Turtles is a tool to manage LOCKSS plugin sets and LOCKSS plugin registries.
Latest release: 0.5.0 (2024-09-04)
Turtles is available from the Python Package Index (PyPI) as lockss-turtles (https://pypi.org/project/lockss-turtles), and can be installed with pip.
The installation process adds a turtles Command Line Tool. You can check at the command line that the installation is functional by running turtles version or turtles --help.
- Python 3.7 or greater.
- Additional prerequisites depending on the types of Plugin Set Builders or Plugin Registry Layouts in use (see their respective requirements).
Prerequisites for development work only:
- Poetry 1.4 or greater.
You can install Turtles with pip.
To install it in your own non-root, non-virtual environment, use the --user option:
pip3 install --user lockss-turtles
To install it in a virtual environment, simply use:
pip3 install lockss-turtles
!DANGER!
Do not run pip3/pip as root, with sudo or otherwise.
You can use Turtles to build (package and sign) LOCKSS plugins from one or more LOCKSS plugin sets (codebases containing plugins).
You will need to define one or more Plugin Sets, list them in a Plugin Set Catalog, and declare your Plugin Signing Credentials.
You then use the build-plugin command to build plugins, or the release-plugin command to build and deploy plugins (equivalent of build-plugin followed by deploy-plugin).
You can use Turtles to deploy LOCKSS plugins to LOCKSS plugin registries.
You will need to define one or more Plugin Registries and declare them in a Plugin Registry Catalog.
You then use the deploy-plugin command to deploy plugin JARs, or the release-plugin command to build and deploy plugins from Plugin Sets (equivalent of build-plugin followed by deploy-plugin).
All Turtles configuration files are YAML files and have a top-level kind key that declares what kind of configuration file it is.
Some Turtles commands require a Plugin Set Catalog, Plugin Registry Catalog, or Plugin Signing Credentials. You can specify the configuration file to use via the appropriate command line option (for example --plugin-set-catalog/-s). Otherwise, Turtles will look for then appropriate configuration file (for example plugin-set-catalog.yaml) in several standard directories, in this order:
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lockss.turtles(by default$HOME/.config/lockss.turtles)/usr/local/share/lockss.turtles/etc/lockss.turtles
Turtles commands that are Building Plugins (build-plugin, release-plugin) need a plugin set catalog. It can be specified via the --plugin-set-catalog/-s option, otherwise Turtles looks through Configuration Files for a file named plugin-set-catalog.yaml.
A plugin set catalog is defined by a YAML document:
--- kind: PluginSetCatalog plugin-set-files: - /path/to/some/file1.yaml - /path/to/another/file2.yaml - ...
The contents are described below:
kind- Required. Must be set to
PluginSetCatalog. plugin-set-files- Required. A list of one or more paths to Plugin Sets.
A plugin set is a project containing the source code of one or more LOCKSS plugins.
A plugin set is defined by a YAML document:
--- kind: PluginSet id: mypluginset name: My Plugin Set builder: type: ... ...
The contents are described below:
kind- Required. Must be set to
PluginSet. id- Required. A short identifier for the plugin set, for example
mypluginset. name- Required. A display name for the plugin set, for example
My Plugin Set. builderRequired. An object defining the plugin set's builder together with its options.
type- Required. A plugin set builder type. See Plugin Set Builders below.
- Other
- Additional properties depending on the plugin set builder type. See Plugin Set Builders below.
Turtles Plugin Sets support two types of plugin set builders:
This type of plugin set builder is for a Maven project inheriting from org.lockss:lockss-plugins-parent-pom.
- Java Development Kit 8 (JDK).
- Apache Maven.
For this plugin set builder type, the builder object in the plugin set definition has the following structure:
--- kind: PluginSet id: ... name: ... builder: type: mvn main: ... test: ...
type- Required. Must be set to
mvn. main- Optional. The path (relative to the root of the project) to the plugins' source code. Default:
src/main/java. test- Optional. The path (relative to the root of the project) to the plugins' unit tests. Default:
src/test/java.
This type of plugin set builder is for the LOCKSS 1.x (https://github.com/lockss/lockss-daemon) code tree, based on Ant.
- Java Development Kit 8 (JDK).
- Apache Ant.
