[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Patch to allow IPA to work with dogtag 10 on f18

Ade Lee alee at redhat.com
Fri Aug 17 16:04:53 UTC 2012


On Fri, 2012-08-17 at 09:34 -0400, Ade Lee wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 18:45 +0200, Martin Kosek wrote:
> > On 08/16/2012 01:28 PM, Ade Lee wrote:
> > > Patch attached this time.  I should know better than to do this in the
> > > middle of the night ..
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 09:12 +0200, Martin Kosek wrote:
> > >> On 08/16/2012 07:53 AM, Ade Lee wrote:
> > >>> On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 23:41 -0400, Ade Lee wrote:
> > >>>> On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 16:34 +0200, Martin Kosek wrote:
> > >>>>> On 08/15/2012 03:54 PM, Ade Lee wrote:
> > >>>>>> On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 13:24 +0200, Martin Kosek wrote:
> > >>>>>>> On 08/08/2012 10:05 PM, Ade Lee wrote:
> > >>>>>>>> Hi, 
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Dogtag 10 is being released on f18, and has a number of changes that
> > >>>>>>>> will affect IPA.  In particular, the following changes will affect
> > >>>>>>>> current IPA code. 
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> * The directory layout of the dogtag instance has changed.  Instead of
> > >>>>>>>> using separate tomcat instances to host different subsystems, the
> > >>>>>>>> standard dogtag installation will allow one to install a CA. KRA, OCSP
> > >>>>>>>> and TKS within the same instance.  There have been corresponding changes
> > >>>>>>>> in the directory layout, as well as the default instance name
> > >>>>>>>> (pki-tomcat instead of pki-ca), and startup daemon (pki-tomcatd, instead
> > >>>>>>>> of pki-cad, pki-krad etc.) 
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> * The default instance will use only four ports (HTTPS, HTTP, AJP and
> > >>>>>>>> tomcat shutdown port) rather than the 6 previously used.  The default
> > >>>>>>>> ports will be changed to the standard tomcat ports.  As these ports are
> > >>>>>>>> local to the ipa server machine, this should not cause too much
> > >>>>>>>> disruption. 
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> * There is a new single step installer written in python.
> > >>>>>>>> (pkispawn/destroy) vs. pkicreate/pkisilent/pkiremove.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> * Dogtag 10 runs on tomcat7 - with a new corresponding version of
> > >>>>>>>> tomcatjss.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> The attached patch integrates all the above changes in IPA installation
> > >>>>>>>> and maintenance code.  Once the patch is applied, users will be able to:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> 1. run ipa-server-install to completion on f18 with dogtag 10.
> > >>>>>>>> 2. install a new replica on f18 on dogtag 10.
> > >>>>>>>> 3. upgrade an f17 machine with an existing IPA instance to f18/ dogtag
> > >>>>>>>> 10 - and have that old-style dogtag instance continue to run correctly.
> > >>>>>>>> This will require the installation of the latest version of tomcatjss as
> > >>>>>>>> well as the installation of tomcat6.  The old-style instance will
> > >>>>>>>> continue to use tomcat6.
> > >>>>>>>> 4. in addition, the new cert renewal code has been patched and should
> > >>>>>>>> continue to work.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> What is not yet completed / supported:
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> 1. Installation with an external CA is not yet completed in the new
> > >>>>>>>> installer.  We plan to complete this soon.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> 2. There is some IPA upgrade code that has not yet been touched
> > >>>>>>>> (install/tools/ipa-upgradeconfig).
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> 3. A script needs to be written to allow admins to convert their
> > >>>>>>>> old-style dogtag instances to new style instances, as well as code to
> > >>>>>>>> periodically prompt admins to do this.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> 4. Installation of old-style instances using pkicreate/pkisilent on
> > >>>>>>>> dogtag 10 will no longer be supported, and will be disabled soon.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> 5.  The pki-selinux policy has been updated to reflect these changes,
> > >>>>>>>> but is still in flux.  In fact, it is our intention to place the dogtag
> > >>>>>>>> selinux policy in the base selinux policy for f18.  In the meantime, it
> > >>>>>>>> may be necessary to run installs in permissive mode.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> The dogtag 10 code will be released shortly into f18.  Prior to that
> > >>>>>>>> though, we have placed the new dogtag 10 and tomcatjss code in a
> > >>>>>>>> developer repo that is located at 
> > >>>>>>>> http://nkinder.fedorapeople.org/dogtag-devel/
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Testing can be done on both f18 and f17 - although the target platform -
> > >>>>>>>> and the only platform for which official builds will be created is f18.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Thanks, 
> > >>>>>>>> Ade
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Hi Ade,
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Thanks for the patch, I started with review and integration tests (currently
> > >>>>>>> running on Fedora 17 with Nathan's repo).
