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.TH dispersion.conf 5 "8/26/2011" "Linux" "OpenStack Swift"

.SH NAME 
.LP
.B dispersion.conf
\- configuration file for the openstack-swift dispersion tools 

.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.B dispersion.conf

.SH DESCRIPTION 
.PP
This is the configuration file used by the dispersion populate and report tools.
The file format consists of the '[dispersion]' module as the header and available parameters. 
Any line that begins with a '#' symbol is ignored. 


.SH PARAMETERS
.PD 1 
.RS 0
.IP "\fBauth_url\fR"
Authentication system URL 
.IP "\fBauth_user\fR" 
Authentication system account/user name
.IP "\fBauth_key\fR"
Authentication system account/user password 
.IP "\fBswift_dir\fR"
Location of openstack-swift configuration and ring files
.IP "\fBdispersion_coverage\fR"
Percentage of partition coverage to use. The default is 1.
.IP "\fBretries\fR"
Maximum number of attempts
.IP "\fBconcurrency\fR"
Concurrency to use. The default is 25.
.IP "\fBdump_json\fR"
Whether to output in json format. The default is no.
.IP "\fBcontainer_report\fR"
Whether to run the container report. The default is yes.
.IP "\fBobject_report\fR"
Whether to run the object report. The default is yes.
.RE
.PD

.SH SAMPLE
.PD 0 
.RS 0
.IP "[dispersion]"
.IP "auth_url = https://127.0.0.1:443/auth/v1.0"
.IP "auth_user = dpstats:dpstats"
.IP "auth_key = dpstats"
.IP "swift_dir = /etc/swift"
.IP "# dispersion_coverage = 1"
.IP "# retries = 5"
.IP "# concurrency = 25"
.IP "# dump_json = no"
.IP "# container_report = yes"
.IP "# object_report = yes"
.RE
.PD 

 
.SH DOCUMENTATION
.LP
More in depth documentation about the swift-dispersion utilities and
also Openstack-Swift as a whole can be found at 
.BI http://swift.openstack.org/admin_guide.html#cluster-health
and 
.BI http://swift.openstack.org


.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR swift-dispersion-report(1),
.BR swift-dispersion-populate(1)