ibp_server

[server] options

interfaces=host1:port1;host2:port2;

You can have as many host/port combinations as you want. If interfaces is not used then it defaults to using the hostname.

port=my_port

Default port to use. Only used if interfaces is missing. Default is 6714.

password=my_password

Default is ibp. The password is in clear text in the file and transfered over the wire so be warned. It’s really only used for a few calls that I don’t classify as insecure. The depot doesn’t support the ability to change RID’s or settings remotely.

lazy_allocate=[0|1]

Don’t allocate space upon creation just when it is used. The default is 1. Setting to 0 is discouraged.

threads=N

Max number of threads or connections to allow. I tend to make it 2-4 times the number of RID’s

max_pending=N

Max number of pending connections. Default is 8.

max_network_wait_ms=N

Max amount of time in ms allowed to read a command before the connection is closed

timestamp_interval=N

Log file timestamp interval in sec. Default is 60 sec

min_idle=N

Min idle connection time in secs between commands before closing a connection. Default is 30 sec.

backoff_scale=N

Scale factor for calculating backoff time when the max number of incoming connections is reached. The backoff time, in secs, that’s returned is MIN(backoff_max, MAX(1,reject_count*backoff_scale)). reject_count is a tally of rejected connections without success. As soon as a connection is accepted reject_count is reset to 0.

backoff_max=N

Max time, in secs, to wait before a retry. Sent to the client.

big_alloc_enable=[0|1]

Allow 2GB or greater allocations if set to 1.

log_file=output_file

Where to store the log output. If output file is “stdout” or “stderr” then the output is redirected to those devices. Otherwise it goes tothe file.

log_maxsize=N

Max size of the log file in MB before it gets recycled.

log_level=N

Controls verbosity of output with 0 being minimal and 20 being everything.

debug_level=N

Similar to log_level and should be removed.

db_env_loc=my_env

Where to store the RID DB environment files. If set to “local” then each RID keeps it’s own DB environment. This is the default.

db_mem=N

Amount of memory to use for the DB cache. Default is 256MB. If db_env_loc=local this should be much smaller, say 16MB.

activity_file=my_activity_log

Where to store the activity log. This is a compressed log of all IBP commands the depot attempts to execute. You can use print_alog to replay these log files.

activity_maxsize=N

Max size of each activity file in MB.

activity_max_history=N

Number of old activity files to keep. The default is 1.

activity_host=host

Hostname or IP address of where to send the activity logs to. IF not declared then the logs are deleted based on activity_max_history.

activity_port=port

Port on host to send the logs.

force_resource_rebuild=N

Only used in case of an emergency to do a file system walk to rebuild the RID DBes. The default value is 0 and if set to 2 a complete rebuild is done. A value of 1 used to have a meaning and shouldn’t be used.....Oops.

truncate_duration=N

This is useful if you shorten the depots max duration. If set to 1 and force_resource_rebuild=2 then the depot rebuilds DBes and truncates any allocations with excessive durations.

soft_fail=[0|1]

Controls how a client connection is handled when encountering an IBP error. The default, soft_fail=0, is to always close the client connection on any error. If soft_fail=1 then for most errors the client connection is not terminated. It is always terminated on malformed commands.

return_cap_id=[0|1]

The default method, 0, is to return a dummy argument for the typekey since the depot doesn’t use it. if 1 the allocation’s file name, id, is returned. This facilitates debugging but is less secure.

rid_log=fname

Output file to record drive additions/removals from a running ibp_server. The initial drives in the config file are not flagged only IBP server manually ejected drives and those using the ibp_[attach|detach]_rid routines. Default is /log/rid.log

rid_check_interval = N

How often to check for failed drives. Defaults to 15 sec

eject_timeout = N

Eject a drive that has failed for this length of time in sec. Defaults to 35 secs or 2 checks if using the default check interval.

[phoebus] options

gateway=phoebus_host1/port1,phoebus_host2/port2,....

This is the default Phoebus path to use. Must be specified (even if not enabled) and points to the default Phoebus host. Can be filled with anything if not enabled. This parameter is pased directly to phoebus and is the reason for using “/” and ”,” notation which is different for other parameters.

