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Posted to commits@ace.apache.org by ja...@apache.org on 2014/11/25 10:33:19 UTC
svn commit: r1641554 - /ace/site/trunk/content/docs/user-guide.mdtext
Author: jawi
Date: Tue Nov 25 09:33:19 2014
New Revision: 1641554
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1641554
Log:
Added links to various authentication docs.
Modified:
ace/site/trunk/content/docs/user-guide.mdtext
Modified: ace/site/trunk/content/docs/user-guide.mdtext
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ace/site/trunk/content/docs/user-guide.mdtext?rev=1641554&r1=1641553&r2=1641554&view=diff
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--- ace/site/trunk/content/docs/user-guide.mdtext (original)
+++ ace/site/trunk/content/docs/user-guide.mdtext Tue Nov 25 09:33:19 2014
@@ -353,8 +353,7 @@ ACE server(s) are not always available o
<tt>agent.logging.level</tt>
: defines the log level of the agent, and should be one of the following values:
-
-<tt>DEBUG</tt>, <tt>INFO</tt>, <tt>WARNING</tt> or <tt>ERROR</tt>. The default log level
+<tt>DEBUG</tt>, <tt>INFO</tt>, <tt>WARNING</tt> or <tt>ERROR</tt>. The default log level
is <tt>INFO</tt>;
<tt>agent.controller.syncinterval</tt>
@@ -397,9 +396,10 @@ commas, for example, <tt>2001,2003,2005,
<tt>agent.connection.authtype</tt>
: defines how to connections to the server are to be authenticated. Valid values are
-<tt>NONE</tt> for no authentication, <tt>BASIC</tt> for using HTTP-BASIC authentication or
-<tt>CLIENTCERT</tt> for using client certificates. In case this option is omitted, a value
-of <tt>NONE</tt> is assumed and no authentication is used. In case of the values
+<tt>NONE</tt> for no authentication, <tt>BASIC</tt> for [using HTTP-BASIC
+authentication](/docs/ace-authentication.html) or <tt>CLIENTCERT</tt> for [using client
+certificates](/docs/ace-client-certificates.html). In case this option is omitted, a
+value of <tt>NONE</tt> is assumed and **no** authentication is used. In case of the values
<tt>BASIC</tt> or <tt>CLIENTCERT</tt>, additional options should be supplied (see below);
<tt>agent.connection.username</tt> and <tt>agent.connection.password</tt>
@@ -424,11 +424,13 @@ the agent needs to synchronize with the
<tt>agent.controller.syncdelay</tt> and <tt>agent.controller.syncinterval</tt> options
above. If a new target is seen this way by an ACE server instead of adding it through the
"+" button above the targets column, it initially will be *unregistered*. This means that
-no metadata is present in the ACE server yet and will not be created. To register a
-target, you can double click the target to edit its properties. On the "Management" tab,
-you can check the "Registered?" option (and optionally the "Auto approve?" option as well)
-and close the dialog by pressing "Ok"[^3]. Once a target is registered, it cannot be
-unregistered unless it is deleted (using the trash-icon).
+no metadata is present in the ACE server yet and will not be created.
+To register a target, you can either double click the target. On the "Management" tab, you
+can check the "Registered?" option (and optionally the "Auto approve?" option as well) and
+close the dialog by pressing "Ok"[^3]. Once a target is registered, it cannot be
+unregistered unless it is deleted using the trash-icon. Alternatively, you can register
+one or more targets directly by selecting them and pressing the "R" button above the
+targets column.
### Using the template engine for targets