PowerTools Documentation: Index | Terminology


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1 Script package (SP)

A third-party collection of files that provide some desired functionality within a domain.

2 Deployable script package (DSP)

A package consisting of the script package (SP) to be made available to the domains, and any utility files necessary for deployment. DSP is also referred as Powertool.

3 Deployable script package instance (DSPI)

A particular deployment of a deployable script package (DSP) within a site. An instance can be identified by its site ID, package name and version, and instance configuration.

4 WEBppliance Script Installer

An add-on to WEBppliance that provides the Appliance Administrator, Reseller, and Site Administrator summary/configuration pages, as well as the backend for managing DSPs. The add-on also provides various utility libraries to ease DSP development. The initial WEBppliance Script Installer will ship with some set of DSPs pre-packaged with it.

5 Deployable API (dAPI)

The interface between the WEBppliance Script Installer and DSPs.
This may be referred as DL.

6 Message triplet

A tuple of severity (one of NOTICE, WARNING, or ERROR), code (a DSP specific message code), and context dictionary. These triplets are used to ease localization issues.

7 DSPI configuration

In terms of the python interfaces mentioned below, this is a python dictionary containing the configuration of a particular instance. Each dictionary will have at least the following keys: 'shortname' (shortname of DSP), 'version' (version of DSP), 'dapiversion' (version of dAPI for this DSP), 'dapirelease' (release of dAPI for this DSP). Any other keys present will belong to DSP-specific options.

8 AA

Appliance Administrator

9 RA

Reseller Administrator

10 SA

Site Administrator
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