kdb-spec-mount(1) - Mount a spec file to the key database

kdb spec-mount [/<mountpoint>] [<plugin> [<config>] [..]]

• mountpoint is where in the key database the new backend should be mounted to. It must be a cascading mount pount, i.e., mountpoint must start with /.
• plugin are be extra Elektra plugins to be used (next to the one specified in spec/).
• Plugins may be followed by a , separated list of keys=values pairs which will be used as plugin configuration.

kdb smount is an alias and can be used in the same way as kdb spec-mount.

DESCRIPTION

This command allows a user to mount a new backend described by a previously mounted specification. To mount a specification file first use kdb-mount(7).

The idea of mounting is explained in elektra-mounting(7) and.

The spec namespace contains metaconfiguration that describes the configuration in all other namespaces. The metadata used for the specification is described in METADATA.ini.

During spec-mount the spec keys are searched for relevant metadata:

• For every metadata mountpoint an additional cascading mountpoint will be mounted.
• The infos/* and config/needs from CONTRACT.ini, that are tagged by usedby = spec, will work as described there.
• For other metadata suitable plugins are searched and mounted additionally.

IMPORTANT

This command writes into the /etc directory and as such it requires root permissions. Use kdb file system/elektra/mountpoints to find out where exactly it will write to.

OPTIONS

• -H, --help: Show the man page.
• -V, --version: Print version info.
• -v, --verbose: Explain what is happening.
• -q, --quiet: Suppress non-error messages.
• -p, --profile=<profile>: Use a different kdb profile.
• -R, --resolver=<name>: Specify the resolver plugin to use if no resolver is given, the default resolver is used. See also below in KDB. Note that the resolver will only added as dependency, but not directly added.
• -c, --plugins-config=<config>: Add a plugin configuration for all plugins.
• -C, --color=[when]: Print never/auto(default)/always colored output.
• -W, --with-recommends: Also add recommended plugins and warn if they are not available.

KDB

• /sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/verbose: Same as -v: Explain what is happening.
• /sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/quiet: Same as -q: Suppress default messages.
• /sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/resolver: The resolver that will be added automatically, if -R is not given.
• /sw/elektra/kdb/#0/current/plugins: It contains a space-separated list of plugins and their configs which are added automatically (by default sync). The plugin-configuration syntax is as described above in the synopsis.

EXAMPLES

To mount /example as described in spec/example: kdb spec-mount /example

Additionally, add ini plugin (instead of some default resolver) with some as config: kdb spec-mount /example ini some=value

SEE ALSO

• elektra-glossary(7).
• kdb-umount(7).
• elektra-mounting(7).
• elektra-plugins-framework(7).