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docs: feature/roles: update outdates site config docs

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=====
It is possible to define a set of roles you want to distinguish at backend side. One node can own one
role which it will announce via alfred inside the mesh. This will make it easier to differentiate
role which it will announce via alfred inside the mesh. This will make it easier to differentiate
nodes when parsing alfred data. E.g to count only **normal** nodes and not the gateways
or servers (nodemap). A lot of things are possible.
......@@ -11,17 +11,21 @@ For this the section ``roles`` in ``site.conf`` is needed::
roles = {
default = 'node',
list = {
node = 'Normal Node',
test = 'Test Node',
backbone = 'Backbone Node',
service = 'Service Node',
'node',
'test',
'backbone',
'service',
},
},
The strings to display in the LuCI interface are configured per language in the
``i18n/en.po``, ``i18n/de.po``, etc. files of the site repository using message IDs like
``gluon-luci-node-role:role:node`` and ``gluon-luci-node-role:role:backbone``.
The value of ``default`` is the role every node will initially own. This value should be part of ``list`` as well.
If you want node owners to change the defined roles via config-mode you can add the package
``gluon-luci-node-role`` to your ``site.mk``. Then, you can select one of the defined roles from a dropdown list
where the right-handed value is the one which is displayed and the left-handed key the one which is configured into
where the right-handed value is the one which is displayed and the left-handed key the one which is configured into
the system.
The role is saved in ``gluon-node-info.system.role``. To change the role using command line do::
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part of ``list``. If you want node owners to change the role via config mode add
the package ``gluon-luci-node-role`` to ``site.mk``.
The strings to display in the LuCI interface can be configured per language in the
The strings to display in the LuCI interface are configured per language in the
``i18n/en.po``, ``i18n/de.po``, etc. files of the site repository using message IDs like
``gluon-luci-node-role:role:node`` and ``gluon-luci-node-role:role:backbone``.
::
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