External Python Module Requirements

these packages should be installed in Python's site-packages directory.

• mx.DateTime
• MySQLdb
• Crypto
• Cheetah Template System
• cse utils

Environment Requirements

The script file itself (sentry.py) can be placed in any directory for which there is execute access. Sentry needs a location for its configuration file (sentry.conf) and persistent data. Sentry can write reports as html, so write access to a directory accessible from a web server would helpful, though not required.

The distribution includes a sample configuration file called sentry-dist.conf. To use it, copy it to the target configuration directory and name the file sentry.conf. If this configuration file lives somewhere other than the same directory as the application, the application must be told where it is:

./sentry.py -c /somepath/sentry.conf

Database Requirements

This program depends on having both read and write access to the Bouncer MySQL database instance.