How to update host information via Python API

[greyshrike]

I would like to be able to set the description field (as seen on the Workers tab of the Qube GUI) on a host via a Python script.  This would be a dynamic thing - the script would allow artists to make notes on the machine "Nuke seems to be failing... etc."  I can read descriptions for all the hosts on the farm via qb.hostinfo().  I can even update this data structure, but that does not seem to "push" to the supervisor.  (At least, it does not appear in the qube GUI.)   

Is there a way to do this?  I know I can update host *properties* - but that is not what I want.

For various reasons, I would prefer not to do direct MySQL calls.

Thanks in advance!

[jburk]

Host descriptions cannot be set via an API call, they can only be set in a worker's configuration file.

The relevant parameter is worker_description, and it can be set either in the worker's local copy of the qb.conf file, or on the supervisor in the central worker config file, qbwrk.conf.  It should be a double-quoted string.

[greyshrike]

Ok, thanks!