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diff --git a/doc/dev-guides/writing-python-agents.md b/doc/dev-guides/writing-python-agents.md index f26313f..1b05e23 100644 --- a/doc/dev-guides/writing-python-agents.md +++ b/doc/dev-guides/writing-python-agents.md @@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ A simple library for authoring resource agents in Python is provided in the `ocf.py` library. -Agents written in Python should be ideally compatible both with Python -2.7+ and Python 3.3+. +Agents written in Python should be compatible with Python 3.6+. The library provides various helper constants and functions, a logging implementation as well as a run loop and metadata generation facility. @@ -53,7 +52,11 @@ logger.error("Something went terribly wrong.") * `ocf_exit_reason`: Prints the exit error string to stderr. * `have_binary`: Returns True if the given binary is available. * `is_true`: Converts an OCF truth value to a Python boolean. +* `is_probe`: Returns True when running a probe action. Used to return + OCF_NOT_RUNNING instead of error code that would cause unexpected actions + like fencing before starting the resource or when it is disabled. * `get_parameter`: Looks up the matching `OCF_RESKEY_` environment variable. +* `distro`: Returns <Distro>/<Version> or <Distro> if version info is unavailable. * `Agent`: Class which helps to generate the XML metadata. * `run`: OCF run loop implementation. |