fod.conf
The fod.conf file contains FOD configuration information. All sections are required.
The command fodinfo displays configuration information from this file.
Parameters section
Defines FOD configuration.
Structure
The first and last lines are:
Begin Parameters
End Parameters
Each subsequent line describes one configuration parameter. All parameters are required.
FOD_ADMIN
Syntax
FOD_ADMIN=user_name
Description
The FOD administrator. Specify a valid UNIX user account.
FOD_CLUSTERNAME
Syntax
FOD_CLUSTERNAME=cluster_name
Description
The FOD cluster name.
FOD_LOG_DIR
Syntax
FOD_LOG_DIR=dir
Description
Location of the FOD log files.
FOD_PORT
Syntax
FOD_PORT=integer
Description
UDP port used by FOD. Specify any port number from 512 to 65536.
FOD_WORK_DIR
Syntax
FOD_LOG_DIR=dir
Description
Location of the FOD working files.
Hosts section
Lists the FOD management host candidates.
Structure
The Hosts section begins and ends with the lines Begin Hosts and End Hosts. The second line is column heading, HOSTNAME. Subsequent lines list candidate management hosts, one name per line:
Begin Hosts
HOSTNAME
host_name1
host_name2
End Hosts
- HOSTNAME
Specify a fully qualified host name such as hostX.mycompany.com. The first host listed is the management host.
The domain name may be omitted if all the hosts are in the same DNS domain.
Applications section
The application controlled by FOD. Specify only one application.
Structure
Begin Applications
NAME Path PARAMS FATAL_EXIT_VALUE
application_name dir parameters (integer...)
End Applications- NAME
- The name of the application managed by FOD.
- PATH
- The path to the location of the application.
- PARAMS
- The application parameters. Specify a dash (-) to indicate that the application has no parameters.
- FATAL_EXIT_VALUE
- Optional. Exit values for which FOD does not automatically restart the application. Specify a space-separated list of one or more exit values, within parentheses.