[Freeipa-devel] New replica installation and topology - we need stable base

[Simo Sorce]

On Thu, 2015-05-28 at 16:02 +0200, Martin Kosek wrote:
> On 05/28/2015 04:00 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > On Thu, 2015-05-28 at 15:47 +0200, Martin Kosek wrote:
> >> On 05/27/2015 04:59 PM, Martin Kosek wrote:
> >> ...
> >>> Domain Levels
> >>> - Done, committed
> >>> - Defaults to Level 1, i.e. Topology plugin powered infra enabled
> >>
> >> With respect to related Simo's response in
> >> http://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-devel/2015-May/msg00553.html
> >>
> >> Would we want to enable Topology (i.e. Domain Level 1) even if Replica
> >> promotion is not done? I thought we do as I see those as orthogonal features.
> >> Replica promotion would take advantage of the Topology plugin, but it does not
> >> mean you cannot benefit from Topology plugin without it.
> >>
> >> You can still use the API to see/manage the topology and set replication
> >> settings with it. You do not need Replica Promotion for that...
> > 
> > You cannot move for domain level 0 to 1 automatically anyway. So this is
> > a moot point to some degree. In general we need to have the code that
> > checks for the domain level version to be able to change the level, so
> > we need new code in replicas to publish the supported domain level
> > version and code in the install patchs to check that we can actually
> > join a domain given its current domain level status.
> > 
> > These checks are absolutely a critical blocker to enable the whole
> > domain-level feature.
> 
> All the functionality you describe and the checks should be already there. I
> was really only asking about the default domain level for *new* installations
> 
> Old/upgraded FreeIPA will be on the Domain Level 0 of course.

I think new installation should be on 1 but only if we have decided and
finalized what "level 1" is.

Simo.