Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of MasterSlaveCommunication

Timestamp:

05/31/12 10:13:03 (12 months ago)

Author:

tom.prince

Comment:

Add some comments on the current protocol description.

MasterSlaveCommunication

@@ -13 +13 @@
 
 Authentication: Currently the slave authenticates with the Twisted Cred (newcred) mechanism, using the username and password supplied to buildslave create-slave.
+> This occurs as part of the setup of the [http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/core/howto/pb-intro.html PB] connection, and so doesn't fit into the RPC
+> style of the rest of the current protocol. As it happens, the login mechanism is also used to allow the same port to be used for other PB communications.
 
 After that the master requests information about the slave, via the remote methods {{{ remote_getSlaveInfo}}}, {{{ remote_getVersion}}}, and {{{ remote_getCommands}}}. 
@@ -47 +49 @@
 
 The master and slave(in versions greater than 0.8.3) can initiate the shutdown of a slave. The master can call {{{remote_shutdown}}} to shut down the slave, while the slave can also request for a graceful shutdown.
+> Which it does by calling {{{shutdown}}} on the master.
 
 = Proposed Protocol =