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<!-- Please adjust the date whenever revising the manpage. -->
- <!ENTITY dhdate "<date>June 16, 2007</date>">
+ <!ENTITY dhdate "<date>February 11, 2009</date>">
<!-- SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection other parameters are
allowed: see man(7), man(1). -->
<!ENTITY dhsection "<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>">
<copyright>
<year>2006</year>
<year>2007</year>
+ <year>2008</year>
+ <year>2009</year>
<holder>Google Inc.</holder>
</copyright>
&dhdate;
&dhucpackage;
&dhsection;
- <refmiscinfo>ganeti 1.2</refmiscinfo>
+ <refmiscinfo>ganeti 2.0</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>&dhpackage;</refname>
- <refpurpose>ganeti daemon</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>ganeti node daemon</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>&dhpackage; </command>
<arg>-f</arg>
+ <arg>-d</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<para>
The <command>&dhpackage;</command> is the daemon which is
- responsible for the cluster functions in the ganeti system.
+ responsible for the node functions in the ganeti system.
</para>
<para>
For testing purposes, you can give the <option>-f</option>
option and the program won't detach from the running terminal.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Debug-level message can be activated by giving the
+ <option>-d</option> option.
+ </para>
<refsect2>
<title>ROLE</title>
<para>
</para>
<para>
+ Also, in some cases the startup/shutdown of the master daemon
+ are done via the node daemon, and the cluster IP address is
+ also added/removed to the master node via it.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
If the node daemon is stopped, the instances are not affected,
but the master won't be able to talk to that node.
</para>
<refsect2>
<title>COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL</title>
<para>
- Currently the master-node protocol is done using the Twisted
- perspective broker libraries.
+ Currently the master-node RPC is done using a simple json-RPC
+ over HTTP(S).
</para>
</refsect2>