Role irods_iselect

Summary

Installs the iselect tool as a means to configure commandline access to iRODS zones.

Requires

Linux distribution, also depends on role irods_icommands

Description

The iselect Linux shell command allows the user to select an iRODS zone from a list, then configures the user’s iRODs environment so that the user can connect to that zone. Finallly, iinit is called to allow the user to enter individual settings such as username/password.

Example use iselect:

    iselect
    iselect uu

Without arguments, iselect will present a list of all known zones. An argument can be used to filter the list on zones that partially match the argument.

Known zones are maintained as json key/value structures in a file located at /etc/irods_zones.json. This file is formatted as follows:

     { "<name>": { "description": "some text to describe the zone here...",
                        "config": { <content for .irods_environment file> },
       "<name>": ...
     }

Variables

    irods_iselect_file: "zones-uu.json"

The default value may be overridden to select an alternative source file containing a list of iRODS zones. The file needs to exist in the files section of this role.

History

2021 Written by Ton Smeele (Utrecht University)

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