CN1332304C - Method for uniformly configuring configuration files - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for uniform configuration of configuration files, which includes the following steps: setting a unified configuration file composed of configuration items in the configuration file in the system, and at least including configuration items in the unified configuration file The relevant information of the configuration item of the value is displayed through the configuration interface; configure the configuration item value in the provided configuration interface; the system performs corresponding operations according to the configured configuration item value. The scheme of the present invention realizes the configuration of the configuration file through the configuration interface, and does not need to switch to each directory to manually open the configuration file for modification, simplifies the operation of the user to configure the configuration file, and simplifies the time required for configuration. This shortens the time required to install the system and improves customer satisfaction. The invention also realizes the legitimacy verification of configuration information, ensures the legitimacy of configuration item values, and improves configuration accuracy.

Description

A method for unified configuration of configuration files

technical field

The present invention relates to the configuration technology of configuration files in the system, more precisely, relates to a method for uniform configuration of configuration files.

Background technique

With the development of the software industry, applications in various systems are becoming more and more complex, and users have higher and higher requirements for these systems, and they often hope to customize the relevant configurations in the system according to their own needs. Based on these characteristics, the system needs to provide users with a large amount of configuration information, and users need to configure a large amount of information in the system.

These systems include Unix system, Linux system and other various operating systems. Taking the Unix system as an example, for the convenience of users, the Unix system provides a large amount of configuration information, which brings great trouble to the installation of the system. This is because the configuration files in the Unix system are scattered in different directories. Therefore, when installing the Unix system, users need to open different configuration files in different directories for configuration. In the case of many configuration files in the Unix system , it will obviously be very troublesome for users to operate.

In addition, the current configuration scheme also has the following disadvantages:

1. The vast majority of users find it very difficult and inconvenient to operate commands (VI) to open files and perform text operations under the Unix system. Specifically, VI operations are executed in the form of command lines, and users need to input VI And the corresponding information, obviously this is more troublesome, and the VI operation is an indispensable operation for configuring the configuration file, which also causes inconvenience for users to modify the configuration file.

2. The current configuration scheme is manually carried out by the user, so it is easy to misconfigure certain configuration items, and these configuration items have no corresponding verification after configuration, which makes users make mistakes due to negligence Finally, the error can only be found by looking for the configuration items one by one. Obviously, it is difficult to locate the error.

3. The user must know the configuration items to be modified and the directory where these configuration items are located, so it often takes a long time to read the installation and configuration manual. Even so, some configuration items are often missed.

4. The current configuration file can only provide configuration in one language, which limits the configuration of configuration files for users who use different languages.

After the system is installed, it is often necessary to modify the configuration files in the system. In this case, the above-mentioned problems also exist.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the main problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for uniformly configuring configuration files, so that configuration files do not need to be searched for each configuration file at the same time.

In order to solve the above problems, the technical solution of the present invention is implemented as follows: a method for uniform configuration of configuration files, the method includes the following steps:

a. Set a unified configuration file composed of configuration items in the configuration file in the system, and set verification information for the configuration items, and display the configuration item related information including at least configuration item values in the unified configuration file through the configuration interface ;

b. Configure the configuration item values in the configuration interface provided in step a;

c. The system performs corresponding operations according to the configuration item values configured in step b that pass the verification.

In the step a, the configuration item-related information provided by the unified configuration file further includes: the name of the configuration item, the configuration file where the configuration item is located, and the write command for storing the value of the configuration item in the configuration file where the configuration item is located;

The step c includes: the system stores the set configuration item value into the configuration file where the configuration item is located through a write command, and performs corresponding operations according to the configuration file where the configuration item is located.

In the step a, the relevant information of the configuration item further includes: a read command for reading the current value of the configuration item in the configuration file;

Before the step b, it further includes: the system reads out the value of the current configuration item in the configuration file where the configuration item is located through the read command, and displays it through the configuration interface.

The verification information in step a further includes: the data type and/or value range of the configuration item value;

The step between step b and step c further includes: the system judges whether the configuration is legal according to the data type and/or value range, and if it is legal, it passes the verification and performs the operation of step c; otherwise, it fails the verification Validate and reject the entered configuration item value.

The step a further includes: setting default values for the configuration items in the unified configuration file, and displaying the configuration item values in the configuration interface as the default values.

The step a further includes: setting default values for the configuration items in the unified configuration file;

The configuration item-related information in step a further includes: an acquisition command for a default value;

The step b includes: acquiring the value of the configuration item through the acquisition command of the default value, and using the acquired value of the configuration item as the currently set value of the configuration item.

In the step a, the relevant information of the configuration items further includes: display information of configuration interfaces in different languages;

Before the step b, it further includes: the system displays a corresponding configuration interface according to the selected display information.

In the step a, the related information of the configuration items further includes: description information of the configuration items in different languages.

