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| author | Marcello Stanisci <marcello.stanisci@inria.fr> | 2016-09-21 00:02:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Marcello Stanisci <marcello.stanisci@inria.fr> | 2016-09-21 00:02:47 +0200 |
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diff --git a/dev-exchange.rst b/dev-exchange.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4ca913ae --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-exchange.rst @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +.. + This file is part of GNU TALER. + Copyright (C) 2014, 2015, 2016 INRIA + TALER is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the + terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software + Foundation; either version 2.1, or (at your option) any later version. + TALER is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY + WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR + A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with + TALER; see the file COPYING. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> + + @author Christian Grothoff + +======== +Exchange +======== + +------------ +Introduction +------------ +TBD + +.. _keys: + +---- +Keys +---- +TBD (do mention "starting date") + +--------------- +Database Scheme +--------------- + +The exchange database must be initialized using `taler-exchange-dbinit`. This +tool creates the tables required by the Taler exchange to operate. The +tool also allows you to reset the Taler exchange database, which is useful +for test cases but should never be used in production. Finally, +`taler-exchange-dbinit` has a function to garbage collect a database, +allowing administrators to purge records that are no longer required. + +The database scheme used by the exchange look as follows: + +.. image:: exchange-db.png |