script to test the filemgr agent standalone without requiring mcollective to run

agenttest.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'mcollective'
require 'pp'

configfile = "server.cfg"
agent = "filemgr"

request = {:action          => "status",
           :data            => {:file => "/tmp"}}

classname = "MCollective::Agent::#{agent.capitalize}"

class NoopConnector
    def method_missing(*args)
        MCollective::Log.debug("connector #{args.pretty_inspect}")
        true
    end
end

# stub the connector with a noop one
MCollective::PluginManager << {:type => "connector_plugin", :class => "NoopConnector"}
connection = MCollective::PluginManager["connector_plugin"]

config = MCollective::Config.instance
config.loadconfig(configfile) unless config.configured

MCollective::PluginManager.loadclass(classname)
MCollective::PluginManager << {:type => "#{agent}_agent", :class => classname}

pp MCollective::PluginManager["#{agent}_agent"].handlemsg({:body => request}, connection)

gistfile2.txt

debug 2011/03/08 15:26:21: ddl.rb:56:in `findddlfile' Found filemgr ddl at /usr/libexec/mcollective/mcollective/agent/filemgr.ddl
debug 2011/03/08 15:26:21: pluginmanager.rb:73:in `[]' Returning plugin filemgr_agent with class MCollective::Agent::Filemgr
debug 2011/03/08 15:26:21: filemgr.rb:63:in `status' Asked for status of '/tmp' - it is present
{:statusmsg=>"OK",
 :data=>
  {:ctime=>Tue Mar 08 15:07:57 +0000 2011,
   :type=>"directory",
   :present=>1,
   :uid=>0,
   :mtime_seconds=>1299596877,
   :gid=>0,
   :ctime_seconds=>1299596877,
   :atime_seconds=>1299529385,
   :atime=>Mon Mar 07 20:23:05 +0000 2011,
   :size=>4096,
   :output=>"present",
   :name=>"/tmp",
   :md5=>0,
   :mtime=>Tue Mar 08 15:07:57 +0000 2011,
   :mode=>"41777"},
 :statuscode=>0}

server.cfg

libdir = /usr/libexec/mcollective
loglevel = debug
logger_type = console

How to run an mcollective agent without the middleware, daemons etc, little thing to help with development and debug