<refnamediv>
<refname>nitsi.settings</refname>
- <refpurpose>Settings file for a nitsi test</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Settings file for a NITSI test</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
- The <filename>settings</filename> file is the main configuration file of the
- <command>nitsi</command> test.
- This file specifies runtime configuration parameters for the test
- and set the virtual environment to use.
+ The <filename>settings</filename> file is the main configuration file
+ of a <command>nitsi</command> test.
+ It specifies runtime configuration parameters for the test
+ and defines the virtual environment to be used.
</para>
<para>
The syntax of the configuration file is based on the INI configuration
- file format. Lines starting with hash (#) or semi-colon (;)
- are ignored.
+ file format.
+ Lines starting with hash (#) or semi-colon (;) are comments.
</para>
</refsect1>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>Name = ""</option>
+ <option>Name</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This option will configure the name of the test
- and can be something more human readbale then the name of the test directory.
+ and should be in human-readable format.
</para>
-
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>Description = ""</option>
+ <option>Description</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This can be a short description of the test to explain
- what we are trying to test and what results we expect when
- we are running the recipe. So when do the test succeed and when do the test fails.
+ A short short description of the test to explain
+ what it is trying to test and what results are expected when
+ running the recipe.
</para>
-
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>Copy_from = ""</option>
+ <option>Copy_from</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The files or directories which should be copied into all virtual machines.
- The paths are relativ to the path of the test directory.
+ Lists files or directories which should be copied into
+ all virtual machines.
+ The paths are relative to the path of the test directory.
</para>
-
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>Copy_to = ""</option>
+ <option>Copy_to</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The path to which the files should be copied. For example /root/
+ The path to which the files should be copied. For example /root.
</para>
-
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>Name = ""</option>
+ <option>Name</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The Name of the virtual environment to use.
+ The name of the virtual environment to use.
</para>
-
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term>
- <option>path = ""</option>
+ <option>path</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The path of the virtual environment relativ to the path of the test.
+ The path of the virtual environment relative to
+ the path of the test directory.
</para>
-
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<simplelist>
<member>[DEFAULT]</member>
<member>Name = Hello World</member>
- <member>Description = This is a
- short description.</member>
+ <member>Description = This is a short description.</member>
<member>Copy_from =</member>
<member>Copy_to = /root/</member>
<member>[VIRTUAL_ENVIRONMENT]</member>
<member>path = ../virtual-environment/basic</member>
</simplelist>
</example>
-
</refsect1>
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