whatsup 0.1.1

安装whatsup

whatsup可通过中的easy_install或python setup.py安装 来自python源代码https://svn.openplans.org/svn/whatsup的常用方法。建议的安装步骤是 virtualenv：

python <(curl http://svn.colorstudy.com/virtualenv/trunk/virtualenv.py) whatsup
cd whatsup
. bin/activate
mkdir src
cd src
svn co https://svn.openplans.org/svn/whatsup
cd whatsup
python setup.py develop

您还需要联系人和站点的数据文件（.ini）。由 默认这些活动在${VIRTUAL_ENV}/src/whatsup/contacts和 ${virtual{env}/src/whatsup/sites，尽管这是可配置的。

实例化whatsup

whatsup由paste.ini文件提供：

paster serve whatsup.ini

应用程序选项可以在 [app:whatsup]节，前缀为whatsup.：

• contacts, sites: location of the contacts and sites files. can be a single file or a directory containing .ini files
• auto_reload: whether to reload the configuration on each request
• ping: whether to ping the sites
• ping_frequency: how often, in seconds, to ping the sites
• smtp_from: who to send email as if the user does not specified
• smtp_server: mail server to use. If not specified, whatsup will not send email

whatsup contact.ini文件

contact.ini文件包含一个或多个节，每个节对应 给一个联系人。节的名称应为 联系。每个联系人可指定多个数据：

• email: comma separated list of email addresses.
• phone: comma separated list of phone numbers
• irc: comma separated list of IRC names
• aim: AIM screenname
• url: canonical web presence
• contact: description of how to contact this person, or a filename containing that information

对于每个逗号分隔的列表，第一项被视为主要项。

whatsup site.ini文件

一个site.ini文件包含一个或多个节，每个节对应于 一个网站。按照惯例，节名称是 地点。可为每个站点指定多个数据：

• url: location of the site. If not specified, the url will be from the section name (presumedly the domain name)
• contact: comma separated list of contacts in case of site outage
• description: brief description of the website
• outage_procedure: if specified, a description of what to do in case the site is down or a filename containing that information. By default, this links to the contact form which emails the contacts upon submission.
• trac: URL of the associated Trac site