NAME

RackMan - Main backend module

SYNOPSIS

    use RackMan;
    use RackMan::Config;

    my $config  = RackMan::Config->new(-file => "/etc/rack.conf");
    my $rackman = RackMan->new({ config => $config });

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a simple interface to access and fetch information about RackObjects from the RackTables database.

METHODS

connection

Connect to the RackTables database using the parameters from the configuration file.

device

Alias for device_by_name().

device_by_id

Try to find and return the RackObject with the given ID.

device_by_name

Try to find and return the RackObject with the given name.

get_scm

Return a RackMan::SCM object corresponding to the tool selected by the configuration file and command line options.

process

Process and execute an action as given from the command line.

Arguments are expected to be:

• the action name

• optional action options, as a plain hash

• RackObject name

error

Class method to print an error and exit.

error_n

Class method to print an error, preceded by a newline, and exit.

set_status

Class method to set the return status of the program.

status

Class method to get the return status of the program.

warning

Class method to print a warning.

AUTHOR

Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni (sebastien@aperghis.net)

cpanm RackMan

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install RackMan