README.md

Elektra has many different aspects to explore. Not all parts are needed by everyone. In this document we classify which parts should be read by whom.

General Information

Read this first to get the basic concepts of Elektra.

• Namespaces
• Cascading
• Arrays
• Mount Configuration Files

Developers

For these tutorials we assume you want to elektrify your application, that means, you want your application to participate in the global key database Elektra provides.

• Integration of your Application
• Hello, Elektra
• Plugins Introduction
• Compilation Variants of plugins (advanced topic)
• Python Bindings
• Java Bindings
• Ruby Bindings
• Code Generation
• Notifications
• High Level API
• Command Line Options
• Benchmarking
• Profiling

System Administrators

For these tutorials we assume that you want to work with the configuration of applications already somehow integrated with Elektra.

• Import Configuration
• Export Configuration
• Intercept Environment
• Intercept File System
• Merge Configuration
• Validate Configuration

Package Maintainers

For these tutorials we assume that you maintain upstream packages.

• Merge Configuration Files

Installation Manuals

These tutorials provide additional information on how to install and set up specific plugins and tools.

• Snippet Sharing REST-Service