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Affa is a command line tool for system administrators and is intentionally designd without a GUI. Therefore it can be efficiently managed on the console and over slow internet connections.
Affa is a command line tool for system administrators and is intentionally designd without a GUI. Therefore it can be efficiently managed on the console and over slow internet connections.
==== Affa features at a glance ====
==== Affa features at a glance ====
* Logs in /var/log/affa with optional debug switch for more verbosity
* Logs in /var/log/affa with optional debug switch for more verbosity
* Log files are rotated weekly, with 5 logs kept
* Log files are rotated weekly, with 5 logs kept
=== Download and Installation ===
=== Download and Installation ===
Download the '''''smeserver-affa''''' package from [http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/michaelw/sme7/affa/ one of the SME Server contrib mirrors].<br>
Download the '''''smeserver-affa''''' package from [http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/michaelw/sme7/affa/ one of the SME Server contrib mirrors].<br>
Download the '''''perl-Filesys-DiskFree''''' package from [http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/perl-Filesys-DiskFree/ DAG] or from one of the mirrors above. For SME 7 you need the [http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/perl-Filesys-DiskFree/perl-Filesys-DiskFree-0.06-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm perl-Filesys-DiskFree-0.06-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm] package.
Download the '''''perl-Filesys-DiskFree''''' package from [http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/perl-Filesys-DiskFree/ DAG] or from one of the mirrors above. For SME 7 you need the [http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/perl-Filesys-DiskFree/perl-Filesys-DiskFree-0.06-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm perl-Filesys-DiskFree-0.06-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm] package. Install both RPMs.
Install both RPMs.
=== Quick start example ===
=== Quick start example ===
# generate the DSA keys and send the public key to the 'prodbox'<br><code># affa --send-key prodbox</code>
# generate the DSA keys and send the public key to the 'prodbox'<br><code># affa --send-key prodbox</code>
# run the job manually<br><code># affa --run prodbox</code>
# run the job manually<br><code># affa --run prodbox</code>
=== Configuration ===
=== Configuration ===
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|-
| rsync--modify-window
| rsync--modify-window
| interger >= 0 || When comparing two timestamps, rsync treats the timestamps as being equal if they differ by no more than the modify-window value. This is normally 0 for an exact match. A value >= 0 is useful if you can't get the clocks of the source and the Affa server in sync.
| integer >= 0 || When comparing two timestamps, rsync treats the timestamps as being equal if they differ by no more than the modify-window value. This is normally 0 for an exact match. A value >= 0 is useful if you can't get the clocks of the source and the Affa server in sync.
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|-
| StrictHostKeyChecking
| StrictHostKeyChecking
| yes ''or'' no || set to no to disable ssh host key check. Useful, when several servers behind a firewall should be reached over different forwarded ssh ports. Avoids the 'Offending key in...' prompt. Default setting is 'yes'.
| yes ''or'' no || set to no to disable ssh host key check. Useful, when several servers behind a firewall should be reached over different forwarded ssh ports. Avoids the 'Offending key in...' prompt. Default setting is 'yes'.
|}
|}
==== Default configuration properties ====
==== Default configuration properties ====