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Installation on single master was smooth, it worked just fine, even with
> > >>>>>>> enforced SELinux, without any error - kudos to you and the whole dogtag team.
> > >>>>>>> The resulting logs and the structure of your log directory seems improved. I
> > >>>>>>> believe that the brand new Python installers will make it easier to debug
> > >>>>>>> issues with dogtag installation when they come.  When I tried our unit tests or
> > >>>>>>> some simple cert operation, it worked fine as well.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Now the bad news, or rather few issues and suggestions I found:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> 1) As we already discussed on IRC, tomcat 7 was not pulled automatically on
> > >>>>>>> Fedora 17 when I updated pki-ca, you somewhere miss a Requires.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> We have a dogtag patch that is currently in review that will address
> > >>>>>> this.  Once this is in, tomcatjss >=7.0.0 will be required for f17+,
> > >>>>>> rather than f18+
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> 2) I had installed IPA with dogtag10 on master. However, CA installation on a
> > >>>>>>> replica (ipa-ca-install) with dogtag9 failed - is this expectable?
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Yes.  The current IPA patch is designed to work with dogtag 10 only,
> > >>>>>> which will be officially available on f18+.  So if you update to dogtag
> > >>>>>> 10, you must have this patch and visa versa.  We probably need to add
> > >>>>>> the relevant requires to IPA to enforce this.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> If you have an existing dogtag 9 instance, and you upgrade to the new
> > >>>>>> dogtag 10 and patched IPA, then that instance will continue to work.
> > >>>>>> But any new instances would be created using dogtag 10.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> 3) I had installed IPA with dogtag10 on master. Replica had dogtag10 as well
> > >>>>>>> and I got the following error:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> # ipa-ca-install /home/mkosek/replica-info-vm-114.idm.lab.bos.redhat.com.gpg
> > >>>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>>> Configuring certificate server: Estimated time 3 minutes 30 seconds
> > >>>>>>>   [1/14]: creating certificate server user
> > >>>>>>>   [2/14]: configuring certificate server instance
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Your system may be partly configured.
> > >>>>>>> Run /usr/sbin/ipa-server-install --uninstall to clean up.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Unexpected error - see /var/log/ipareplica-ca-install.log for details:
> > >>>>>>> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> > >>>>>>> '/var/lib/pki/pki-tomcat/alias/ca_backup_keys.p12'
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> Root cause:
> > >>>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ipaserver/install/cainstance.py", line
> > >>>>>>> 625, in __spawn_instance
> > >>>>>>>     "/root/cacert.p12")
> > >>>>>>> ...
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>> I need to look into this.  I had fixed ipa-replica-install, rather than
> > >>>>>> ipa-ca-install to create replicas.  I didn't know ipa-ca-install
> > >>>>>> existed!  Should not be too bad to fix though - most likely just need to
> > >>>>>> move files to the right place.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Ok, thanks! Btw. CA on replica can be either installed during
> > >>>>> ipa-replica-install time (when --setup-ca option is passed, you probably used
> > >>>>> that one) and the aforementioned ipa-ca-install run after ipa-replica-install.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> I will be testing this out again.  As ipa-ca-install uses the same code
> > >>>> as ipa-replica-install, I would have expected it to work.  Did you try
> > >>>> it with selinux in permissive mode?
> > >>>>
> > >>> OK -- I tested this out and realized that between the time I initially
> > >>> tested this and your tests, we had changed a URL
> > >>> from /ca/pki/installer/installToken to /ca/rest/installer/installToken,
> > >>> but I forgot to update ipa-pki-proxy.conf. 
> > >>>
> > >>> The new patch has been rebased and changes the relevant patch.  With
> > >>> this, the CA replica installs correctly.
> > >>
> > >> Umh, where can I find the new rebased patch? :-)
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> There was one issue that I encountered.  I have seen this once before
> > >>> and will need to investigate further.  IPA sometimes restarts the dogtag
> > >>> instance by doing systemctl stop pki-tomcatd.target.  and then systemctl
> > >>> start pki-tomcatd.target.   I have noticed that occasionally the start
> > >>> invocation fails, while the stop and restart invocations succeed just
> > >>> fine.  This makes absolutely no sense because restart is essentially
> > >>> just stop and then start.
