Seon Core environment variables

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Some environment variables are created and/or set by all Seon binaries. These variables are:

  • Seon_CFGFILE: Seon main configuration file (absolute path information)
  • Seon_IN_DIR: incoming data directory
  • Seon_OUT_DIR: outgoing data directory
  • Seon_TMP_DIR: temporary data directory
  • Seon_BIN_DIR: binary program directory
  • Seon_SCRIPT_DIR: script installation directory
  • RAND_FILE: entropy file for OFTP2 needs
  • OPENSSL_BIN: absolute path to openSSL binary
  • RRDTOOL_BIN: absolute path to RRDtools binary
  • RRDB_DATAPATH: RRD data path

All processes started by Seon (event scripts, plugins, etc.) have access to these environment variables. The environment variable "Seon_CFGFILE" points to the absolute path to the Seon main configuration file. This has two effects:

  • you may start Seon programs in a shell where this variable is set without using the parameter "-C" for all binaries (because the environment variable points to the correct position of the configfile)
  • all subsequent processes started by Seon (like event scripts) don't have to bother about the given configfile (like plugins of Seon Enterprise).