missingbits is a module that provides several recipes you can use if you find your self duplicating lots of config. It also has echo, which turned out to be useful for testing.
It was created for a site which uses 1, 3 or 9 zopes depending on a set of conditions.
missingbits:range
This recipe takes a string and will make a list out of it. For example, where as you could write:
[buildout]
parts = cluster
[cluster]
recipe = plone.recipe.cluster
start =
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope0 start
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope1 start
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope2 start
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope3 start
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope4 start
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope5 start
stop =
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope5 stop
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope4 stop
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope3 stop
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope2 stop
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope1 stop
${buildout:bin-directory}/zope0 stop
You can write:
[buildout]
parts = cluster
[zopes]
recipe = missingbits:range
stop = 6
cluster-start = ${{buildout:bin-directory}}/zope{0} start
cluster-stop = ${{buildout:bin-directory}}/zope{0} stop
[cluster]
recipe = plone.recipe.cluster
start = ${zopes:cluster-start.forward}
stop = ${zopes:cluster-stop.reverse}
This is most useful when the number of zopes might vary for different builds of the same site.
Parameters
start
Number to start the range at (Default: 0, Optional)
stop
Number to stop at, but not including. So start of 0 and stop of 6 will get you [0,1,2,3,4,5]. (Mandatory).
step
Number to increment by. (Default: +1, Optional)
foo
Foo is any variable you choose to set on the recipe. A number of duplicates will be made of it and a newline seperated list placed in an output variable. Any occurence of {0} will be replaced with a number for the item in the range we are up to. You can delay evaluation of any buildout variables you are using by escaping them ({{ and }}). If you don't do this, buildout will have to evaluate them before it evaluates this recipe and you might change the order the parts run in.
foo.forward
If you set a variable called foo on the recipe, it will make a foo.forward. This contains the list in ascending order.
foo.reverse
If you set a variable called foo on the recipe, it will make a foo.reverse. This contains the list in descending order.
missingbits:clone
I don't like copying and pasting things in buildout, i tend to make mistakes. So I clone instead.
A site with 4 zopes might look something like this:
[buildout]
parts =
zope0
zope1
zope2
zope3
[zope0]
< = instance
http-address = ${hosts:zope}:${ports:zope0}
event-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope0.event.log
z2-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope0.Z2.log
[zope1]
< = instance
http-address = ${hosts:zope}:${ports:zope1}
event-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope1.event.log
z2-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope1.Z2.log
[zope2]
< = instance
http-address = ${hosts:zope}:${ports:zope2}
event-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope2.event.log
z2-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope2.Z2.log
[zope3]
< = instance
http-address = ${hosts:zope}:${ports:zope3}
event-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope3.event.log
z2-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope3.Z2.log
When the number of zopes can change, we really need to make this more manageable. We could do this instead:
[buildout]
parts = zope-factory
[zope{0}]
< = instance
http-address = ${{hosts:zope}}:${{ports:zope{0}}}
event-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope{0}.event.log
z2-log = /var/log/zope/www.foo.bar.zope{0}.Z2.log
[zope-factory]
recipe = missingbits:clone
template = zope{0}
count = 4
Parameters
template
A part to use as a base for cloning. It should not be referenced in parts and it should not be reference by other parts, especially if it has a recipe. Any buildout variables it has will need to be escaped by using {{ and }}. Any occurences of {0} will be replaced by the number of the clone we are on.
start
Number to start the range at (Default: 0, Optional)
stop
Number to stop at, but not including. So start of 0 and stop of 6 will get you [0,1,2,3,4,5]. (Mandatory).
step
Number to increment by. (Default: +1, Optional)
parts
This variable is set by the recipe and contains a list of the parts that were generated. You can pass it to any recipe taking a list of parts, but you cannot pass it to ${buildout:parts} as the buildout part is evaluated too early.
missingbits:echo
While testing these recipes it was handy to have a no-op recipe that just printed some text. This is that recipe.
You can print text from your buildout like so:
[buildout]
parts = echo
[echo]
recipe = missingbits:echo
echo = Any text you want here
Repository
This software is available from our recipe repository on github.
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· Improve 1.4.3 support.
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