[openstack-dev] [nova][cinder] Deprecating ConfKeyManager (fixed-key key manager)

Matt Riedemann mriedem at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Jan 4 16:28:19 UTC 2016



On 1/4/2016 10:03 AM, Eric Harney wrote:
> On 01/04/2016 10:46 AM, Farr, Kaitlin M. wrote:
>>> The fixed key manager is useful for easy testing (we're using it in the
>>> gate in places where barbican isn't available). Is there anything
>>> equivalent with Catellan?
>>>
>>>          -Sean
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sean Dague
>>> http://dague.net
>>
>> There is no fixed-key back end with Castellan. I agree that using a
>> fixed key makes for very easy testing, but the tests use a
>> configuration (ConfKeyManager) that should not be used in deployment.
>> The tests could be made much more useful if they used a more realistic
>> configuration (Barbican).
>>
>> Adding a gate that tests using DevStack with Barbican enabled would
>> be a more valuable than the existing tests for two reasons:
>>
>>   1. ConfKeyManager could be removed.
>>   2. It would test the feature configured more closely to how a
>>      deployment would actually look.
>>
>> As part of this change to deprecate ConfKeyManager and integrate
>> Castellan, I would like to add this new gate.
>>
>>   -Kaitlin
>>
>
> Aiming toward tests that mirror real-world deployment is certainly a
> good thing, but I don't think we should remove ConfKeyManager.
>
> We will want to maintain the ability to test these Cinder/Nova code
> paths in development environments or in some automated environments
> without requiring additional services to be configured.
>
> We can address this by having ConfKeyManager emit warning messages
> indicating that it isn't for production environments.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>
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Note that at least in nova, the single key manager already emits a 
warning when used [1].

[1] 
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/97d63d8745cd9b3b391ce96b94b4da263b3a053d#L40

-- 

Thanks,

Matt Riedemann




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