X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?p=sysdb.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsysdb.7.txt;h=383784855281edd1b8372edcb460b62106b6f287;hp=1c99fbe8d6e1eedc59ca84d2448358c1570cb6e3;hb=0a3dd5b9b97e25156412a95bcecf25f8d75c72fc;hpb=b20ef4934fb69472b9f027e3e93b9329307501f9 diff --git a/doc/sysdb.7.txt b/doc/sysdb.7.txt index 1c99fbe..3837848 100644 --- a/doc/sysdb.7.txt +++ b/doc/sysdb.7.txt @@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ CONCEPTS SysDB's features are build around a set of concepts which are explained in this section. +Object Store +~~~~~~~~~~~~ +The central part of SysDB's database is the object store which stores all +objects (hosts, services) known to SysDB. The implementation is provided by a +"store" plugin and may be backed by arbitrary data-stores. At least one store +plugin has to be loaded to let the daemon do its work. + Hosts and Services ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The basic building block of SysDB's store are host and service objects @@ -60,8 +67,8 @@ attributed with all "fact" values known to Puppet. This allows to query hosts based on facts like architecture or LSB information using query commands like *LOOKUP* (see manpage:sysdbql[7]). -Host and service objects are managed by backend plugins and queried from other -systems, like inventory databases or monitoring systems. +Host and service objects are provided and updated by backend plugins and +queried from other systems, like inventory databases or monitoring systems. Hostname Canonicalization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ SEE ALSO -------- manpage:sysdb[1], manpage:sysdbd[1], manpage:sysdbql[7] -The SysDB homepage: http://sysdb.io/ +The SysDB homepage: https://sysdb.io/ AUTHOR ------