[Freeipa-devel] topologysegment-mod question

Oleg Fayans ofayans at redhat.com
Wed Jun 24 14:19:06 UTC 2015



On 06/24/2015 02:35 PM, Ludwig Krispenz wrote:
>
> On 06/24/2015 02:30 PM, Oleg Fayans wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/24/2015 02:25 PM, Ludwig Krispenz wrote:
>>>
>>> On 06/24/2015 01:59 PM, Oleg Fayans wrote:
>>>> Hi Petr,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for clarification! It seems though, that all possible 
>>>> attributes are already mapped to the topologysegment-mod options:
>>>>
>>>> [13:42:45]ofayans at vm-244:~]$  ipa show-mappings topologysegment-mod
>>>> Parameter      : LDAP attribute
>>>> =========      : ==============
>>>> stripattrs     : nsds5replicastripattrs
>>>> replattrs      : nsds5replicatedattributelist
>>>> replattrstotal : nsds5replicatedattributelisttotal
>>>> timeout        : nsds5replicatimeout
>>>> enabled        : nsds5replicaenabled
>>>> rights         : rights
>>>> [13:47:41]ofayans at vm-244:~]$ ipa help topologysegment-mod
>>>> Usage: ipa [global-options] topologysegment-mod TOPOLOGYSUFFIX NAME 
>>>> [options]
>>>>
>>>> Modify a segment.
>>>> Options:
>>>>   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
>>>>   --stripattrs=STR      A space separated list of attributes which 
>>>> are removed
>>>>                         from replication updates.
>>>>   --replattrs=STR       Attributes that are not replicated to a 
>>>> consumer
>>>>                         server during a fractional update. E.g.,
>>>>                         `(objectclass=*) $ EXCLUDE accountlockout 
>>>> memberof
>>>>   --replattrstotal=STR  Attributes that are not replicated to a 
>>>> consumer
>>>>                         server during a total update. E.g. 
>>>> (objectclass=*) $
>>>>                         EXCLUDE accountlockout
>>>>   --timeout=INT         Number of seconds outbound LDAP operations 
>>>> waits for a
>>>>                         response from the remote replica before 
>>>> timing out and
>>>>                         failing
>>>>   --enabled=['on', 'off']
>>>>                         Whether a replication agreement is active, 
>>>> meaning
>>>>                         whether replication is occurring per that 
>>>> agreement
>>>>   --setattr=STR         Set an attribute to a name/value pair. 
>>>> Format is
>>>>                         attr=value. For multi-valued attributes, 
>>>> the command
>>>>                         replaces the values already present.
>>>>   --addattr=STR         Add an attribute/value pair. Format is 
>>>> attr=value. The
>>>>                         attribute must be part of the schema.
>>>>   --delattr=STR         Delete an attribute/value pair. The option 
>>>> will be
>>>>                         evaluated last, after all sets and adds.
>>>>   --rights              Display the access rights of this entry 
>>>> (requires
>>>>                         --all). See ipa man page for details.
>>>>   --all                 Retrieve and print all attributes from the 
>>>> server.
>>>>                         Affects command output.
>>>>   --raw                 Print entries as stored on the server. Only 
>>>> affects
>>>>                         output format.
>>>>
>>>> So, setattr, addattr and delattr should, I think, be explained in 
>>>> the design document, with example usage.
>>>>
>>>> Another question that I have:
>>>> In order to test topologysegment-reinitialize, I need to set the 
>>>> replica timeout to, say, 1, then turn this replica off, then make 
>>>> some changes on master and turn on the replica? I mean, my goal is 
>>>> to make master to give up attempts to synchronize with replica, is 
>>>> that correct?
>>> I don't see why you want to do all these steps, initialize means 
>>> that the database of B is overwritten by the database of A, so you 
>>> could check that the content is the same. But to simulate a 
>>> situation where init is required is not so easy, if you turn the 
>>> replica on again, the changes could be normally replicated before 
>>> you start the init
>> The question is: how do I make sure that the content on node /a /is 
>> overwritten with the content of node /b/? I kind of need the two 
>> nodes to have different content and not trying to synchronize 
>> automatically
> you could combine this with a backup test. On server A make a backup, 
> make some changes on any node and wait until it is replicated 
> everywhere. restore A from the backup and reinitialize the complete 
> topology. It should be enough with 2 or three servers
Will the changes introduced by restoring from backup not get replicated 
automatically?
>>>>
>>>> On 06/24/2015 12:28 PM, Petr Vobornik wrote:
>>>>> On 06/24/2015 12:19 PM, Oleg Fayans wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Ludwig,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see some contradictions in the way the segment modification cli is
>>>>>> implemented:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1.
>>>>>> $ ipa help topologysegment-mod
>>>>>> Usage: ipa [global-options] topologysegment-mod TOPOLOGYSUFFIX NAME
>>>>>> [options]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ ipa topologysegment-mod realm 127-to-244 --setattr=Segment 
>>>>>> name=test
>>>>>> ipa: ERROR: command 'topologysegment_mod' takes at most 2 arguments
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (suffix + name + options = 3, not 2)
>>>>>
>>>>> 'Segment name' is not correct attribute name. More below.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2.
>>>>>> Is there a way to list all possible attributes available for 
>>>>>> modification?
>>>>>> When do topologysegment-show --all, I get quite a small number of 
>>>>>> them,
>>>>>> and even them I am unable to modify:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ ipa topologysegment-show realm 127-to-244 --all
>>>>>>    dn:
>>>>>> cn=127-to-244,cn=realm,cn=topology,cn=ipa,cn=etc,dc=idm,dc=lab,dc=eng,dc=brq,dc=redhat,dc=com 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Segment name: 127-to-244
>>>>>>    Left node: vm-127.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com
>>>>>>    Right node: vm-244.idm.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com
>>>>>>    Connectivity: both
>>>>>>    objectclass: top, iparepltoposegment
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ ipa topologysegment-mod realm 127-to-244
>>>>>> --setattr=connectivity=left-right
>>>>>> ipa: ERROR: attribute "connectivity" not allowed
>>>>>> $ ipa topologysegment-mod realm 127-to-244 
>>>>>> --setattr=direction=left-right
>>>>>> ipa: ERROR: attribute "direction" not allowed
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --XXXattr options work with LDAP attributes names. 'direction' is 
>>>>> the option name but not attribute name. Attribute name is 
>>>>> iparepltoposegmentdirection.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can see the mappings in, e.g.,:
>>>>>   ipa show-mappings topologysegment-mod
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Oleg Fayans
>>>> Quality Engineer
>>>> FreeIPA team
>>>> RedHat.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Oleg Fayans
>> Quality Engineer
>> FreeIPA team
>> RedHat.
>>
>>
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-- 
Oleg Fayans
Quality Engineer
FreeIPA team
RedHat.

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