In parallel to its own configuration system the wifi-ap snap provides a set of snap configuration items which can be changed through the snap set system command. These allow customization of the default behaviour of the wifi-ap snap from a device gadget snap.
The available configuration items are documented in the following sections.
automatic-setup.disable
The automatic-setup.disable option allows a device to disable the automatic AP setup that the wifi-ap snap comes with by default.
Possible values are:
- false (default): The automatic setup of the AP on installation of the wifi-ap snap is enabled .
- true: The automatic setup of the AP on installation of the wifi-ap snap is disabled .
Example:
$ snap set wifi-ap automatic-setup.disable=true
Please note that changing the configuration after installation of the wifi-ap snap does not change its behaviour anymore. The option only has influence on the snap when it is being installed. This can be used from a gadget snap by adding the following lines to the gadget.yaml file:
defaults:
# The alpha numeric key below is the id of the wifi-ap snap assigned in the
# Ubuntu Store. Specifying the snap name instead is not possible. 2rGgvyaY0CCzlWuKAPwFtCWrgwkM8lqS: automatic-setup.disable: true
After this snippet is added to the gadget.yaml and an updated version of the gadget snap is deployed onto the device the automatic setup, of the AP is disabled once the wifi-ap is installed from the Ubuntu Store.
default.wifi.ssid
The default.wifi.ssid option allows a device to specify the default name of the wireless network (SSID). This name will be used when creating a network unless changed by the user.
This option is used only on installation of the wifi-ap snap, and it is ignored on updates. Therefore, doing snap set on it produces no effect. It must be set by setting it as a default in the gadget snap, for instance:
defaults:
# The alpha numeric key below is the id of the wifi-ap snap assigned in the
# Ubuntu Store. Specifying the snap name instead is not possible. 2rGgvyaY0CCzlWuKAPwFtCWrgwkM8lqS: default.wifi.ssid: MyDeviceSSID
A gadget snap with this option must be installed before installing wifi-ap for it to have effect.