[Freeipa-devel] Topology Plugin design questions

[Petr Vobornik]

On 08/13/2015 09:55 AM, Ludwig Krispenz wrote:
>
> On 08/10/2015 10:54 AM, 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 It seems the Design page for the topology plugin is a bit outdated.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?
>>
>> 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.
> this is not true, in segment add youcan specify the direction:
>
> adding the segment:
> -------------
> [root at vm-215 ~]# ipa topologysegment-add realm
> Left node: vm-112.abc.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com
> Right node: vm-179.abc.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com
> Connectivity [both]: left-right
> Segment name
> [vm-112.abc.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com-to-vm-179.abc.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com]:
> onedirect
> -------------------------
> Added segment "onedirect"
> -------------------------
>    Segment name: onedirect
>    Left node: vm-112.abc.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com
>    Right node: vm-179.abc.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com
>    Connectivity: left-right
>
>
> checking the segment:
>
> [root at vm-215 ~]# ipa topologysegment-find realm
> ------------------
> .....
> ------------------
>    Segment name: onedirect
>    Left node: vm-112.abc.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com
>    Right node: vm-179.abc.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com
>    Connectivity: left-right
>
> ......
>

This is a bug. Option "direction" was removed from -add and -mod 
commands on purpose. But CLI still incorrectly asks for the value and 
therefore allows to change the default "both".
-- 
Petr Vobornik