[Freeipa-users] Correct way to install plugins?

[Rob Crittenden]

Jeffery Harrell wrote:
> Good morning. (It’s morning where I am.)
>
> I’ve written several plugins for my deployment, including a DHCP plugin,
> and I’m trying to figure out the best way to deploy them onto production
> servers.
>
> Let’s start with the schema. I could copy a schema file (e.g.,
> 89dhcp.ldif and others) into /etc/dirsrv/slapd-REALM/schema and do a
> schema reload, or I could use ldapmodify to write the schema directly
> into the running system so it gets written into
> /etc/dirsrv/slapd-REALM/schema/99user.ldif.
>
> Is there any reason to prefer one over the other? Doing it the first way
> seems more tidy to me, but it has to be done on each server separately,
> which makes me wonder if it might cause things to get weird with respect
> to replication during that short span of time when one server has the
> schema and the other doesn’t. The Red Hat Directory Server documentation
> stops short of saying that local schemata should always be installed
> with ldapmodify into 99user.ldif, but it seems to kind of head-fake in
> that direction, so I’m not sure what the right method is.

The answer is neither: you want to use ipa-ldap-updater 
--schema-file=<your_schema.ldif>

You definitely want to do it online so the schema gets replicated (and 
into 99user.ldif) so entries on non-updated masters don't blow up.

> Then there are the update files. For the DHCP plugin, for instance, I
> have a short update file that initializes a few objects (see below). Is
> it better to just RUN this update against a live server with
> ipa-ldap-updater, or is it better to INSTALL this file
> in /usr/share/ipa/updates so it stays on the server permanently? Will
> the second approach be better in case of upgrades or whatever?

I'd install it into /usr/share/ipa/updates. The updater is more or less 
idempotent so it shouldn't hurt anything to run it multiple times.

Once you have things working you might consider submitting your work 
upstream. There is a long-standing ticket for DHCP integration, 
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/939

rob

> Thanks very much for taking the time. I hope my questions made sense.
>
> Jeffery
>
> DHCP update file for reference, if necessary:
>
> dn: cn=dhcp,$SUFFIX
> add: objectClass: top
> add: objectClass: dhcpService
> add: dhcpStatements: authoritative
> add: dhcpStatements: default-lease-time 43200
> add: dhcpStatements: max-lease-time 86400
> add: dhcpStatements: one-lease-per-client on
>
> dn: cn=dhcpHosts,cn=Schema Compatibility,cn=plugins,cn=config
> add: objectClass: top
> add: objectClass: extensibleObject
> add: schema-compat-container-group: cn=hosts,cn=dhcp,$SUFFIX
> add: schema-compat-search-base: cn=computers,cn=accounts,$SUFFIX
> add: schema-compat-search-filter:
> (&(macAddress=*)(fqdn=*)(objectClass=ipaHost))
> add: schema-compat-entry-rdn: cn=%{fqdn}
> add: schema-compat-entry-attribute: objectClass=dhcpHost
> add: schema-compat-entry-attribute: dhcpHWAddress=ethernet %{macAddress}
> add: schema-compat-entry-attribute: dhcpStatements=fixed-address %{fqdn}
> add: schema-compat-entry-attribute: dhcpOption=host-name "%{fqdn}"
>
> dn: cn=DHCP Administrators,cn=privileges,cn=pbac,$SUFFIX
> add: objectClass: top
> add: objectClass: groupofnames
> add: objectClass: nestedgroup
> only: description: DHCP Administrators
>
> plugin: update_managed_permissions
>
>
>