Recent updates to 2.x

[Arran Cudbard-Bell]

Alan DeKok wrote:
> Arran Cudbard-Bell wrote:
>   
>>>  - client sections can now have "ipaddr" or "ipv6addr" fields,
>>>    to use the same syntax as home servers, listen, etc.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Awesome, this makes things much easier ....
>> Now when proxy IPs and shared secrets change,  you can just update them
>> in a single config stanza and have it filter out to the rest of the config.
>>     
>
>   It gets better:
>
> templates {
> 	foo {
> 		ipaddr = 127.0.0.1
> 		secret = "testing123
> 		type = auth
> 		port = 1812
> 	}
> }
> ...
> client foo {
> 	$template templates.foo
> }
>
> listen {
> 	$template templates.foo
> }
>
> home_server foo {
> 	$template templates.foo
> }
>
>   The example isn't complete, of course, but it's pretty close.
>   
And it makes more sense for people who haven't used FR templates before, 
which is everyone...

>>     "Added explicit $template foo.bar.baz function, which means that
>>     you no longer have to put those things into a separate file."
>>
>> Is that templates as in set default values for a stanza templates, that
>> you added a few months back ? 
>>     
>
>   Yes, but better.  Some simple examples with the existing templates
> work.  More complex ones are problematic.  That's why I added the new
> syntax as described above.  It's much cleaner in many respects.
>
>   
>> Previously I noticed you could only use
>> one templates section in the entire config... and although that works
>> ok, it's harder to maintain. So allowing multiple template stanzas would
>> be a good thing.
>>     
>
>   The new one allows the $template syntax to reference absolutely
> anything in the configuration files.
>   
So you could have

In radiusd.conf
templates {
	foo {
		ipaddr = 127.0.0.1
		secret = "testing123
		type = auth
		port = 1812
	}
}
And 
templates {
	bar {
		ipaddr = 127.0.0.2
		etc..
	}
}
in proxy.conf ?

So it'll parse additional template stanzas into the template struct ?

But yes awesome feature :)

>   Alan DeKok.
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Arran