[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH 25] Improve error logging for Dogtag subsystem installation

[Petr Spacek]

On 1.12.2015 18:42, Christian Heimes wrote:
> From 33be1f56a64e53d261a1058c4606a7e48c0aac52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Christian Heimes <cheimes at redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:49:53 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH 25] Improve error logging for Dogtag subsystem installation
> 
> In the case of a failed installation or uninstallation of a Dogtag
> subsystem, the error output of pkispawn / pkidestroyed are now shown to
> the user. It makes it more obvious what went wrong and makes it easier
> to debug a problem.
> 
> The error handler also attempts to get the full name of the installation
> / uninstallation log file from stdout. pkispawn and pkidestroy print the
> absolute name as 'Log file: /path/to/file.log'. The user no longer has
> to guess the right log file.
> 
> Example:
>   [1/8]: configuring KRA instance
> Failed to configure KRA instance: Command ''/usr/sbin/pkispawn' '-s'
> 'KRA' '-f' '/tmp/tmp1UpbwF'' returned non-zero exit status 1
> pkispawn    : ERROR    ....... PKI subsystem 'KRA' for instance
> 'pki-tomcat' already exists!
> See the installation logs and the following files/directories for more
> information:
>   /var/log/pki/pki-tomcat
>   /var/log/pki/pki-kra-spawn.20151201151735.log
>   [error] RuntimeError: KRA configuration failed.
> 
> The patch also changes a couple of modules that were using
> the CalledProcessError exception object from subprocess instead of
> ipautil.

I'm wondering if ipautil.run() can log stdout and stderr on log level ERROR
when return code is non-zero (and log on level DEBUG as usual when return code
is zero).

IMHO it would be nicer, universal, and does not require any changes in places
calling ipautil.run().

What do you think?

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Petr^2 Spacek