NOTES

Python Daemon Package - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-daemon/


Server - back end master system
- Push schedule
- Retrieve data
- Parse & store data (thread?)

Server Tools
- Add new task
- Edit task
- Remove task

Reporting
- Create reports
- GUI interface
- Automated reports?

Client - "cloud" component
- Spawn tasks
- Handle concurrent tasks

Server to Server communication - Protocol Buffers??

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/07/protocol-buffers-googles-data.html
http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/

http://code.activestate.com/recipes/278731/

https://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/python-gnupg

Slim framework for the web interface?  https://github.com/codeguy/Slim

Spawn log requires data from cloud and spawn tables.  Disable only?  Or duplicate data?

https://pythonhosted.org/netaddr/index.html

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/250283/how-to-scp-in-python

example code for gpg binary execution :

def encrypt_file(fname, recipient=None, gpg_exe='/usr/bin/gpg', **kwds):
    """
    """
    fd, tmpfname = tempfile.mkstemp()
    os.close(fd) 
    cmd = (gpg_exe, '--batch', '--yes', '--output', tmpfname, '-e', '-r', recipient, '-a', fname)
    logging.debug("Command is: %s" % str(cmd))
    rc, stdout, stderr = exec_cmd(cmd)        
    if rc != 0:
        parts = ["Error encrypting file '%s'." % fname]
        if stdout:
            parts.append(stdout)
        if stderr:
            parts.append(stderr)
        msg = '\n'.join(parts)
        logging.warn(msg)
        return None
    return tmpfname
    
def decrypt_file(fname, outname, gpg_exe='/usr/bin/gpg', gpg_pwd=None, **kwds):
    """
    """
    parts = os.path.splitext(outname)
    if parts[1].lower() in ('.gpg', '.asc'):
        outname = parts[0]
    cmd = ("/usr/bin/gpg", "--batch", "--no-tty", "--passphrase-fd", "0", "--ignore-crc-error", "-o", outname, fname)
    logging.debug("Command is: %s" % str(cmd))
    rc, stdout, stderr = exec_cmd(cmd, stdin=gpg_pwd)   
    if rc != 0:
        parts = ["Error decrypting file '%s'." % fname]
        if stdout:
            parts.append(stdout)
        if stderr:
            parts.append(stderr)
        msg = '\n'.join(parts)
        logging.warn(msg)
        return None
    return outname