The relevant information of the configuration item further includes: multi-machine information;

The step c further includes: the system sets the configuration items of the server corresponding to the multi-machine information according to its existing host trust relationship.

The method may further include: the system saves the configuration item value after each configuration, and displays the saved configuration item value when the configuration item needs to be configured; selects one or more configuration item values from the saved configuration item values As the current configuration item value, the system performs corresponding operations according to the selection.

The system is a Unix system or a Linux system.

The scheme of the present invention sets a unified configuration file composed of configuration items in the existing configuration file in the system, and displays the relevant information of the configuration items in the unified configuration file through the configuration interface, so that the configuration file can be directly configured through the configuration interface. configuration, instead of switching to each directory and manually opening the configuration file for modification, which simplifies the user's operation of modifying the configuration file.

The solution of the invention greatly simplifies the time required for configuration by summarizing configuration items, shortens the time required for system installation, and improves customer satisfaction. For systems with many configuration items, the configuration time can be reduced by half.

The present invention also enables the system to perform legality verification on the configured information by setting the data type and/or value range used for legality verification, thereby ensuring the legitimacy of configuration item values and the correctness of applications , also improves the accuracy of the configuration.

The solution of the present invention can also save the previous modification log through the system, so that the previous modification information can be directly obtained, and a certain previous modification information can also be directly selected as the current configuration information.

For the system with host trust relationship, the present invention also realizes modifying configuration items of multiple servers at the same time by setting multi-machine information.

The configuration items set by the present invention can be quickly customized according to the needs of users, and can be dynamically added, deleted, and modified, ensuring the flexibility of configuration, and the unified configuration file provided by the present invention can be quickly generated through the windows graphical interface .

In addition, the configuration interface provided by the solution of the present invention for systems such as Unix and Linux also helps to improve the overall image of system products.

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Fig. 1 is the realization flowchart of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a man-machine interactive menu interface based on the scheme of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The scheme of the present invention can be used in various systems including Unix systems and Linux systems that are provided with configuration files, and the applications in various systems are basically the same, so the Unix system is used as an example below, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments , the scheme of the present invention is described in further detail.

The main flow of the solution of the present invention is shown in Figure 1, corresponding to the following steps:

Step 101. Merge the configuration items in all the configuration files that the user needs to configure into one configuration file, call this configuration file a unified configuration file, and provide the configuration items to the user through the unified configuration file in the form of a configuration interface .

Specifically, the relevant information corresponding to the configuration item provided in step 101 includes at least the value of the configuration item, so that the user can modify the value of the configuration item accordingly. The name of the configuration item should also be included, so that the user can determine the configuration item that needs to be modified through the name of the configuration item; and set the configuration file where the corresponding configuration item is located, referred to as the file where the configuration item is located, so that the system can save the modified configuration item information to the configuration item. In addition, the corresponding write command name needs to be set, and the system will write the modified result into the file where the configuration item is located through this command.

For the most commonly used ini file in the Unix system, the write command can be: write_value_to_profile, and for the csh environment variable configuration file, the write command can be write_cshrc. Write commands can be continuously expanded according to the complexity of the configuration file.

In addition, in practical applications, the configuration items that need to be configured by the user may be only a certain part of all configuration items. In this case, the merging method in step 101 can be used, that is, only the configuration items required by the user are merged. . Of course, it is also possible to directly merge all configuration items in the system into a unified configuration file.

An embodiment of the configuration interface provided in this step is shown in FIG. 2 .

Step 102, modify the configuration items provided by the configuration interface as required.

Through the configuration of the configuration items in step 101 above, the user can directly make corresponding modifications according to the configuration items provided by the configuration interface.

Specifically, the user first determines the configuration item that needs to be modified according to the name of the configuration item, and inputs the current information that needs to be modified into the configuration interface.

Step 103, the system performs corresponding operations according to the modification made by the user.

After the user enters the configuration item information through the configuration interface, the system determines the file where the configuration item is located, and writes the input information into the configuration file according to the write command. The corresponding operation can then be performed based on the information in the configuration file.

The configuration items can be modified through the above steps.

Certainly, in order to enable the user to configure the configuration item more conveniently, the configuration item can also be further set. These settings are described below.

You can further set a read command for the configuration item, and the system will read the current value of the configuration item in the configuration file according to the read command. In this way, the user can judge whether the current value needs to be modified. If the current value is exactly what the user needs, then The user does not have to enter the value again. For the most commonly used ini file in the Unix system, the read command can be: read_value_from_profile, and for the csh environment variable configuration file, the read command can be read_cshrc. The read command is the same as the write command, and can also be continuously expanded according to the complexity of the configuration file.

In order to verify the currently modified data, it is also possible to further set corresponding verification information for the configuration item. For example, if the corresponding data type is set, if the type of the currently input data is inconsistent with the set data type, it is determined that the user input is wrong, and the current operation can be prompted to be illegal, and the modification can be rejected. Among them, the set data type can be character string (string), integer (int), IP address (ip), etc. If it is set to ip, the system will perform strict ip legality check on the data input by the user.

