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POPython configuration file generator
 

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    <p>I want to use Python to make a configuration file generator. My roughly idea is feeding input with template files and some XML files with the real settings. Then use the program to generate the real configuration files. </p> <p>Example: </p> <pre><code>[template file] server_IP = %serverip% server_name = %servername% [XML file] &lt;serverinfo&gt; &lt;server ip="x.x.x.x" name="host1" /&gt; &lt;server ip="x.x.x.x" name="host2" /&gt; &lt;/serverinfo&gt; </code></pre> <p>and then get output configuration file like this</p> <pre><code>[server.ini] [server1] server_IP = x.x.x.x server_name = host1 [server2] server_IP = x.x.x.x server_name = host2 </code></pre> <p>I got several questions:</p> <ul> <li><p>Is there any open source configuration generator program? (what could be the keyword), I wonder if there's anything can be added/modified in the design.</p></li> <li><p>Does Python have good XML parser module?</p></li> <li><p>Is it good idea to use XML file to save the original settings? I've been thinking to use Excel since it's more intuitive to maintain, but harder for program to parse. Not sure how people deal with this.</p></li> </ul> <p>Hope the community can give me some suggestions. Thanks a lot!</p> <p>EDIT: In scenario that there are dozens of these output ini files. I am concerning 2 things.</p> <ol> <li><p>there are dozens of ip/hostname and related informations, that may requires to be managed by human, so XML format would be a bit inconvenient. What could be the most convenient structure to manage those information? (Excel would be a handy tool to batch modify and look up info)</p></li> <li><p>In case of need to add some extra line into ini files, I need a efficient way by just modify the template file and add extra info into the source file (may be the Excel file or whatever), then whole bunches of ini files can be generated quickly.</p></li> </ol>
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