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Pegasus - A Manageability Services Broker for the DMTF CIM/WBEM Standards

Author: Mike Brasher, Karl Schopmeyer

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Tagline: Pegasus is an object manager for DMTF CIM objects written in C++
         and supported buy The Open Group

Pegasus is an object manager for DMTF CIM objects. It is written in C++ and
includes the Object manager, a set of defined interfaces, and SDKs for both
client, providers, and services extensions.  It is maintained consistent with
the DMTF CIM and WBEM specifications except for any exceptions noted in the
documentation.

This distribution represents a work in progress towards building a Pegasus
release. Pegasus is open source and is covered under the following license.
This version is incomplete and is directed towards evaluators and developers
of the Pegasus Architecture.

Pegasus is being developed and maintained under the auspices of The Open
Group. Pegasus is maintained under the license defined in the doc directory
(LICENSE) of this release.  This licensing is intended to support as wide a
distribution as possible with minimal demands on the users.

This distribution represnts a snapshot of the current work. Currently Pegasus
is in phase 1 of a multiphase development project. This snapshot is primarily
for developers and for evaluation of the project.

More information on this project, access to the CVS, and documentation on
Pegasus are available from the OpenGroup WEB site.

There are separate files in the release for

	History of releases - HISTORY
	What's new for this release - WHATSNEW
	What's Broken - BUGS

In addition, the roadmap for Pegasus and further information on the project is
available on The Opengroup Pegasus WEB Site.

http://www.opengroup.org/MSB

Availability of Pegasus
=======================

Pegasus is distributed as open source.  Today the distribution is limited
because we want to reach a predefined level of development before making the
project publically available. The move from limited to open distribution will
be a decision of the Pegasus development team and The Open Group and should
occur before March 2001.

To get on the distribution list for Pegasus today, send an email to

m.kirk@opengroup.org

or

k.schopmeyer@opengroup.org

Pegasus Major Components
========================

The major components of Pegasus are:

Pegasus Server - WBEM/CIM Server with interfaces for providers and clients

Pegasus Repository - Today Pegasus provides a defined class repository
    interface and a simple file based class repository. Future will include
    the object [MEB: instance?] repository

Pegasus Client SDK - Tools for building Pegasus clients based on the Pegasus
    C++ interfaces and using the WBEM HTTP/XML protocols or directly
    interfacing with Pegasus.

Pegasus Test Clients - Simple test clients being developed as part of the
    Pegasus development process

Pegasus HTML Test Client - To aid in testing we created a test client for
    Pegasus that uses a WEB server (ex. Apache) with a set of CGI modules and
    HTML to allow the entry of Pegasus operations from a WEB browser as forms
    and the recept of the response as WEB pages. This has proven useful as a
    test tool and can be used for a wide variety of demonstrations.

Pegasus Providers - Future (Version 1.0)

Pegasus Service Extensions -  Future (version 1.0)

Pegasus MOF Compiler - Future (Version 0.9)

Pegasus Dependencies
====================

We have worked to minimize the dependence of Pegasus on other software
packages and tools. Currently Pegasus has the following dependencies

1. ACE_Wrappers communication package - The ACE Wrappers package is used for
communication and some low level functions within the MSB, the Pegasus client
SDK, and the Pegasus Provider SDK.  ACE is available from the following site.

    http://ace.cs.wustl.edu/cvsweb/ace-cvs.cgi/ACE_wrappers/

Currently we are using version 5.1 of ACE_Wrappers both in Linux and Windows.

    http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE_wrappers/ACE-5.1.tar.gz

COMMENTS: Pegasus only uses limited facilities from ACE.  However, today we
demand the installation of the complete ACE library. One of the action items
for the future is to provide a more limited ACE library and possibly even to
provide an environment independent of ACE. This will depend on the demands of
the users.

2. To simplify the building of Pegasus across multiple platforms we have
standardized on a set of build tools including: GNUMAKE. We are using GNUAKE
4.79.1 successfully both in Windows and Linux environments.

GNUMAKE is available from

    http://www.gnu.org

ATTN: I think we need to make our version available on the TOG site.

COMMENT: Unless other users of Pegasus demand it, we will NOT create any build
environment for Pegasus that does not require GNUMAKE (e.g., Visual C++). We
are open to other developers who want to contribute other build structures for
particular environments.


3. MU.EXE - To minimize the difference between Linux and Windows for GUNMAKE,
we have created a utility called MU.exe.  This utility is required for Pegasus
make with Windows environment. It is provided as an alternative to requiring a
number of UNIX utilities (SH, RM, etc.) on the windows platform and
effectively provides the functions of these utilities that GNUMAKE needs.
MU is not required on UNIX or LINUX platforms

NOTE: The binary for MU.EXE is not distributed in the Pegasus bin directory.
You must build it separately.  MU source code is part of the distribution
in the directory src/utils/MU with its own make file.  You must compile MU
before you initiate the Pegausu make.

