze:
> Hello,
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> Is it possible to check that Kea's configuration is valid, without actually trying to start the server ?
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> (if not, would it be possible to add this, perhaps with a new command line parameter to kea-dhcp4 for instance ?)
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> I think of this because, from my experience, it is very easy to botch the configuration. (For instance, a comma not removed at the end of a list. I'm doing this quite often.)
> That's not really an issue in development: you notice it fails to start, the message displayed allows to precisely locate the issue. You just fix the configuration, and start again.
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> But in production, Kea will be run on several nodes of a cluster. The server will be restarted through the cluster.
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> If the configuration is incorrect, the cluster will not be happy, and it will be more difficult to figure out what went wrong and restore a nominal cluster situation.
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> So it would be really useful to be able to check a configuration, before actually try to start or reconfigure the server with this configuration.
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> What do you think ?
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> Regards,
> Nicolas.
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