geoserver reload script

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""This is a script that we use to reload geoserver catalogs when load balancing them"""

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config = {
    'geoserver': [
        '127.0.0.1:8180',
        '127.0.0.1:8181',
        #'', # next one
    ]
}

# DO NOT MODIFY ANYTHING BELOW THIS #
# (unless you know what you're doing)

import cgi
import sys, os
import urllib2

#curl -H "sec-roles:ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR" -H 'sec-username:fake_user' -v -XPOST http://127.0.0.1:8181/geoserver/rest/reload?recurse=true

headers = {
    "sec-roles": "ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR",
    "sec-username": "fake_user",
}

failures = []

for host in config['geoserver']:
    req = urllib2.Request("http://"+host+"/geoserver/rest/reload?recurse=true", "nothing", headers)
    try:
        r = urllib2.urlopen(req)
    except urllib2.URLError as e:
        failures.append((host, e.reason))


if len(failures) == 0:
    print "Status: 200 OK"
    print ""
    print "Reload OK"
else:
    print "Status: 500 Internal Server Error"
    print ""
    for f in failures:
        print "Reload failed for host %s, reason is '%s'" %  f

Hi @fvanderbiest, I know this script if from long ago but I really need something like this. However, I don't seem to understand your usage of headers = { sec-roles": "ROLE_ADMINISTRATOR", "sec-username": "fake_user", }
What does this mean in Geoserver? how does it work?

Your help will be highly appreciated.

Hi @jometho, sorry I did not see your comment before.
The headers are required for a geOrchestra compatible GeoServer, in which a GeoServerRequestHeaderAuthenticationFilter filter has been configured like this.
This allows to initiate the request as an administrator. This does not apply to the general case !