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authorRob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com>2012-01-12 18:16:01 -0500
committerRob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com>2012-01-12 05:46:24 -0500
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Document the ping plugin.
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/1903
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diff --git a/ipalib/plugins/ping.py b/ipalib/plugins/ping.py
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--- a/ipalib/plugins/ping.py
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@@ -24,7 +24,31 @@ from ipalib import _, ngettext
from ipapython.version import VERSION, API_VERSION
__doc__ = _("""
-Ping the remote IPA server
+Ping the remote IPA server to ensure it is running.
+
+The ping command sends an echo request to an IPA server. The server
+returns its version information. This is used by an IPA client
+to confirm that the server is available and accepting requests.
+
+The server from xmlrpc_uri in /etc/ipa/default.conf is contacted first.
+If it does not respond then the client will contact any servers defined
+by ldap SRV records in DNS.
+
+EXAMPLES:
+
+ Ping an IPA server:
+ ipa ping
+ ------------------------------------------
+ IPA server version 2.1.9. API version 2.20
+ ------------------------------------------
+
+ Ping an IPA server verbosely:
+ ipa -v ping
+ ipa: INFO: trying https://ipa.example.com/ipa/xml
+ ipa: INFO: Forwarding 'ping' to server u'https://ipa.example.com/ipa/xml'
+ -----------------------------------------------------
+ IPA server version 2.1.9. API version 2.20
+ -----------------------------------------------------
""")
class ping(Command):