Configure the launcher from the command line

This example shows how to configure the example_httpserver plugin from the command line. It consists mostly of command-line interactions. With the exception of interactive commands, this example can be run when downloaded as a Jupyter notebook. The interactive commands and their outputs are simply shown as text.

The configuration contains only a single value, directory, which specifies the where the HTTP server is to serve files from.

To see the list of launch modes for the example_httpserver product, run this code:

%%bash
ansys-launcher configure example_httpserver

Here is the output:

Usage: ansys-launcher configure example_httpserver [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
--help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
direct

Interactive configuration

To interactively specify the available configuration options, run this command:

ansys-launcher configure example_httpserver direct

The preceding command might result in a session like this:

directory:
 [<current-working-directory>]: /path/to/directory

Updated /home/<your_username>/.config/ansys_tools_local_product_launcher/config.json

Non-interactive configuration

Alternatively, you can specify the configuration fully from the command line (non-interactively):

%%bash
ansys-launcher configure example_httpserver direct --directory /path/to/directory