tango-gateway

A Tango gateway server

Clients from other networks can connect to the gateway to access the tango database transparently. It opens ports dynamically when an access to a device is required and redirects the traffic to the corresponding device. The ZMQ tango events are also supported.

Requirements

• python >= 3.9
• pyzmq
• pytango (optional)
• prometheus_client (optional)

Usage

$ tango-gateway -h
usage: tango-gateway [-h] [--bind ADDRESS] [--port PORT] [--tango HOST] [--verbose]

Run a Tango gateway server

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --bind ADDRESS, -b ADDRESS
                        Specify the bind address (default is all interfaces)
  --port PORT, -p PORT  Port for the server (default is 10000)
  --tango HOST, -t HOST
                        Tango host (default is given by PyTango)
  --promfile PROMFILE   Name of file to write Prometheus metrics to. Requires prometeus_client.
  --verbose, -v

Contact

KITS : kitscontrol@maxiv.lu.se