8.2. Creating/editing profiles

8.2. Creating/editing profiles
	Chapter 8. Profiles

In the web user interface, profiles are created and edited by clicking on the "Profiles" category icon. A profile is defined by a profile top-level object.

8.2.1. Timing control

The following timing control parameters apply :-

interval : the interval between tests being performed
timeout : the duration that the overall test must have been failing for before the profile state changes to Inactive
recover : the duration that the overall test must have been passing for before the profile state changes to Active

The timeout and recover parameters do not apply to manually set profiles (see Section 8.2.4) and those based on time-of-day (see Section 8.2.2.2).

8.2.2. Tests

8.2.2.1. General tests

'General' tests are provided for the following :-

FB105 tunnel state : the fb105 attribute lists one or more FB105 tunnel names (see Section 11.1) - if any of the specified tunnels are in the Active state, this tunnel-state test will pass
PPPoE connection state : the ppp attribute lists one or more PPPoE connection names (see Chapter 10) - if any of the specified connections are up, this pppoe-state test will pass
Routable addresses : the route attributes lists one or more IP addresses (full addresses, not CIDR prefix ranges) - only if all the addresses are 'routable' - i.e. there is an entry in the routing table that will match that address - will this test pass. Refer to Chapter 7 for discussion of routing tables and the routing logic used by the FB6000
VRRP state : the vrrp attribute lists one or more Virtual Router group membership definitions (see Chapter 14) by name - if the FB6000 is not the master device in any of these Virtual Routers, this test will fail

If more than one of these general tests is selected (corresponding attribute specified), then they must all pass (along with all other tests defined) for the overall result to be pass.

8.2.2.2. Time/date tests

Time and/or date tests are specified by date and/or time objects, which are child objects of the profile object.

You can define multiple date ranges via multiple date objects - the date test will pass if the current date is within any of the defined ranges. Similarly, you can define multiple time ranges via multiple time objects - the time test will pass if the current time is within any of the defined ranges.

8.2.2.3. Ping tests

Like time/date tests, a Ping test is specified by a ping object, as a child of the profile object. At most one Ping test can be defined per profile - logical combinations of profiles can be used to combine Ping tests if necessary.

8.2.3. Inverting overall test result

The tests described in the previous section are used to form an overall test result. Normally this overall result is used to determine the profile state using the mapping Pass > Active and Fail > Inactive. By setting the invert attribute to true, the overall result is inverted (Pass changed to Fail and vice-versa) first before applying the mapping.

8.2.4. Manual override

You can manually override all tests, and force the profile state using the set attribute - a value of true forces the state to Active, and false forces it to Inactive.

Note that the value of the invert attribute is ignored when manual override is requested.

These fixed-state profiles can be used as simple on/off controls for configuration objects. The following shows an example of two such profiles, expressed in XML :-

<profile name="Off" set="false"/>

<profile name="On" set="true"/>