JAVA_HOMEmust be set appropriately.
For this plugin set builder type, the builder object in the plugin set definition has the following structure:
--- kind: PluginSet id: ... name: ... builder: type: ant main: ... test: ...
type- Required. Must be set to
ant. main- Optional. The path (relative to the root of the project) to the plugins' source code. Default:
plugins/src. test- Optional. The path (relative to the root of the project) to the plugins' unit tests. Default:
plugins/test/src.
Turtles commands that are Deploying Plugins (deploy-plugin, release-plugin) need a plugin registry catalog. It can be specified via the --plugin-registry-catalog/-r option, otherwise Turtles looks through Configuration Files for a file named plugin-registry-catalog.yaml.
A plugin set catalog is defined by a YAML document:
--- kind: PluginRegistryCatalog plugin-registry-files: - /path/to/some/file1.yaml - /path/to/another/file2.yaml - ...
The contents are described below:
kind- Required. Must be set to
PluginRegistryCatalog. plugin-registry-files- Required. A list of one or more paths to Plugin Registries.
A plugin registry is a structure containing LOCKSS plugins packaged as signed JAR files.
Currently the only predefined structures are directory structures local to the file system, which are then typically served by a Web server.
A plugin registry is defined by a YAML document:
--- kind: PluginRegistry id: mypluginregistry name: My Plugin Registry layout: type: ... ... layers: - ... plugin-identifiers: - edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin - edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin - ... suppressed-plugin-identifiers: - edu.myuniversity.plugin.old.OldPlugin - ...
The contents are described below:
kind- Required. Must be set to
PluginRegistry. id- Required. A short identifier for the plugin registry, for example
mypluginregistry. name- Required. A display name for the plugin registry, for example
My Plugin Registry. layoutRequired. An object defining the plugin registry's layout together with its options.
type- Required. A plugin registry layout type. See Plugin Registry Layouts below.
- Other
- Additional properties depending on the plugin registry layout type. See Plugin Registry Layouts below.
layers- Required. A list of objects describing the layers of the plugin registry. See Plugin Registry Layers below.
plugin-identifiers- Required. Non-empty list of the plugin identifiers in this plugin registry.
suppressed-plugin-identifiersOptional. Non-empty list of plugin identifiers that are excluded from this plugin registry.
Turtles does not currently do anything with this information, but it can be used to record plugins that have been abandoned or retracted over the lifetime of the plugin registry.
Turtles supports two kinds of plugin registry layouts:
In this type of plugin registry layout, each layer consists of a directory on the local file system where signed plugin JARs are stored, which is then typically served by a Web server. The directory for each layer is designated by the layer's path property.
None.
For this plugin registry layout type, the layout object in the plugin registry definition has the following structure:
--- kind: PluginRegistry id: ... name: ... layout: type: directory file-naming-convention: ... layers: - ... plugin-identifiers: - ... suppressed-plugin-identifiers: - ...
type- Required. Must be set to
directory. file-naming-conventionOptional. A rule for what to name each deployed JAR file. If unspecified, the behavior is that of
identifier. Can be one of:identifier: Use the plugin identifier and add.jar. For exampleedu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPluginresults inedu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin.jar.underscore: Replace.in the plugin identifier with_, and add.jar. For exampleedu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPluginresults inedu_myuniversity_plugin_publisherx_PublisherXPlugin.jar.abbreviated: Use the last dotted component of the plugin identifier and add.jar. For exampleedu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPluginresults inPublisherXPlugin.jar.
In this specialization of the Directory Plugin Registry Layout, each successive version of a given JAR is kept locally in RCS.
For this plugin registry layout type, the layout object in the plugin registry definition has the following structure:
--- kind: PluginRegistry id: ... name: ... layout: type: rcs file-naming-convention: ... layers: - ... plugin-identifiers: - ... suppressed-plugin-identifiers: - ...
type- Required. Must be set to
rcs. file-naming-conventionOptional. A rule for what to name each deployed JAR file. If unspecified, the behavior is that of
identifier. Can be one of:identifier: Use the plugin identifier and add.jar. For exampleedu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPluginresults inedu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin.jar.underscore: Replace.in the plugin identifier with_, and add.jar. For exampleedu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPluginresults inedu_myuniversity_plugin_publisherx_PublisherXPlugin.jar.abbreviated: Use the last dotted component of the plugin identifier and add.jar. For exampleedu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPluginresults inPublisherXPlugin.jar.
