1cas.conf(5)                   File Formats Manual                  cas.conf(5)
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NAME

6       cas.conf - Cas configuration file.
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DESCRIPTION

9       cas.conf is the configuration file for cas.
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[settings] OPTIONS

12       casuser:  (Required)  User  to  run  cas, recommended to run as someone
13       other than root.
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15       sshkey: (Required) Used for ssh negotiation, these are  generated  with
16       ssh-keygen.
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18       kernels:  (Required)  Describes  the location of where kernel-debuginfo
19       packages are to be stored. This can range anywhere from an  nfs  mount,
20       samba  share,  local disk or any other type of media the cas server can
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23       regexExcludeDir: Directories that may be within the  search  path  that
24       doesn’t  need  to  be  included.  This  is a shell format so globs like
25       */*/data are accepted.
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27       regexExcludeFile: Any files that need to be excluded  from  the  search
28       path. This is also a shell format */*/badfile.txt.
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30       regexType:  (Required)  Defines  the  regex  syntax to use within find.
31       Doing a man find and searching for regextype will give you  the  allow‐
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34       rpmFilters:  (Required)  This is a emacs based regular expression which
35       is essentially passed to a find command to locate the  various  kernel-
36       debuginfo packages defined in kernels directive.
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38       debugLevel:  As  the  name  suggest it will set the debug level for CAS
39       output. Currently the only accepted values are DEBUG|INFO.
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41       workDirectory: (Required) Defines where all  processed  cores  will  be
42       placed. This mount point will need to have the most storage assigned to
43       it. Depending on how many cores are processed in a given timeframe this
44       area will fill up quickly.
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46       smtphost:  If  wanting  output  of  CAS  processing  email to a certain
47       address this directive needs to be  set.  Note  that  the  mail  server
48       should not require smtp authentication.
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50       database: (Required) Define where the sqlite database will reside. Note
51       the casuser will need to have read/write access to this database.
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[maintenance] OPTIONS

55       purgeLimit: Define amount of day(s) back wish to keep physical data  on
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58       autoPurge: Yes/No setting if wanting cas-admin to auto purge stale data
59       on each run.
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[advanced] OPTIONS

63       crash_32: Primarily used on x86_64 systems to process x86 cores. If x86
64       version  of  crash  is installed this directive can be set to the crash
65       binary and CAS  will  automatically  process  x86  cores  on  a  x86_64
66       machine.  Note  this  is  only  available if the CAS server is a x86_64
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69       buffersize: Extend the read buffer when analyzing a core  for  a  time‐
70       stamp.  Note  this is normally needed for itanium cores, otherwise, the
71       default is fine.
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FILES

75       /etc/cas.conf
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SEE ALSO

78       cas(1)
79       cas-admin(1)
80       Full documentation located in /usr/share/doc/cas-<version>.
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