Name

crm_attribute — manipulate attributes in the CIB

Synopsis

crm_attribute [options]

Description

The crm_attribute command queries and manipulates node attributes and cluster configuration options that are used in the CIB.

Options

--help, -?

Print a help message.

--verbose, -V

Turn on debug information.


Increase the level of verbosity by providing additional instances.

--quiet, -Q

When doing an attribute query using -G, print just the value to stdout. Use this option with -G.

--get-value, -G

Retrieve rather than set the preference.

--delete-attr, -D

Delete rather than set the attribute.

--attr-id string, -i string

For advanced users only. Identifies the id attribute.

--attr-value string, -v string

Value to set. This is ignored when used with -G.

--inhibit-policy-engine, -!

For advanced users only.

--node-uuid node_uuid, -u node_uuid

Specify the UUID of the node to change.

--node-uname node_uname, -U node_uname

Specify the uname of the node to change.

--set-name string, -s string

Specify the set of attributes in which to read or write the attribute.

--attr-name string, -n string

Specify the attribute to set or query.

--type string, -t type

Determine to which section of the CIB the attribute should be set or to which section of the CIB the attribute that is queried belongs Possible values are nodes, status, or crm_config.

Additional Options:

Type	Additional Options
`nodes`	`-(U\|u) -n [-s]`
`status`	`-(U\|u) -n [-s]`
`crm_config`	`-n [-s]`

Examples

Query the value of the location attribute in the nodes section for the host myhost in the CIB:

crm_attribute -G -t nodes -U myhost -n location

Query the value of the cluster-delay attribute in the crm_config section in the CIB:

crm_attribute -G -t crm_config -n cluster-delay

Query the value of the cluster-delay attribute in the crm_config section in the CIB. Print just the value:

crm_attribute -G -Q -t crm_config -n cluster-delay

Delete the location attribute for the host myhost from the nodes section of the CIB:

crm_attribute -D -t nodes -U myhost -n location

Add a new attribute called location with the value of office to the set subsection of the nodes section in the CIB (settings applied to the host myhost):

crm_attribute -t nodes -U myhost -s set -n location -v office

Change the value of the location attribute in the nodes section for the myhost host:

crm_attribute -t nodes -U myhost -n location -v backoffice

Files

/var/lib/heartbeat/crm/cib.xml—the CIB (minus status section) on disk. Editing this file directly is strongly discouraged.

Author

crm_attribute was written by Andrew Beekhof.