A plugin registry consists of one or more layers.
Some plugin registries only one layer, in which case the LOCKSS boxes in a network using the plugin registry will get what is released to it. Some plugin registries may have two or more layers, with the additional layers used for plugin development or content processing quality assurance.
Layers are sequential in nature; a new version of a plugin is released to the lowest layer first, then to the next layer (after some process), and so on until the highest layer. This sequencing is reflected in the ordering of the layers list in the plugin registry definition.
Although the identifiers (see id below) and display names (see name below) of plugin registry layers are arbitrary, the highest layer is commonly referred to as the production layer, and when there are exactly two layers, the lower layer is commonly referred to as the testing layer. Turtles reflects this common idiom with built-in --production/-p and --testing/-t options that are shorthand for --layer=production and --layer=testing respectively.
It is possible for multiple plugin registries to have a layer path in common. An example would be a team working on several plugin registries for different purposes, having distinct (public) production layer paths, but sharing a single (internal) testing layer path, if they are the only audience for it.
A plugin registry layer is defined as one of the objects in the plugin registry definition's layers list. Each layer object has the following structure:
---
kind: PluginRegistry
id: ...
name: ...
layout:
type: ...
...
layers:
- id: testing
name: My Plugin Registry (Testing)
path: /path/to/testing
- id: production
name: My Plugin Registry (Production)
path: /path/to/production
- ...
plugin-identifiers:
- ...
suppressed-plugin-identifiers:
- ...
id- Required. A short identifier for the plugin registry layer, for example
testing. name- Required. A display name for the plugin registry layer, for example
My Plugin Registry (Testing). path- Required. The local path to the root of the plugin registry layer, for example
/path/to/testing.
Turtles commands that are Building Plugins (build-plugin, release-plugin) need a reference to plugin signing credentials. They can be specified via the --plugin-signing-credentials/-c option, otherwise Turtles looks through Configuration Files for a file named plugin-signing-credentials.yaml.
Plugin signing credentials are defined by a YAML document:
--- kind: PluginSigningCredentials plugin-signing-keystore: /path/to/myalias.keystore plugin-signing-alias: myalias
The contents are described below:
kind- Required. Must be set to
PluginSigningCredentials. plugin-signing-keystore- Required. Path to the plugin signing key (keystore).
plugin-signing-alias- Required. The alias to use, which must be that of the plugin signing key (keystore) and also found in the LOCKSS network's shared keystore.
Turtles is invoked at the command line as:
turtles
or as a Python module:
python3 -m lockss.turtles
Help messages and this document use turtles throughout, but the two invocation styles are interchangeable.
Turtles uses Commands, in the style of programs like git, dnf/yum, apt/apt-get, and the like. You can see the list of available Commands by invoking turtles --help, and you can find a usage summary of all the Commands by invoking turtles usage:
usage: turtles [-h] [--debug-cli] [--non-interactive] COMMAND ...
turtles build-plugin [-h] [--output-format FMT] [--password PASS]
[--plugin-set-catalog FILE]
[--plugin-signing-credentials FILE]
[--identifier PLUGID] [--identifiers FILE]
[PLUGID ...]
turtles copyright [-h]
turtles deploy-plugin [-h] [--output-format FMT]
[--plugin-registry-catalog FILE] [--production]
[--testing] [--jar PLUGJAR] [--jars FILE]
[--layer LAYER] [--layers FILE]
[PLUGJAR ...]
turtles license [-h]
turtles release-plugin [-h] [--output-format FMT] [--password PASS]
[--plugin-registry-catalog FILE]
[--plugin-set-catalog FILE]
[--plugin-signing-credentials FILE]
[--production] [--testing] [--identifier PLUGID]
[--identifiers FILE] [--layer LAYER]
[--layers FILE]
[PLUGID ...]
turtles usage [-h]
turtles version [-h]
The available commands are:
| Command | Abbreviation | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| build-plugin | bp | build (package and sign) plugins |
| copyright | show copyright and exit | |
| deploy-plugin | dp | deploy plugins |
| license | show license and exit | |
| release-plugin | rp | release (build and deploy) plugins |
| usage | show detailed usage and exit | |
| version | show version and exit |
The top-level executable alone does not perform any action or default to a given command. It does define a few options, which you can see by invoking Turtles with the --help/-h option:
usage: turtles [-h] [--debug-cli] [--non-interactive] COMMAND ...
