herolib/manual/core/play.md

Play

Important section about how to create base objects which hold context an config mgmt.

Context

A context is sort of sandbox in which we execute our scripts it groups the following

• filesystem key value stor
• logs
• multiple sessions
• gittools: gitstructure
• redis client

more info see context

Session

• each time we execute a playbook using heroscript we do it in a session
• a session can have a name as given by the developer or will be autocreated based on time

more info see session

Config Mgmt

is done per instance of an object which inherits from BaseConfig.

• see base
• see config

KVS

there is a KVS attached to each context/session

• see kvs