[PATCH v2 10/42] doc: Update VPN documentation for association state + agentless VPN
Jussi Laakkonen <[email protected]> Wed, 13 Aug 2025 18:01:42 +0300
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.connman |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Add brief descriptions of the association state. Add it to parameter descriptions as well. Add a note about using VPN_FLAG_NO_AGENT when VPN agent is not to be used with the VPN. --- doc/vpn-connection-api.txt | 4 ++-- doc/vpn-overview.txt | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/vpn-connection-api.txt b/doc/vpn-connection-api.txt index 2d3e0078..df070957 100644 --- a/doc/vpn-connection-api.txt +++ b/doc/vpn-connection-api.txt @@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ Properties string State [readonly] The connection state information. - Valid states are "idle", "failure", "configuration", - "ready", "disconnect". + Valid states are "idle", "failure", "association", + "configuration", "ready", "disconnect". string Type [readonly] diff --git a/doc/vpn-overview.txt b/doc/vpn-overview.txt index d2d14a0c..f5ca8013 100644 --- a/doc/vpn-overview.txt +++ b/doc/vpn-overview.txt @@ -66,7 +66,12 @@ VPN agent interface described in vpn-agent-api.txt is used for interaction between the connectivity UI and ConnMan. A VPN agent registered via Management interface gets requests from the VPN plugins to input credentials or other authentication information for the VPN -connection and offers information about the VPN to be connected. +connection and offers information about the VPN to be connected. When +waiting for input via VPN agent the state of the VPN is "association" +and after getting the input the state transitions to "connect". If the +VPN does not wish to use VPN agent this can be explicitly defined by +using VPN_FLAG_NO_AGENT flag in initialization indicating that the +state is transitioned to "connect" when connecting the VPN. In addition to basic credentials, there are additional types of optional and control parameters. The user can dictate whether to store the -- 2.39.5