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79	79	\| CONFIGURATION
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81	81
82		*** Without vservers support
83
84	82	1. Copy metche.conf.default to /etc/metche.conf and edit it so that it suits
85	83	your needs.
86	84	2. Read the next sections of this document and the metche(8) manpage.

90	88	See the cron (8) manpage for further explanations on how to create a cron
91	89	job.
92	90
93		*** With vservers support
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	92	\| VSERVERS SUPPORT
	93	`-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
94	94
95		You need one config file per system to be monitored (usually one for the host
96		system, and one per vserver). The "-h <host>" command-line option makes metche
97		use /etc/metche/<host>.conf config file instead of /etc/metche.conf.
	95	Just add one (or more) VServer name to the VSNAMES configuration variable, and
	96	metche will monitor it in addition to the host system:
	97	- the WATCHED_DIR, CHANGELOG_DIR and CHANGELOG_FILE paths are also used,
	98	relatively to your VServer's root directory;
	99	- the "system state" backups will be saved in sub-directory in BACKUP_DIR's,
	100	called the same as the VServer;
	101	- all other configuration variables are used as it.
98	102
99		1. mkdir /etc/metche
100		2. For each system to monitor, follow the next steps (replacing <host> by this
101		host's name) :
102		- copy metche.conf.default to /etc/metche/<host>.conf
103		- edit <host>.conf so that it suits your needs
104		- if the system to monitor is a vserver, edit <host>.conf to set
105		VSERVER_EXEC_PREFIX to something like "/usr/sbin/vserver <host> exec"
106		3. Read the next sections of this document and the metche(8) manpage.
107		4. For each system to monitor, add to /etc/cron.d/metche something like :
108		0-59/5 * * * * root test -x /usr/local/sbin/metche && \
109		/usr/local/sbin/metche -h <host> cron
110		See the cron (8) manpage for further explanations on how to create a cron
111		job.
112
	103	Most of metche commands (namely: list, report and stabilize) support a
	104	'-h <VSERVER>' option:
	105	- if -h is specified, metche only operates on the VServer provided as an
	106	argument;
	107	- else, metche only operates on the host system.
	108
	109	Troubleshooting: in case you have a not-purely-Debianish VServer setup, you may
	110	have to customize some of the VServers-related configuration variables. See the
	111	comments in metche.conf for more details.
	112
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114	114	\| SECURITY WARNING
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