Available models and backends

Table of Contents Available models and configuration editors Available user interfaces Available framework modules Available backend

Available models and configuration editors

These editors are available for the following applications:

Application	Installation	description
Lcdproc	cpan: Config::Model::LcdProc Debian: lcdproc git: config-model-lcdproc	Editor and validator of /etc/LCDd.conf. Also used to upgrade configuration during package upgrade on Debian and Ubuntu
OpenSSH	cpan: Config::Model::OpenSsh Debian: libconfig-model-openssh-perl git: config-model-openssh	Editor and validator of /etc/ssh/sshd_config, ssh_config and ~/.ssh/config.
Approx	cpan: Config::Model::Approx Debian: libconfig-model-approx-perl git: config-model-approx	Editor and validator of /etc/approx/approx.conf
Debian package files	Debian: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl git: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl	Editor and validator of (most of) files in Debian source package directory. See doc
Debian Popularity Contest	cpan: within Config::Model. See doc Debian: libconfig-model-perl git: within libconfig-model-perl	Editor and validator of /etc/popularity-contest.conf
Config::Model (dogfooding)	cpan: Config::Model::Itself Debian: libconfig-model-itself-perl git: config-model-itself	This one is a special case: it provides a graphical editor to edit configuration model (not configuration data). See this example
Fstab	cpan: within Config::Model. See doc Debian: libconfig-model-perl git: within libconfig-model-perl	Editor and validator /etc/fstab. Experimental, lots of filesystems are missing.
Xorg	cpan: Config::Model::Xorg git: config-model-xorg	Editor and validator of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Experimental/stale. Lot of of items are still missing
Kerberos	cpan: Config::Model::Xorg git: config-model-kerberos	Kerberos model (contribured by Peter Knowles). This project is orphaned and looking for maintainer

Available user interfaces

UI	description
Config::Model::TkUI	Graphical interface based on Perl/Tk.
Config::Model::CursesUI	Curses interface
Config::Model::TermUI	Interactive command line interface
Config::Model::FuseUI	Interface based on Fuse. Each configuration parameter gets its file, like Linux /proc virtual file system

Available framework modules

module name	description	Status
App::Cme	Provides cme command	released
config-model	core framework that interprets configuration models	released
config-model-cursesui	Curses interface	beta
config-model-tkui	Perl/Tk graphical interface wih wizard	beta

Available backend

Comment supported means that comments in configuration files are preserved and shown in the GUI as annotations. Otherwise, comments are discarded.

Backend	Module	Comment support
Perl data structure	Built in Config::Model	no
Ini file	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::IniFile	yes
Shell variables	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::ShellVar	yes
Dpkg control syntax	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Dpkg::Control	yes
Dpkg copyright syntax	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Dpkg::Copyright	yes
Fstab syntax	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Fstab	yes
YAML	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Yaml	no
JSON	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Json	no
OpenSSH client config	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::OpenSsh::Ssh	yes
OpenSSH server config	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::OpenSsh::Sshd	yes
Approx	Provided by Config::Model::Backend::Approx	yes
Augeas	Config::Model::Backend::Augeas	no