administrative¶

Administrative module.

exception spicerack.administrative.ReasonError[source]¶

Custom exception class for errors of the Reason class.

class spicerack.administrative.Reason(reason: str, username: str, hostname: str, *, task_id: Optional[str] = None)[source]¶

Class to manage the reason for administrative actions.

Initialize the instance.

Parameters

reason (str) -- the reason to use to justify an administrative action. The username and the hostname where the action was originated will be added to the reason automatically. The reason is meant to be passed to remote execution in double quotes, allowing to use Bash variables, if needed. Therefore the reason cannot contain double quotes.
username (str) -- the username to mention in the reason as the author of the action.
hostname (str) -- the hostname to mention in the reason as the host originating the action.
task_id (str, optional) -- the task ID to mention in the reason.

Raises

spicerack.administrative.ReasonError -- if any parameter contains double quotes.

__str__() → str[source]¶

String representation of the instance, including all attributes.

Example

Example return value when the task ID is not set:
```
Given reason - username@hostname
```

Example return value when the task ID is set:

Given reason - username@hostname - T12345

Returns: the generated string representation of all the instance attributes.
Return type: str

Double quoted string representation of the instance, including all attributes.

Example

Example return value when the task ID is not set:
```
"Given reason - username@hostname"
```

Example return value when the task ID is set:

"Given reason - username@hostname - T12345"

Returns: the generated string representation of all the instance attributes, double quoted.
Return type: str

property hostname: str¶

Getter for the hostname property.

property owner: str¶

Getter for the owner property.

Example

Example return value:

username@hostname

property reason: str¶

Getter for the reason property.

property task_id: Optional[str]¶

Getter for the task ID property.