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--debug-cli print the result of parsing command line arguments
--non-interactive, -n
disallow interactive prompts (default: allow)
commands:
Add --help to see the command's own help message.
COMMAND DESCRIPTION
build-plugin (bp) build (package and sign) plugins
copyright show copyright and exit
deploy-plugin (dp) deploy plugins
license show license and exit
release-plugin (rp)
release (build and deploy) plugins
usage show detailed usage and exit
version show version and exit
The build-plugin command is used for Building Plugins. It has its own --help/-h option:
usage: turtles build-plugin [-h] [--output-format FMT] [--password PASS]
[--plugin-set-catalog FILE]
[--plugin-signing-credentials FILE]
[--identifier PLUGID] [--identifiers FILE]
[PLUGID ...]
Build (package and sign) plugins.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--output-format FMT set tabular output format to FMT (default: simple;
choices: asciidoc, double_grid, double_outline,
fancy_grid, fancy_outline, github, grid, heavy_grid,
heavy_outline, html, jira, latex, latex_booktabs,
latex_longtable, latex_raw, mediawiki, mixed_grid,
mixed_outline, moinmoin, orgtbl, outline, pipe, plain,
presto, pretty, psql, rounded_grid, rounded_outline,
rst, simple, simple_grid, simple_outline, textile,
tsv, unsafehtml, youtrack)
--password PASS set the plugin signing password
--plugin-set-catalog FILE, -s FILE
load plugin set catalog from FILE (default:
$HOME/.config/lockss.turtles/plugin-set-
catalog.yaml or
/usr/local/share/lockss.turtles/plugin-set-
catalog.yaml or /etc/lockss.turtles/plugin-set-
catalog.yaml)
--plugin-signing-credentials FILE, -c FILE
load plugin signing credentials from FILE (default:
$HOME/.config/lockss.turtles/plugin-signing-
credentials.yaml or
/usr/local/share/lockss.turtles/plugin-signing-
credentials.yaml or /etc/lockss.turtles/plugin-
signing-credentials.yaml)
plugin identifier arguments and options:
--identifier PLUGID, -i PLUGID
add PLUGID to the list of plugin identifiers to build
--identifiers FILE, -I FILE
add the plugin identifiers in FILE to the list of
plugin identifiers to build
PLUGID plugin identifier to build
The command needs:
- Plugin Signing Credentials, either from the
--plugin-signing-credentials/-coption or fromplugin-signing-credentials.yamlin the Configuration Files. - A Plugin Set Catalog, either from the
--plugin-set-catalog/-soption or fromplugin-set-catalog.yamlin the Configuration Files. - One or more plugin identifiers, from the Plugin Identifier Arguments and Options (bare arguments,
--identifier/-ioptions,--identifiers/-Ioptions).
It also accepts Options for Output Format Control
Examples:
# Help message turtles build-plugin --help # Abbreviation turtles bp -h # List of plugin identifiers turtles build-plugin edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin ... # Abbreviation turtles bp edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin ... # Alternative invocation turtles build-plugin --identifier=edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin --identifier=edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin ... # Abbreviation turtles bp -i edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin -i edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin ... # Alternative invocation # /tmp/pluginids.txt has one plugin identifier per line turtles build-plugin --identifiers=/tmp/pluginids.txt # Abbreviation turtles bp -I /tmp/pluginids.txt
The copyright command displays the copyright notice for Turtles and exits.
The deploy-plugin command is used for Deploying Plugins. It has its own --help/-h option:
usage: turtles deploy-plugin [-h] [--output-format FMT]
[--plugin-registry-catalog FILE] [--production]
[--testing] [--jar PLUGJAR] [--jars FILE]
[--layer LAYER] [--layers FILE]
[PLUGJAR ...]
