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NAME

directory_sync

SYNOPSIS

directory_sync OPTIONS

DESCRIPTION

directory_sync synchronizes the content between Caltech Directory and CaltechPEOPLE. It uses the COLD Admin API as well as the Caltech Directory website content as a data source.

Assuming COLD Admin is running on it’s standard ports no configuration is needed.

directory_sync is suitable to run from a cronjob on the same machine which hosts COLD.

OPTIONS

help
display help
license
display license
version
display version
debug
turn on debug logging
port
set the port number for the COLD Admin JSON API, default 8112
directory
set the Caltech Directory URL, default https://directory.caltech.edu

EXAMPLE

directory_sync is setup to contact https://directory.caltech.edu to harvest directory content.

directory_sync