NOTE: We will make a copy of the binary available on the MSB WEB site to
eliminate the requirement to build this utility.


The Pegasus Directory Structure
===============================

Pegasus is distributed as a complete directory structure that should be
installed either from one of the snapshots or from CVS.

This structure is generally as follows

Pegasus                     Pegasus Root directory
    build                   Destination for all intermediate files from build
        bin                 Destination for executable and DLL modules from
			    Pegasus build
        lib		    Destination for Pegasus LIB modules
        obj		    Destination for object modules
    cgi-bin                 Source for the Pegasus WEB Based Test client
    doc                     Miscelaneous Pegasus Documents.
    	DevManual	    Source and build files for developes manual
    html                    HTML files for the Browser test client.
    mak                     General make files (used by other makes)
    Repository		    This Directory containes the created repository
    src                     All Pegasus Source Files
        ACEExample         Test directrory with examples of the use of ACE
        Clients		    Source for various test clients and client SDK
            CGICLIENT       Pegasus test client that uses a WEB browser
        Pegasus
            Client          Pegasus Client API Tests
                depends
                tests
            Common          Pegasus Common Functions (C++ source and headers
                tests       Test programs for the common functions
            Protocol        Pegasus Client HTTP/XML Protocol Modules
                depends
            Provider	    Pegasus Provider interface functions
            Repository      Pegasus Repository Interfaces and Simple
            Repository
                tests       Tests for Repository Functions
            Server          Pegasus Server Modules
        Providers	    Pegasus Provider SDK and tes providers
        Utils
        html               Output from the Pegasus Manual compilartion.

In the near future we will add directories for:

    Service Extensions

Installation
============

Pegasus today is provided only as a source distribution.  You download compile
and use it. Pegasus currently compiles and runs under both Linux and Windows
NT environments.

The installation of Pegasus involves expanding the snapshot distribution
files, building the runtime, the test files and test clients, and building the
repository.

NOTE: Since the compiler integration is not complete today, the class
repository is populated from the XML defintions for the complete CIM schema.
This process is included in the build process so that at the end of a complete
build, the class repository is completely populated from the CIM 2.4 release
schema.


Building from a Distribution --- General
========================================

Pegasus is buildable and runnable on either Linux or WIndows Platforms today.
It uses a common build system for the two platforms based on build files and
GUNMAKE.

Generally we support four targets in our make system:


            C:\> make clean
            C:\> make depend
            C:\> make
            C:\> make tests

The Pegasus Client server tests are executed separately from the above because
they require the initiation of separate process for the Pegasus server and
Pegasus client. These tests can be executed as follows:

    ATTN: Add the procedure for Client/Server Test start here.


For information on particular installation characteristics, tools, etc. for
each platform see
the appropriate sections below:

Generally the build commands are as follows:

    1. There is a Makefile in the Pegasus root.   Simply executing make in the
    Pegasus root directory will make everything.

    2. In order to provide a working class repository for Pegasus until the
    MOF compiler is integrated, There is a utility to load the CIM Schema from
    XML into the repository. This executes the LoadRepository executable which
    is defined in

    	pegasus/src/Pegasus/Repository/tests/LoadRepository

    with the binary in pegasus/bin. This program will load the CIM XML
    repository definitions into the class repository.

    3. To test a fresh release, go to the pegasus root and type

		"make world".


    This will clean, build dependencies, build binaries, and then run all
    tests except the Client/Server tests.

    4. To execute the basic test suite that is shipped with pegasus type

	   "make tests"

    5. To run the Client/Server tests provided, simply type

	   "make tests"

    Running "make -s tests" suppresses extraneous output such as the
    enter/leave directory messages.

    6. "Make Clean" removes all object and library files from the structure.

Build Variables
===============

The build system depends on the following environment variables

    PEGASUS_ACE_ROOT - required (points to ACE_wrappers directory). This must
    be set before you initiate make

    PEGASUS_BUILD - optional (points to build directory; defaults to build
    directory under root of pegasus distribution). This must be set before you
    iniiate
    make

    PEGASUS_OS_TYPE - optional. The is currently set to windows.  If you build
    on Linux you must change this before initiating make.

    PEGASUS_ROOT - Points to the root directory of the Pegasus tree.

 COMMENTS: In the future, we will probably automate this more.  However,
 setting these variables today is manual.