[access_control] options

These options control access to each individual IBP command. They all take an access control list argument which is a collection of ACL’s each ACL can have the form:

• host
• ip_address
• host/bit_mask
• ip_address/bit_mask

Multiple ACL’s are separated by a ”;”. Specify “open” to leave the command unfiltered. Local access can be granted using the keyword “local”.

default=ACL

This is the default ACLs to use for any command NOT specified. The default is “open”. All chksum command ACLs are covered by the non-chksum versions

ibp_allocate=ACL

ibp_split_allocate=ACL

ibp_merge_allocate=ACL

ibp_status=ACL

ibp_manage=ACL

ibp_write=ACL

ibp_store=ACL

ibp_load=ACL

ibp_send=ACL

ibp_phoebus_send=ACL

ibp_rename=ACL

ibp_alias_allocate=ACL

ibp_alias_manage=ACL

ibp_push=ACL

ibp_pull=ACL

internal_get_config=ACL

internal_get_alloc=ACL

internal_get_corrupt=ACL

internal_date_free=ACL

internal_expire_list=ACL

internal_undelete=ACL

internal_rescan=ACL

internal_ibp_mount=ACL

internal_ibp_umount=ACL

RID options

Each Resource is defined by 2 sections – [resource RID] and [db RID] – where RID is the resource ID.

[resource RID] options

rid=my_rid

This should match the RID in the section. It’s redundant and should be removed.

mode=[read, write, manage]

Comma seperated list of access modes. The default mode is to enable full access. The most common usage is when a drive is failing and you mark it as read-only while the data is being copied/repaired.

cache_expire=N

How long, in seconds, to cache block level chksums when doing read operations. If the same allocation block is accessed within this timeframe the full block is not re-read to validate the chksum. It is assumed to be good and just the data requested is accessed. The default is 30 sec.

n_cache=N

Number of allocation block chksums to cache. The default is 100,00.

max_duration=N

Max allocation duration in sec.

resource_type=dir

Type of resource. Currently the only option is “dir” for a directory resource.

device=/resource/path

Directory to use for storing data

update_alloc=[0|1]

Update each allocation header in addition to it’s DB entry if set to 1. Default is 1.

enable_read_history=[0|1]

Keep a log of the last 16 read commands on the allocation if set to 1.

enable_write_history=[0|1]

Keep a log of the last 16 write commands on the allocation if set to 1.

enable_manage_history=[0|1]

Keep a log of the last 16 manage commands on the allocation if set to 1.

enable_alias_history=[0|1]

Keep a log of the last 16 alias operations on the allocation if set to 1.

cleanup_interval=N

Cleanup thread interval in sec. Default is 600 sec. This controls how often the check for expired data is run. Any expired data is then moved to the expired recycle bin. After the expire check runs the thread then looks for any recycle bin data that has exhausted it’s grace period and physically removes it.

rescan_interval=N

How often the recycle bins are inventoried. At any point a person can change in the the trash directories and manually remove files. When this occurs the amount of space in the recycle bins differs from what the depot thinks is their. In this case the recycle directories should be rescanned using the ibp_rescan tool.

delete_grace_period=N

Amount of time a deleted allocation stays in the deleted recycle bin before being purged.

expire_grace_period=N

Amount of time a deleted allocation stays in the deleted recycle bin before being purged.

preexpire_grace_period=N

Extra time in secs an expired allocation can be used before it is moved to the expired recycle bin. This is really intended to give an application a brief window to easily recover an expired allocation before it’s moved to the recycle bin where it’s much more complicated to recover.

max_size=N

Max amount of disk space to use in MB.

soft_size=N

Max amount of space to use for “soft” allocations in MB.

hard_size=N

Max amount of space to use for “hard” allocations in MB.

minfree_size=N

Minimum amount of free space to leave on the device in MB.

preallocate=[0|1]

Preallocate allocation space if 1. This writes 0’s to the allocation guaranteeing the space. The default is 0. This will greatly reduces performance and is discouraged.

[db RID] options

loc=/path/to/db/files

Specifies the location to place all DB files and optionally the DB environment if “local” is used.