From 01c3fd209335e1fe28e662a9b142d88fe7dcc745 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Harl Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:44:23 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] sysdb(7): Briefly mention the object store. --- doc/sysdb.7.txt | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/sysdb.7.txt b/doc/sysdb.7.txt index 6e81c47..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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.30.2