Tool support¶
Two command line tools are included with Reahl: reahl-control and reahl. The reahl-control script is available in production environments as well as in development environments; reahl is only used in development. These tools are extensible – you could add a component that includes new commands that would automatically be added to one of the command line tools.
One example of the use of the command line tools has to do with configuration settings. Reahl has a system of configuration that allows the programmer of each individual component to specify just the configuration needed for that specific component. This means that a running application (which consists of many components), needs a configuration directory containing a configuration file for each component used by the application. Without tool support it would be cumbersome for a system administrator in this scenario to find out what config is needed, and in what file each setting goes.
All commands implemented by reahl-control operate on an application, given its configuration directory.
In order to manage configuration, the listconfig command can show which config settings are in use, which are defaulted, in which file each one should go, what each setting is for, etc. For example, the command:
reahl-control listconfig -f -i ./reahl/doc/examples/features/widgets/etc
would respond with a listing of each configuration setting used by the
application configured in ./reahl/doc/examples/features/widgets/etc (the
tabbed panel example).
For each configuration setting the tool will list which file it would be configured in (-f), and give information about what the setting is for (-i). (Note that not all configuration files need to be present in that directory, most configuration settings have sensible defaults set.)
Listing config for ./reahl/doc/examples/features/widgets/etc/
reahlsystem.connection_uri reahl.config.py The database connection URI
reahlsystem.databasecontrols reahl.config.py All available DatabaseControl classes
reahlsystem.debug reahl.config.py Enables more verbose logging
reahlsystem.orm_control reahl.config.py The ORM control object to be used
reahlsystem.root_egg reahl.config.py The egg of the project
reahlsystem.serialise_parallel_requests reahl.config.py Whether concurrent requests to the web application should be forcibly serialised
web.default_http_port web.config.py The http port used when an encrypted connection is not required
web.default_http_scheme web.config.py The http scheme used when an encrypted connection is not required
web.encrypted_http_port web.config.py The http port used for encrypted connections.
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To see what is offered by reahl-control, issue:
reahl-control -h