ChannelFinder – Enhanced Directory Service

ChannelFinder is a simple directory services which allows for searching for channels names and associated meta-data. Designed for use as part of an EPICS distributed control system.

Source is hosted on github, where any bugs should be reported, and Installation Instructions are kept.

Related projects may be found in the ChannelFinder org. including:

• A java client javaCFClient

• A python client pyCFClient

• Automatic population from EPICS IOCs recsync

Contents:

• Introduction
  • Data Management
  • Data Processor
• Configuration
  • application.properties
    • HTTP Server
    • LDAP Client
    • Role Mapping
  • Embedded LDAP Server
    • Archiver Appliance Configuration Processor
  • EPICS PV Access Server
• API Description
  • Service Overview
    • Service Type
  • Permissions
    • Authorization, Authentication, and Encryption
  • XML and JSON Representation
    • Payloads
  • Web Service URLs and Operations
    • Channel Resources
    • Property Resources
    • Tag Resources
    • Scroll Resources
    • Processor Resources