The MU Utility
==============

In order to provide a consistent build structure across multiple platforms, we
developed a small utility to provide a consistent set of small utilities
across these platforms. The MU utilityis a simple utility that contains many
commands. For example:


    C:\> mu rm myfile.cpp yourfile.cpp


You may type "mu" to get a list of valid commands. Here are some
of them:


    rm, rmdirhier, mkdirhier, echo, touch, pwd, copy, move, compare depend


The MU utility supports globing (expansion of wildcards) so
you can do things like this:


    C:\> mu rm *.obj *.exe

MU is required to build under the Windows environment.MU is available as part
of the distribution of Pegasus.

Building Pegausu on Linux
=========================

1. Obtain, unpack and build the ACE_Wrappers package for Linux.

2. Define an environment variable called ACE_ROOT  that points to the root of
the ACE_WRAPPERS distribution. For example

IMPORT PEGASUS_ACE_ROOT=\local\ACE_Wrappers

ATTN: Mike.  what is a viable directory for Linux (what do you use)

3. Define an environment variable PEGASUS_ROOT that points to the
root of the Pegasus Distribution

4. Append %PEGASUS_ROOT%/bin to your path

5. Unpack the ace distribution.

ATTN: Unpack with what since ZIP.

5. Build using the make commands defined in the section on General Build.

	make world
	make tests

Building Pegasus on NT or Windows 2000 With Visual C++
=======================================================

Today we build Pegasus on Windows NT using a set of make files contained
in the source distribution, the Microsoft compilers (tested so far with
versions 5 and 6) and the GNUMAKE make utility. The following is the basic
set up steps for the


1.	Setup the environment variables and path for the Micrososft Visual C
compiler.
Typically this can be done by running the VCVARS32.BAT file supplied with
Microsoft Visual
C++. (contained in the same directory as cl.exe).

2.	Define an environment variable called ACE_ROOT that points to the
root of the ACE_Wrappers distribution. For example:

    C:\> set PEGASUS_ACE_ROOT=c:/ACE_wrappers

Now append %ACE_ROOT%/bin to the path like this:

    C:\> set path=%path%;%PEGASUS_ACE_ROOT%/bin

3.	Define an environment variable called PEGASUS_ROOT that points to
the root of the Pegasus distribution. For example:

    C:\> set PEGASUS_ROOT=c:/pegasus

Now append %PEGASUS_ROOT%/bin to your path like this:

    set path=%path%;%PEGASUS_ROOT%/bin

4.  Unpack and build the ACE_Wrappers distribution for windows.

As an example, we created a file called %ACE_ROOT%/ace/config.h
containing the following:

    #include "ace/config-win32.h"

and then opened this DSW file in MSVC++ IDE:

    %ACE_ROOT%/ace/ace.dsw

From the build menu we picked "ace.dll". For me it built without complaint.

The ACE package can be built in several configurations:

ace.dll - The basic package without debugging
aced.dll - debugging added to the basic package
acemfc.dll - ACE with Microsoft MFC support
acemfcd.dll - The ACE MFC version with debugging.

ace.dll is used for the server build  acemfc is used for the client builds.

NOTE: In the near future we will be building debugging options into Pegasus
and at that time the aced and acemfcd libraries will also be required.

Each library can be built separately from Microsoft Visual C++.

5. Unpack the Pegasus distribution.  On Windows systems, PKzip25 or WINZIP can
be used. Be certain to use the option that expands the directory tree of the
files. This expansion will create a directory called ./pegasus

If you are using pkzip25.exe do this:
    C:\> pkzip25 -extract -recurse -directories pegasus.zip

This will create a directory tree called ./pegasus under the
current directory.

ATTN: Define for Linux also

6.  Change directory  to %PEGASUS_ROOT% and type "make world". See the general
build section for the full set of make commands.

This builds Pegasus and all of its examples.

7.  To verify that it built okay, run the tests

	make tests

Installing the Pegasus HTML Test Client
=======================================

This is a separate test tool that allows Pegasus requests to be initiated from
any WEB browser and that uses a WEB browser, CGI scritps and HTML pages for
the formating and connections. It requires a WEB server, etc.  The
instructions for setting up this environment are maintained in a separate
readme in the CGI directory.

Development with Pegasus and Pegasus Tools
==========================================

ATTN: This section needs to be completed.  It should reference the more
complete documentation

===================
Documentation

The documentation is currently in preperation. The preliminary documentation
is not provided with this snapshot but is avialable from the OpenGroup Pegasus
WEB pages. The current documentation is maintained both as a manual created
under the tool DOC++ in the subdirectory manual/html and as other miscelaneous
documentation in the doc directory.

Note that the Pegasus WEB site at The Open Group will be the source of most
documentation in the future and today is the source of most discussion and
design documentation.

Participate!
============
We are looking for people who want to join the Pegasus work group and
contribute to effort of getting this Pegasus off the ground.  Please send
email for details to k.schopmeyer@opengroup.org or m.kirk@opengroup.org or
m.brasher@opengroup.org