ColdFront Initializer Plugin

This plugin loads data from yaml files into ColdFront.

Install

Install ColdFront and add initializer extra group:

$ uv tool install coldfront[initializer]

If you already have ColdFront installed you can run:

$ uv sync --extra initializer

Or install directly via pip:

$ uv pip install coldfront-initializer

Next add the plugin to the PLUGINS setting in your ColdFront configuration:

PLUGINS="coldfront_initializer"

Loading data

Load ColdFront test data (NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE):

$ uv run coldfront load_test_data

Copy the example test data files so you can edit/update:

$ uv run coldfront copy_initializer_examples --path /path/for/example/files

Load data from a directory:

$ uv run coldfront load_initializer_data --path /path/to/yaml/files

Community supported library of initial data

The ColdFront community maintians a library of common initial data available for importing into your ColdFront instance. To load run:

$ uv run coldfront load_initializer_data --library resource_types

Resource Types

• Slurm Cluster, Slurm Partition

Credits

This plugin was adopted from https://github.com/tobiasge/netbox-initializers written by Tobias Genannt.

License

Apache 2.0