Anycast-healthchecker

* ServiceCheck: rearrange the check of IPs in lo interface
* correct the directory path which contains the service checks
* add/remove items from README
* remove OPTIONS variable as its settings aren't supported anymore
* change path of the daemon
* change the default directory location for services check configs
* another set of updates on README
* fix for real the typos in README
* fix typos in README
* some tiny updates on README
* add support for bird\_reconfigure\_cmd
* reStructured text is fun:-(
* Revert "align left the parameter names"
* align left the parameter names
* small corrections on README
* update diagram about RIB in bird
* update diagram about RIB in bird
* add proper description/examples/configution
* add example and working bird configuration
* use a more reasonable default value for log\_backups option
* ServiceCheck: remove unnecessary check for wrong value for on\_disabled option
* ServiceCheck: updates on docstrings/comments
* HealthChecker: docstrings/comment updates
* add an item to TODO
* more useful logging on startup
* make pylint happy by shorten length of lines
* remove items from TODO list
* include an example anycast-healthchecker.conf file
* healthchecker: remove unnecessary import of re module
* remove unnecessary empty line
* healthchecker: use get\_ip\_prefixes\_from\_bird to fetch IP prefixes
* ServiceCheck: remove unnecessary code
* local\_run: drop sleep as it isn't needed anymore
* MAJOR: drop event system as it is not needed anymore
* local\_run: use correct file extension
* utils: get\_ip\_prefixes\_from\_bird returns a list
* HealthChecker: docstring updates
* utils: remove unnecessary commented lines
* utils: fix typo in variable name
* utils: docstrings updates
* BUG: always perform sanity checks
* BUG:perform sanity check before we check if daemon is running
* add support for showing configuration
* add items in TODO list
* remove items from TODO which are completed
* MAJOR:switch to INI files with configparser and docopt for CLI
* add item in TODO
* use the 'to' option in ip tool to list addresses matching the prefix

* no need to close file handler as 'with' statement does it
* remove another item from TODO
* one item from TODO is finished
* sys.exit can print as well:-)
* remove unused constant
* detect the case where Ddummy ip prefix is missing from bird conf
* detect prefixes in bird without a configuration
* serviceCheck and healthchecker classes get a config option
* configuration\_check accept a config object rather a dir with conf files
* provide a get\_config() to parse json files and return a dict
* add get\_config\_files() to return the absolute path of json files
* utils:configuration\_check:mention the value for invalid types
* move running function to utils module
* allocate a pid file after all checks has been passed
* refactor configuration\_check function
* remove items from TODO which are completed
* exit if we can't write to bird configuration file
* don't print filename as it is mentioned in exception message
* add support for supplying dummy IP prefix in CLI
* make sure log files exists before we start
* add a touch function in utils module
* introduce utils module with valid\_ip\_prefix function
* remove unused code from local\_run
* one item from TODO is implemented
* add support for version in CLI, print it to log as well
* update TODO

* proper shebang

* polish some log messages, no code changes
* reset always counters for states to zero when state is in transition
* more updates on local\_run
* updates on TODO
* permission changes
* use birdc rather birdcl to reconfigure bird
* adjust interval in service checks
* updates on local\_run
* updates on local\_run
* local\_run assign IPs and install bird configuration
* some updates on local\_run
* exit when parsing bird configuration results to an empty list of IP prefixes
* a script to run the daemon on a development node
* update AUTHORS
* proper handling of invalid data on pid file
* update TODO
* update TODO
* add Systemd unit file
* more updates on TODO
* update TODO
* add TODO file
* proper RST
* add a proper README file
* replace domain in an example conf
* use gmail mail address
* remove old readme
* better catch of IPs in bird config
* include license to \_\_init\_\_
* change License to Apache v2.0

* add some useful info in \_\_init\_\_
* servicecheck.py: less versbose warning
* servicecheck.py: check if we hare received stop signal before perform IP check
* ServiceCheck.py: check was unnecessarily executed twice
* main.py: call configuration checking
* add requirements file
* add a function to perform a sanity check on the configuration
* servicecheck: Tiny rewrite of comment
* servicecheck: Renamed previou\_state to check\_state
* Fixed argument name collision
* Fixed typo
* Made configurable the rotation policy for log files
* \_update\_bird\_prefix\_conf(): Doc string update
* Report valid values for on\_disabled setting
* Update ChangeLog

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* Tiny change on the comment we place on BIRD config file
* More docstrings and comment updates
* Tiny docstring update
* More pythonic way of loading module
* Spread logic from main.py to individual module files
* Update docstrings and add some comments
* Handle misconfiguration better
* More PEP8 friendly indentation
* Tiny refactoring
* print on stdout and on stderr loggers that we are daemonized
* added pylint filtering
* set umask to 022 to avoid write access for others on log files
* Cosmetic change: Report check duration earlier
* Updated ChangeLog
* fixed path README