Deploy plugins.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--output-format FMT set tabular output format to FMT (default: simple;
choices: asciidoc, double_grid, double_outline,
fancy_grid, fancy_outline, github, grid, heavy_grid,
heavy_outline, html, jira, latex, latex_booktabs,
latex_longtable, latex_raw, mediawiki, mixed_grid,
mixed_outline, moinmoin, orgtbl, outline, pipe, plain,
presto, pretty, psql, rounded_grid, rounded_outline,
rst, simple, simple_grid, simple_outline, textile,
tsv, unsafehtml, youtrack)
--plugin-registry-catalog FILE, -r FILE
load plugin registry catalog from FILE (default:
$HOME/.config/lockss.turtles/plugin-registry-
catalog.yaml or
/usr/local/share/lockss.turtles/plugin-registry-
catalog.yaml or /etc/lockss.turtles/plugin-registry-
catalog.yaml)
--production, -p synonym for --layer=production (i.e. add 'production'
to the list of plugin registry layers to process)
--testing, -t synonym for --layer=testing (i.e. add 'testing' to the
list of plugin registry layers to process)
plugin JAR arguments and options:
--jar PLUGJAR, -j PLUGJAR
add PLUGJAR to the list of plugin JARs to deploy
--jars FILE, -J FILE add the plugin JARs in FILE to the list of plugin JARs
to deploy
PLUGJAR plugin JAR to deploy
plugin registry layer options:
--layer LAYER, -l LAYER
add LAYER to the list of plugin registry layers to
process
--layers FILE, -L FILE
add the layers in FILE to the list of plugin registry
layers to process
The command needs:
- A Plugin Registry Catalog, either from the
--plugin-registry-catalog/-roption or fromplugin-signing-credentials.yamlin the Configuration Files. - One or more plugin registry layer IDs, from the Plugin Registry Layer Options (
--layer/-loptions,--layers/-Loptions, and alternatively,--testing/-toptions,--production/-poption). - One or more JAR paths. The list of JAR paths to process is derived from:
- The JAR paths listed as bare arguments to the command.
- The JAR paths listed as
--jar/-joptions. - The JAR paths found in the files listed as
--jars/-Joptions.
It also accepts Options for Output Format Control.
Examples:
# Help message turtles deploy-plugin --help # Abbreviation turtles dp -h # List of JARs # Deploy to 'testing' layer only turtles deploy-plugin --testing /path/to/edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin.jar /path/to/edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin.jar ... # Abbreviation turtles dp -t /path/to/edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin.jar /path/to/edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin.jar ... # Alternative invocation # Deploy to 'production' layer only turtles deploy-plugin --production --jar=/path/to/edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin.jar --jar=/path/to/edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin.jar ... # Abbreviation turtles dp -p -j /path/to/edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin.jar -j /path/to/edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin.jar ... # Alternative invocation # /tmp/pluginjars.txt has one JAR path per line # Deploy to both 'testing' and 'production' layers turtles deploy-plugin --testing --production --jars=/tmp/pluginjars.txt # Abbreviation turtles bp -tp -J /tmp/pluginids.txt
The license command displays the license terms for Turtles and exits.
The release-plugin command is used for Building Plugins and Deploying Plugins, being essentially build-plugin followed by deploy-plugin. It has its own --help/-h option:
usage: turtles release-plugin [-h] [--output-format FMT] [--password PASS]
[--plugin-registry-catalog FILE]
[--plugin-set-catalog FILE]
[--plugin-signing-credentials FILE]
[--production] [--testing] [--identifier PLUGID]
[--identifiers FILE] [--layer LAYER]
[--layers FILE]
[PLUGID ...]
