Re: [naviserver-devel] Explanation of last changes

[Vlad S. <vl...@cr...>]

Auto magic i do not like myself but it seems too restrictive to have 
some dummy server definition to start server if there will be only one 
server anyway. Virtual servers are good feature for advanced use, we 
used them before when had multiple servers.

But to start one simple web server, i think it does not need to be that 
complicated, enabling module you want and have it running is good way to 
immediately see it working. I agree, making it open or less secure just 
to be able simply run is bad, but if security is not involved and no 
changes in the core for running default/complex configs, maybe it is not 
that bad once it documented and logged?

Stephen Deasey wrote:
> On 9/7/06, Vlad Seryakov <vl...@cr...> wrote:
>> - if no servers defined, it will run server "default", i.e. it silently
>> creates server "default" in config section "ns/servers"
> 
> 
> Er, no.
> 
> No crazy magic to auto-create config behind your back.  Virtual
> servers just aren't complicated.  They're a feature, and they're
> embedded deeply into the core code (all the references to char *server
> in the C API) so it's not going any where quickly.
> 
> I agree with your over all goal, which is to have a minimal config
> file able to boot and run a functional server, right?  This is
> definitely a good idea.
> 
> The current sample-config.tcl doesn't handle this case well, and it
> shouldn't -- it's supposed to be a complete reference to all config
> values.
> 
> 
> So, we need some other way to handle basic servers.  Magic config
> construction just isn't the way to do it though.  How about we move
> nsd-min.tcl you just added to contrib (dumping ground, grrr...) into
> the top level, and call it simple-config.tcl?
> 
> We'll have two config files ship by default:
> 
>   sample-config.tcl -- Exhaustive list of all config variables
>   simple-config.tcl -- Basic config needed to run a single virtual server.
> 
> They will be identical in the sense that the resulting running server
> will have the same properties, because the sample-config.tcl will be
> illustrating *optional* config values, and possibly they''' all be
> commented out.
> 
> We can rename 'server1' to 'default' if you like.
> 
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