global BackendConfigs

[kfix]

Could it be possible to have a shared set of default configs for all of the backends, so they wouldn't have to be redeclared for each Resource?

This would allow a setup more like confd. but could be overridden on a per-resource basis

example config.toml:

log_level   = "debug"
log_format  = "json"
include_dir = "/etc/remco/resource.d/"
pid_file    = "/var/run/remco/remco.pid"
log_file    = "" # stdout

[backends.file]
filepath    = "/defaults.yml"
watch       = true
keys        = "/"
# any access to / will use this yml, if not overidden

[[resource]]
  name = "haproxy"
  [[resource.template]]
    src         = "/etc/remco/templates/haproxy.cfg"
    dst         = "/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg"
    check_cmd   = "somecommand"
    reload_cmd  = "somecommand"
    mode        = "0644"
    # will be using defaults.yml

   [[resource.template]]
    src         = "/etc/remco/templates/haproxy.cfg"
    dst         = "/etc/haproxy/haproxy-dev.cfg"
    check_cmd   = "somecommand"
    reload_cmd  = "somecommand"
    mode        = "0644"
    [resource.backend]
      [resource.backend.file]
          filepath = "/dev.yml"
          watch = true
          keys = "/"

[HeavyHorst]

Yes, that should be possible.
I think it would be best to set the default values per resource and not global for all resources.

maybe like this:

log_level   = "debug"
log_format  = "json"
include_dir = "/etc/remco/resource.d/"
pid_file    = "/var/run/remco/remco.pid"
log_file    = "" # stdout

[[resource]]
  name = "haproxy"

 [resource.default_template]
     mode = "744"
     [backends.file]
        filepath    = "/defaults.yml"
        watch       = true
        keys        = "/"
       # any access to / will use this yml, if not overidden

  [[resource.template]]
    src         = "/etc/remco/templates/haproxy.cfg"
    dst         = "/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg"
    check_cmd   = "somecommand"
    reload_cmd  = "somecommand"
    mode        = "0644"
    # will be using defaults.yml

   [[resource.template]]
    src         = "/etc/remco/templates/haproxy.cfg"
    dst         = "/etc/haproxy/haproxy-dev.cfg"
    check_cmd   = "somecommand"
    reload_cmd  = "somecommand"
    mode        = "0644"
    [resource.backend]
      [resource.backend.file]
          filepath = "/dev.yml"
          watch = true
          keys = "/"

what do you think ?

[kfix]

Thanks for reviewing!
I'm just finding the remco / confd syntax very verbose compared to salt (which I ended up using).

If all my resources use the same backends, but different keys perhaps, why should they all have to fully-address the same backend on their own?

Its worth pointing out that I'm trying to use remco to configure multiple resources on a real Ubuntu instance, not just a single microservice.
It seems that microservice setup is confd / remco's typical use case.

You can close if this doesn't interest you, I'm too clueless with Go to implement a PR myself.

[HeavyHorst]

I am definitely interested in such a possibility and see how it can be useful.

log_level   = "debug"
log_format  = "json"
include_dir = "/etc/remco/resource.d/"
pid_file    = "/var/run/remco/remco.pid"
log_file    = "" # stdout

 [default_template]
     src = "/etc/remco/templates/haproxy.cfg"
     mode = "644"
     [backends.file]
        filepath    = "/defaults.yml"
        watch       = true
        keys        = "/"
       # any access to / will use this yml, if not overidden

[[resource]]
  name = "haproxy"

  [[resource.template]]
    dst         = "/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg"
    check_cmd   = "somecommand"
    reload_cmd  = "somecommand"
    # will be using defaults.yml

   [[resource.template]]
    dst         = "/etc/haproxy/haproxy-dev.cfg"
    check_cmd   = "somecommand"
    reload_cmd  = "somecommand"
    [resource.backend]
      [resource.backend.file]
          filepath = "/dev.yml"
          watch = false
          keys = "/someotherkey"

what do you think about this format?

[HeavyHorst]

It is now possible to set global default backend settings:

      log_level = "debug"
      log_format = "text"
      include_dir = "/tmp/resource.d/"
      
      [default_backends]
      [default_backends.file]
          onetime  = true
          prefix   = "/bla"

[fardin01]

It is now possible to set global default backend settings:

      log_level = "debug"
      log_format = "text"
      include_dir = "/tmp/resource.d/"
      
      [default_backends]
      [default_backends.file]
          onetime  = true
          prefix   = "/bla"

@HeavyHorst So when default backend is a file, there is no filepath? It's not in the documentation, but I don't understand who remco can figure out which file to use. Then I set filepath for it, and the configuration data isn't found .

[HeavyHorst]

filepath should work fine.
The default backend configs can take the same values as the other configs.

Here is an example:

  #remco.toml                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  ################################################################                                                                                                                                              
  # Global configuration                                                                                                                                                                                        
  ################################################################                                                                                                                                              
  log_level   = "debug"                                                                                                                                                                                         
  log_format  = "text"                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  [default_backends]                                                                                                                                                                                            
  [default_backends.file]                                                                                                                                                                                       
          filepath = "/home/rkaufmann/Downloads/test.yml"                                                                                                                                                       
          onetime  = true                                                                                                                                                                                       
          keys     = [""]                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                
  ################################################################                                                                                                                                              
  # Resource configuration                                                                                                                                                                                      
  ################################################################                                                                                                                                              
  [[resource]]                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    name = "test"                                                                                                                                                                                               
    [[resource.template]]                                                                                                                                                                                       
      src         = "/home/rkaufmann/Downloads/test.tpl"                                                                                                                                                        
      dst         = "/home/rkaufmann/Downloads/test.tpl.out"                                                                                                                                                    
      mode        = "0644"                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    #[resource.backend]                                                                                                                                                                                         
      #[resource.backend.file]                                                                                                                                                                                  
              #filepath = "/home/rkaufmann/Downloads/test.yml"                                                                                                                                                  
              #onetime    = true                                                                                                                                                                                
              #keys     = [""]