lmenezes/cerebro

Debian/RPM packages: Please put configuration directly in /etc

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#369 opened on May 16, 2019

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Description

Thank you for providing Debian/RPM Packages. They place the configuration into /etc by using a symbolic link like:

root@kibana:~# ls -l /etc/cerebro
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Apr  5 10:48 /etc/cerebro -> /usr/share/cerebro/conf

However that breaks managing configuration files with a Git repository within /etc as Git would not follow the symbolic link.

Please consider installing the configuration directly within /etc/cerebro directory.

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Research direction
Modify the Debian/RPM packaging scripts to copy the configuration files directly to /etc/cerebro instead of using a symbolic link. Ensure the package post installation script handles the copy correctly and removes the symlink if present.
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devopsinfrastructurebuild system
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1
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Clear
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Packaging basicsShell scripting
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70