By Example

# Comment


[global]

set var value # comment
set var value
var = value # comment

# global values, e.g. nameserver, etc.

[server name]
# opens a named server definition context.
# name would preferable be the domain of the virtual server
# all data up to next [server ..] or end of file is collected into this virtual server




[database driver name]
# opens a named server definition context.
# name is preferable the name of the database
# must be inside a server definition context.
# all database up to next [database ..] is collected into one database pool
# all pools inside this database context are set up inside this virtual server


[http_auth backend name]
# http_authentication definition context


[ldap name]
# ldap pool definition context.

Parser

• if line starts with [ eval it
• if line starts with set eval it
• if line starts with # ignore it
• if second token on line is = then reassemble line to set token rest-of-line and eval