[openstack-dev] [ironic][nova][horizon] Serial console support for ironic instances
Jim Rollenhagen
jim at jimrollenhagen.com
Thu Apr 14 14:11:29 UTC 2016
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 05:47:15PM +0900, Yuiko Takada wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I also want to discuss about it at summit session.
>
> 2016-04-13 0:41 GMT+09:00 Ruby Loo <rlooyahoo at gmail.com>:
>
> > Yes, I think it would be good to have a summit session on that. However,
> > before the session, it would really be helpful if the folks with proposals
> > got together and/or reviewed each other's proposals, and summarized their
> > findings.
> >
>
> I've summarized all of related proposals.
>
> (1)Add driver using Socat
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/293827/
>
> * Pros:
> - There is no influence to other components
> - Don't need to change any other Ironic drivers(like IPMIShellinaboxConsole)
> - Don't need to bump API microversion/RPC
>
> * Cons:
> - Don't output log file
>
> (2)Add driver starting ironic-console-server
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/302291/
> (There is no spec, yet)
>
> * Pros:
> - There is no influence to other components
> - Output log file
> - Don't need to change any other Ironic drivers(like IPMIShellinaboxConsole)
> - No adding any Ironic services required, only add tools
>
> * Cons:
> - Need to bump API microversion/RPC
>
> (3)Add a custom HTTP proxy to Nova
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/300582/
>
> * Pros:
> - Don't need any change to Ironic API
>
> * Cons:
> - Need Nova API changes(bump microversion)
> - Need Horizon changes
> - Don't output log file
>
> (4)Add Ironic-ipmiproxy server
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/296869/
>
> * Pros:
> - There is no influence to other components
> - Output log file
> - IPMIShellinaboxConsole will be also available via Horizon
>
> * Cons:
> - Need IPMIShellinaboxConsole changes?
> - Need to bump API microversion/RPC
>
> If there is any mistake, please give me comment.
Thanks for doing this Yuiko, this will be helpful for everyone preparing
for this session. Looking forward to chatting about it. :)
// jim
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Yuiko Takada
>
> 2016-04-13 0:41 GMT+09:00 Ruby Loo <rlooyahoo at gmail.com>:
>
> > Yes, I think it would be good to have a summit session on that. However,
> > before the session, it would really be helpful if the folks with proposals
> > got together and/or reviewed each other's proposals, and summarized their
> > findings. You may find after reviewing the proposals, that eg only 2 are
> > really different. Or they several have merit because they are addressing
> > slightly different issues. That would make it easier to
> > present/discuss/decide at the session.
> >
> > --ruby
> >
> >
> > On 12 April 2016 at 09:17, Jim Rollenhagen <jim at jimrollenhagen.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 02:02:44AM +0800, Zhenguo Niu wrote:
> >> > Maybe we can continue the discussion here, as there's no enough time in
> >> the
> >> > irc meeting :)
> >>
> >> Someone mentioned this would make a good summit session, as there's a
> >> few competing proposals that are all good options. I do welcome
> >> discussion here until then, but I'm going to put it on the schedule. :)
> >>
> >> // jim
> >>
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:06 AM, Zhenguo Niu <niu.zglinux at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > Ironic is currently using shellinabox to provide a serial console, but
> >> > > it's not compatible
> >> > > with nova, so I would like to propose a new console type and a custom
> >> HTTP
> >> > > proxy [1]
> >> > > which validate token and connect to ironic console from nova.
> >> > >
> >> > > On Horizon side, we should add support for the new console type [2] as
> >> > > well, here are some screenshots from my local environment.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Additionally, shellinabox console ports management should be improved
> >> in
> >> > > ironic, instead of manually specified, we should introduce dynamically
> >> > > allocation/deallocation [3] mechanism.
> >> > >
> >> > > Functionality is being implemented in Nova, Horizon and Ironic:
> >> > > https://review.openstack.org/#/q/topic:bp/shellinabox-http-proxy
> >> > > https://review.openstack.org/#/q/topic:bp/ironic-shellinabox-console
> >> > > https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:open+topic:bug/1526371
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > PS: to achieve this goal, we can also add a new console driver in
> >> ironic
> >> > > [4], but I think it doesn't conflict with this, as shellinabox is
> >> capable
> >> > > to integrate with nova, and we should support all console drivers.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > [1]
> >> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/shellinabox-http-proxy
> >> > > [2]
> >> > >
> >> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/horizon/+spec/ironic-shellinabox-console
> >> > > [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1526371
> >> > > [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1553083
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Best Regards,
> >> > > Zhenguo Niu
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Best Regards,
> >> > Zhenguo Niu
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >
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