[Openstack] How can I enable operation for non-admin user

Li, Chen chen.li at intel.com
Thu Jun 26 03:50:44 UTC 2014


Hi Scott,

Thanks for the reply.

I’m not an experienced developer, so , could you explain more about  “Perhaps the live_migrate task is passing the incorrect context in for this database query?” ?

Here is what I understand.
The issue is basically caused by  @require_admin_context for db.service_get_by_compute_host().

Then, should this a bug ?


Why “nova migrate” command do not need to check compute host ?


Thanks.
-chen

From: Scott Devoid [mailto:devoid at anl.gov]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:34 AM
To: Li, Chen
Cc: Sushma Korati; openstack at lists.openstack.org
Subject: Re: [Openstack] How can I enable operation for non-admin user

Hi Li,

The problem here is that db.service_get_by_compute_host() requires admin context. [1] The live_migrate command needs to check that both hosts have a running nova-compute service before it begins migration. Perhaps the live_migrate task is passing the incorrect context in for this database query? [2] I would think that conductor should be running under it's own context and not the caller's context? (Devs?)

And before someone comments that migration should always be *admin-only*, I'll point out that there are legitimate reasons an operator might want to give someone migrate permissions and not all admin permissions.

~ Scott

[1] https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py#L485
[2] https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/conductor/tasks/live_migrate.py#L87

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Li, Chen <chen.li at intel.com<mailto:chen.li at intel.com>> wrote:
Hi Sushma,

Thanks for the reply.

Well, edit /etc/nova/policy.json do works for command “nova migrate”.

But when I run command “nova live-migration”, I still get errors, in  /var/log/nova/conductor.log:


2014-06-25 02:07:23.897 115385 INFO oslo.messaging._drivers.impl_qpid [-] Connected to AMQP server on 192.168.40.122:5672<http://192.168.40.122:5672>
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 ERROR nova.conductor.manager [req-63f0a004-ef69-47f4-aefb-e0fa194d99b9 fa970646fa92442fa14b2b759cf381a6 2eb6bd3a69ad454a90489dd12b9cdf3b] Migration of instance 446d96d7-2073-46ac-b40c-0f167fbd04b2 to host None unexpectedly failed.
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager Traceback (most recent call last):
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/conductor/manager.py", line 757, in _live_migrate
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager     block_migration, disk_over_commit)
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/conductor/tasks/live_migrate.py", line 191, in execute
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager     return task.execute()
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/conductor/tasks/live_migrate.py", line 56, in execute
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager     self._check_host_is_up(self.source)
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/conductor/tasks/live_migrate.py", line 87, in _check_host_is_up
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager     service = db.service_get_by_compute_host(self.context, host)
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/db/api.py", line 129, in service_get_by_compute_host
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager     return IMPL.service_get_by_compute_host(context, host)
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/db/sqlalchemy/api.py", line 145, in wrapper
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager     nova.context.require_admin_context(args[0])
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/context.py", line 195, in require_admin_context
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager     raise exception.AdminRequired()
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager AdminRequired: User does not have admin privileges
2014-06-25 02:08:59.221 115395 TRACE nova.conductor.manager
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 ERROR oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher [-] Exception during message handling: Migration error: User does not have admin privileges
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher Traceback (most recent call last):
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/oslo/messaging/rpc/dispatcher.py", line 133, in _dispatch_and_reply
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher     incoming.message))
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/oslo/messaging/rpc/dispatcher.py", line 176, in _dispatch
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher     return self._do_dispatch(endpoint, method, ctxt, args)
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/oslo/messaging/rpc/dispatcher.py", line 122, in _do_dispatch
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher     result = getattr(endpoint, method)(ctxt, **new_args)
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/oslo/messaging/rpc/server.py", line 139, in inner
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher     return func(*args, **kwargs)
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/conductor/manager.py", line 681, in migrate_server
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher     block_migration, disk_over_commit)
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/conductor/manager.py", line 783, in _live_migrate
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher     raise exception.MigrationError(reason=ex)
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher MigrationError: Migration error: User does not have admin privileges
2014-06-25 02:08:59.226 115395 TRACE oslo.messaging.rpc.dispatcher
2014-06-25 02:08:59.228 115395 ERROR oslo.messaging._drivers.common [-] Returning exception Migration error: User does not have admin privileges to caller
2014-06-25 02:08:59.228 115395 ERROR oslo.messaging._drivers.common [-] ['Traceback (most recent call last):\n', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/oslo/messaging/rpc/dispatcher.py", line 133, in _dispatch_and_reply\n    incoming.message))\n', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/oslo/messaging/rpc/dispatcher.py", line 176, in _dispatch\n    return self._do_dispatch(endpoint, method, ctxt, args)\n', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/oslo/messaging/rpc/dispatcher.py", line 122, in _do_dispatch\n    result = getattr(endpoint, method)(ctxt, **new_args)\n', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/oslo/messaging/rpc/server.py", line 139, in inner\n    return func(*args, **kwargs)\n', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/conductor/manager.py", line 681, in migrate_server\n    block_migration, disk_over_commit)\n', '  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/conductor/manager.py", line 783, in _live_migrate\n    raise exception.MigrationError(reason=ex)\n', 'MigrationError: Migration error: User does not have admin privileges\n']

From: Sushma Korati [mailto:sushma_korati at persistent.co.in<mailto:sushma_korati at persistent.co.in>]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:43 PM
To: Li, Chen; openstack at lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack at lists.openstack.org>
Subject: RE: How can I enable operation for non-admin user



Hi Li,

As fas as I know to migrate an instance you'll need admin priviliges.
But if you want to allow this operation for normal user then might try editing /etc/nova/policy.json file and give privileges.

File: /etc/nova/policy.json
change "compute_extension:admin_actions:migrate": "rule:admin_api" to
"compute_extension:admin_actions:migrate": "rule:admin_or_owner"


Regards,
Sushma

________________________________
From: Li, Chen <chen.li at intel.com<mailto:chen.li at intel.com>>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 1:44 PM
To: openstack at lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack at lists.openstack.org>
Subject: [Openstack] How can I enable operation for non-admin user

Hi list,

I’m working under CentOS + icehouse.

While, I have an non-admin user “demo”, and I can work under this this user with basic operations.
Everything works well.

But, I also hope this user can do some admin operations, such as migrate and so on, because currently when I run command:
nova migrate ${my_instance}
I get output:
ERROR: Policy doesn't allow compute_extension:admin_actions:migrate to be performed. (HTTP 403) (Request-ID: req-698ad5b5-f1fe-48fc-b81f-a765020bf89f)

Anyone can help me ?

Thanks.
-chen

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