It is also possible to set a corresponding value range. If the currently input data does not meet the set value range, it is also determined that the user input is wrong, prompting that the current operation is illegal, and rejecting the modification. Wherein, the set value range may include an enumeration type and a value range.

Of course, in order to make the verification more effective, the corresponding data type and value range can also be set at the same time, so that the system accepts the data only when the currently input data satisfies the data type and value range at the same time.

Since most configuration items have their own default values, corresponding default value information can also be set for configuration items, so that the system will directly display the default value to the user. If the user agrees with the default value, the default value can be directly used as the input data without making other modifications to the configuration item. The system will enter the default value into the configuration file corresponding to the configuration item through the write command, and then perform corresponding operations according to the configuration file.

Similar to default values, most configuration items also have their own default values. Since a configuration item may have multiple default values, it is necessary to set the corresponding default value to get the command. The user can select the corresponding default value through this command, and the system will write the default value selected by the user into the configuration file corresponding to the configuration item through the write command, and then perform corresponding operations according to the configuration file.

You can also set the corresponding language display type for the configuration item, and set the corresponding configuration item information, so that users who master various languages can easily set the data type. For example, Chinese and English display can be set for the configuration interface. If the user chooses Chinese display, the displayed information will be in Chinese. Similarly, descriptions in Chinese and English can also be set, so that the user can more easily determine the role of each configuration item according to the description, and assist the user to give the most appropriate configuration item value.

The above gives some configuration item information that may be frequently used. In fact, other configuration item information can also be set as needed. For example, since there are different types of configuration files, some configuration files are read in sections, so corresponding configuration item information can be set for this situation.

In addition, the system can also save all modifications made by the user to the configuration file through a modification log. The modification log can include information such as the name of each configuration item, configuration item value, modification time, and of course, further information such as the reason for the modification. In this way, each time a configuration item needs to be modified in the future, the system can display corresponding information according to the modification log, and can restore the information in the configuration file to a previous modification according to the user's requirements.

Also, since the system can have a host trust relationship, multi-machine information can be further set in the configuration item, so that the system can check the corresponding configuration item in the server corresponding to the multi-machine information according to its own existing host trust relationship. to modify. Among them, all configuration items can be modified synchronously, and according to needs, it can also be defined that only some configuration items are modified synchronously.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. A method for uniform configuration of configuration files, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: a. Set a unified configuration file composed of configuration items in the configuration file in the system, and set verification information for the configuration items, and display the configuration item related information including at least configuration item values in the unified configuration file through the configuration interface ; b. Configure the configuration item values in the configuration interface provided in step a; c. The system performs corresponding operations according to the configuration item values configured in step b that pass the verification. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that in the step a, the configuration item related information provided by the unified configuration file further includes: the name of the configuration item, the configuration file where the configuration item is located, and the value stored in the configuration item Enter the write command in the configuration file where the configuration item is located; The step c includes: the system stores the set configuration item value into the configuration file where the configuration item is located through a write command, and performs corresponding operations according to the configuration file where the configuration item is located. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein in the step a, the relevant information of the configuration item further includes: a read command for reading the current value of the configuration item in the configuration file; Before the step b, it further includes: the system reads out the value of the current configuration item in the configuration file where the configuration item is located through the read command, and displays it through the configuration interface. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the verification information in step a includes: the data type and/or value range of the configuration item value; The step between step b and step c further includes: the system judges whether the configuration is legal according to the data type and/or value range, and if it is legal, it passes the verification and performs the operation of step c; otherwise, it fails the verification Validate and reject the entered configuration item value. 5. The method according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said step a further comprises: setting default values for the configuration items in the unified configuration file, and displaying the configuration item values in the configuration interface is the default value described. 6. The method according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein said step a further comprises: setting default values for configuration items in the unified configuration file; The configuration item-related information in step a further includes: an acquisition command for a default value; The step b includes: acquiring the value of the configuration item through the acquisition command of the default value, and using the acquired value of the configuration item as the currently set value of the configuration item. 7. The method according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that in step a, the relevant information of the configuration items further includes: display information of configuration interfaces in different languages; Before the step b, it further includes: the system displays a corresponding configuration interface according to the selected display information. 8. The method according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that in step a, the relevant information of the configuration items further includes: description information of the configuration items in different languages. 9. The method according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the relevant information of the configuration item further includes: multi-machine information; The step c further includes: the system sets the configuration items of the server corresponding to the multi-machine information according to its existing host trust relationship. 10. The method according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that the method further comprises: the system saves the value of the configuration item after each configuration, and displays the saved value when the configuration item needs to be configured Configuration item value: select one or more configuration item values from the saved configuration item values as the current configuration item value, and the system performs corresponding operations according to the selection. 11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the system is a Unix system or a Linux system.

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