Release (build and deploy) plugins.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--output-format FMT set tabular output format to FMT (default: simple;
choices: asciidoc, double_grid, double_outline,
fancy_grid, fancy_outline, github, grid, heavy_grid,
heavy_outline, html, jira, latex, latex_booktabs,
latex_longtable, latex_raw, mediawiki, mixed_grid,
mixed_outline, moinmoin, orgtbl, outline, pipe, plain,
presto, pretty, psql, rounded_grid, rounded_outline,
rst, simple, simple_grid, simple_outline, textile,
tsv, unsafehtml, youtrack)
--password PASS set the plugin signing password
--plugin-registry-catalog FILE, -r FILE
load plugin registry catalog from FILE (default:
$HOME/.config/lockss.turtles/plugin-registry-
catalog.yaml or
/usr/local/share/lockss.turtles/plugin-registry-
catalog.yaml or /etc/lockss.turtles/plugin-registry-
catalog.yaml)
--plugin-set-catalog FILE, -s FILE
load plugin set catalog from FILE (default:
$HOME/.config/lockss.turtles/plugin-set-
catalog.yaml or
/usr/local/share/lockss.turtles/plugin-set-
catalog.yaml or /etc/lockss.turtles/plugin-set-
catalog.yaml)
--plugin-signing-credentials FILE, -c FILE
load plugin signing credentials from FILE (default:
$HOME/.config/lockss.turtles/plugin-signing-
credentials.yaml or
/usr/local/share/lockss.turtles/plugin-signing-
credentials.yaml or /etc/lockss.turtles/plugin-
signing-credentials.yaml)
--production, -p synonym for --layer=production (i.e. add 'production'
to the list of plugin registry layers to process)
--testing, -t synonym for --layer=testing (i.e. add 'testing' to the
list of plugin registry layers to process)
plugin identifier arguments and options:
--identifier PLUGID, -i PLUGID
add PLUGID to the list of plugin identifiers to build
--identifiers FILE, -I FILE
add the plugin identifiers in FILE to the list of
plugin identifiers to build
PLUGID plugin identifier to build
plugin registry layer options:
--layer LAYER, -l LAYER
add LAYER to the list of plugin registry layers to
process
--layers FILE, -L FILE
add the layers in FILE to the list of plugin registry
layers to process
The command needs:
- Plugin Signing Credentials, either from the
--plugin-signing-credentials/-coption or fromplugin-signing-credentials.yamlin the Configuration Files. - A Plugin Set Catalog, either from the
--plugin-set-catalog/-soption or fromplugin-set-catalog.yamlin the Configuration Files. - A Plugin Registry Catalog, either from the
--plugin-registry-catalog/-roption or fromplugin-signing-credentials.yamlin the Configuration Files. - One or more plugin registry layer IDs, from the Plugin Registry Layer Options (
--identifier/-ioptions,--identifiers/-Ioptions, and alternatively,--testing/-toptions,--production/-poption). - One or more plugin identifiers, from the Plugin Identifier Arguments and Options (bare arguments,
--identifier/-ioptions,--identifiers/-Ioptions).
It also accepts Options for Output Format Control.
Examples:
# Help message turtles release-plugin --help # Abbreviation turtles rp -h # List of plugin identifiers # Deploy to 'testing' layer only turtles release-plugin --testing edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin ... # Abbreviation turtles rp -t edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin ... # Alternative invocation # Deploy to 'production' layer only turtles release-plugin --production --identifier=edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin --identifier=edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin ... # Abbreviation turtles rp -p -i edu.myuniversity.plugin.publisherx.PublisherXPlugin -i edu.myuniversity.plugin.publishery.PublisherYPlugin ... # Alternative invocation # /tmp/pluginids.txt has one plugin identifier per line # Deploy to both 'testing' and 'production' layers turtles release-plugin --testing --production --identifiers=/tmp/pluginids.txt # Abbreviation turtles rp -tp -I /tmp/pluginids.txt
The usage command displays the usage message of all the Turtles Commands.
The version command displays the version number of Turtles and exits.
Commands that are Building Plugins expect one or more plugin identifiers. The list of plugin identifiers to process is derived from:
- The plugin identifiers listed as bare arguments to the command.
- The plugin identifiers listed as
--identifier/-ioptions. - The plugin identifiers found in the files listed as
--identifiers/-Ioptions.
Commands that are Deploying Plugins expect one or more plugin registry layer IDs. The list of plugin registry layer IDs to target is derived from:
- The plugin registry layer IDs listed as
--layer/-loptions. - The plugin registry layer IDs found in the files listed as
--layers/-Loptions.
As a convenience, the following synonyms also exist:
--testing/-tis a synonym for--layer=testing--production/-pis a synonym for--layer=production
Turtles' tabular output is performed by the tabulate library through the --output-format option. See its PyPI page for a visual reference of the various output formats available. The default is simple.