[Freeipa-devel] Topology Plugin design questions

[Oleg Fayans]

Hi Simo,

Thanks for the clarification. Should I update the design page myself, or 
is better to let Ludwig do it?

On 08/10/2015 03:12 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-08-10 at 10:54 +0200, Oleg Fayans wrote:
>> Hi Ludwig,
>>
>> It seems the Design page for the topology plugin is a bit outdated.
>> 1. It still operates with the terms like plugin version
>> (http://www.freeipa.org/page/V4/Manage_replication_topology#Check_for_modify_operation),
>> although it was generally agreed, that we do not use plugin version at all.
>>
>> 2. The section
>> http://www.freeipa.org/page/V4/Manage_replication_topology#Check_after_online_initializatition
>> should be a bit clarified:
>> Does this mean, that if we prepare a replica from a master that has
>> domainlevel = 1, then the replica, that already had a domain level = 0
>> will raise it? Do we support this scenario at all?
>
> No, the domain level must be raised by admin, it cannot be raised
> automatically by any component least of all a replica joining a domain.
>
>> 3. Segment directions. Currently there is no way to specify segment
>> direction using the cli `ipa topologysegment-add`. However the direction
>> is shown with `ipa topologysegment-find` and `ipa topologysegment-show`,
>> which leads to confusing of the users. We probably should remove this
>> info from the output at all and update the design page accordingly.
>
> Showing the direction will allow us in future to show if there are
> replication issues only in one of the direction.
>
> It is true we do not allow to change directions independently (for now
> at least), but the information shouldn't hurt.
>
> Simo.
>

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Oleg Fayans
Quality Engineer
FreeIPA team
RedHat.