wazo-dird

wazo-dird is the directory server for Wazo. It offers a simple REST interface to query all directories that are configured. wazo-dird is extendable with plugins.

• Configuration
• Developer's
• Stock Plugins Documentation

Launching wazo-dird

usage: wazo-dird [-h] [-c CONFIG_FILE] [-d] [-f] [-l LOG_LEVEL] [-u USER]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CONFIG_FILE, --config-file CONFIG_FILE
                        The path where is the config file. Default: /etc/wazo-dird/config.yml
  -d, --debug           Log debug messages. Overrides log_level. Default:
                        False
  -l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level LOG_LEVEL
                        Logs messages with LOG_LEVEL details. Must be one of:
                        critical, error, warning, info, debug. Default: info
  -u USER, --user USER  The owner of the process.

Terminology

Back-end

A back-end is a connector to query a specific type of directory, e.g. one back-end to query LDAP servers, another back-end to query CSV files, etc.

Source

A source is an instance of a back-end. One backend may be used multiples times to query multiple directories of the same type. For example, I could have the customer-csv and the employee-csv sources, each using the CSV back-end, but reading a different file.

Plugins

A plugin is an extension point in wazo-dird. It is a way to add or modify the functionality of wazo-dird. There are currently three types of plugins:

• Back-ends to query different types of directories (LDAP, CSV, etc.)
• Services to provide different directory actions (lookup, reverse lookup, etc.)
• Views to expose directory results in different formats (JSON, XML, etc.)