[Freeipa-devel] Topology Plugin design questions

[Simo Sorce]

On Tue, 2015-08-11 at 10:02 +0200, Oleg Fayans wrote:
> Hi Simo,
> 
> Thanks for the clarification. Should I update the design page myself, or 
> is better to let Ludwig do it?

Either way is fine by me.

Simo.

> 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 It seems the Design page for the topology plugin is a bit outdated.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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