Glossary¶
Ansible¶
Ansible is a very popular software automation tool written in python that is generally used for automating software provisioning, configuration management and application deployment.
django-netjsonconfig¶
This is the configuration management module of OpenWISP, implemented as a reusable django-app.
django-freeradius¶
This is the Freeradius management web interface module of OpenWISP, implemented as a reusable django app.
django-x509¶
This is the Publik Key Infrastructure management module of OpenWISP, implemented as a reusable django app.
Mesh Network¶
A mesh network is a local network topology in which the infrastructure nodes connect directly, dynamically and non-hierarchically to as many other nodes as possible and cooperate with one another to efficiently route data from/to clients.
NetJSON¶
NetJSON is a data interchange format based on JSON designed to ease the development of software tools for computer networks.
OpenWISP¶
openwisp-config¶
openwisp-config is the agent for OpenWRT that allows OpenWISP 2 to remotely send configuration updates.