> > >>>
> > >>> I think this is actually a bug in systemd.  If I reboot the machine, it
> > >>> all works perfectly.  If we can't figure out whats going on with
> > >>> systemd, we can always replace this start/stop with starting/stopping
> > >>> the service directly.  (pki-tomcatd at pki-tomcat.service).  That seems to
> > >>> work all the time with no problems.
> > >>>
> > >>> I suggest we leave this fix (if needed) for a separate patch.
> > >>
> > >> Ok, I will see if I hit this issue again. Btw. is it recommended in systemd to
> > >> use target units this way? I thought that only service files are meant to be
> > >> used for manipulation with a service. As you said yourself, using service unit
> > >> file for restart worked every time.
> > >>
> > >> Martin
> > > 
> > 
> > Now, I tested the rebased patch with VMs with permissive SELinux. IPA server
> > install was OK, as always, but replica installation ended up with error.
> > Although it got much further than before:
> > 
> > # ipa-ca-install /home/mkosek/replica-info-vm-114.idm.lab.bos.redhat.com.gpg
> > ...
> >   [3/3]: restarting directory server
> > done configuring pkids.
> > Configuring certificate server: Estimated time 3 minutes 30 seconds
> >   [1/14]: creating certificate server user
> >   [2/14]: configuring certificate server instance
> >   [3/14]: disabling nonces
> >   [4/14]: importing CA chain to RA certificate database
> >   [5/14]: fixing RA database permissions
> >   [6/14]: setting up signing cert profile
> >   [7/14]: set up CRL publishing
> >   [8/14]: set certificate subject base
> >   [9/14]: enabling Subject Key Identifier
> >   [10/14]: configuring certificate server to start on boot
> >   [11/14]: configure certmonger for renewals
> >   [12/14]: configure clone certificate renewals
> >   [13/14]: configure Server-Cert certificate renewal
> >   [14/14]: Configure HTTP to proxy connections
> > done configuring pki-tomcatd.
> > Restarting the directory and certificate servers
> > 
> > Your system may be partly configured.
> > Run /usr/sbin/ipa-server-install --uninstall to clean up.
> > 
> > It seems like that CA on a replica did not start and so a check for port 8080
> > failed. Attached logs (pki-ca-logs.tgz) may provide more information to this issue.
> > 
> This is the systemd issue I mentioned before.  I will submit a patch
> which will change the restart mechanism to restart the service and not
> the target.
> > 

Patch attached.  This patch should be applied on top of the large patch
(being reviewed).

> > Now I am also testing upgrade from IPA+dogtag9 to PatchedIPA+dogtag10
> > (permissive SELinux). Now, the service was upgraded smoothly, CA service
> > could be restarted without failure. However, certificate operations now
> > did not work:
> > 
> > # ipactl restart
> > Restarting Directory Service
> > Restarting KDC Service
> > Restarting KPASSWD Service
> > Restarting MEMCACHE Service
> > Restarting HTTP Service
> > Restarting CA Service
> > # ipactl status
> > Directory Service: RUNNING
> > KDC Service: RUNNING
> > KPASSWD Service: RUNNING
> > MEMCACHE Service: RUNNING
> > HTTP Service: RUNNING
> > CA Service: RUNNING
> > # ipa cert-show 1
> > ipa: ERROR: Certificate operation cannot be completed: Unable to
> > communicate with CMS (Internal Server Error)
> > 
> > Attaching logs for this case as well (ipa-ca-logs-upgrade.tgz).
> > 
> The reason for this is that the old dogtag instances are missing:
> 1. a new parameter in CS.cfg
> 2. a couple of symlinks
> 
> I plan to fix this in the dogtag code.  Specifically,
> 1. I will modify the dogtag code to provide a default value in the case
> where the parameter does not exist.
> 2. I plan to add a function to the dogtag startup scripts to check and
> remake any required symlinks.
> 
> Both of these changes are in the dogtag code, and do not affect this
> patch.  As a workaround, to confirm that the upgrade actually works, do
> the following manual steps on your upgraded instance:
> 
> 1. Add the following parameter to CS.cfg
>    pidDir=/var/run
> 
> 2. Add the following links;
>    cd /var/lib/pki-ca/common/lib
>    ln -s /usr/share/java/apache-commons-codec.jar apache-commons-codec.jar
>    ln -s /usr/share/java/log4j.jar log4j.jar
> 
> 3 Restart the dogtag instance
> 
> > HTH,
> > Martin
> 
> 
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