[ovirt-devel] UI Plugin to Upload ISO Files

[Itamar Heim]

On 12/15/2014 07:59 PM, Keith Robertson wrote:
>
> On 12/11/14 10:15 PM, Lucas Vandroux wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm actually working to create a custom user interface plugin for oVirt
>> web administration application to let user upload iso files.
>>
>> I'm in the very first stage of the project. I'm planning to use
>> angularjs with the ng-flow module <https://github.com/flowjs/ng-flow> on
>> the client-side and a java servlet using the ovirt-iso-uploader
>> <http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_engine_tools#ovirt-iso-uploader> engine tool
>> on the server-side.
>>
>> All my code is going to be on Github in the following repository
>> : iso-uploader-plugin
>> <https://github.com/ovirt-china/iso-uploader-plugin>. You can also check
>> a more detailed version of the specifications on my wiki
>> <https://github.com/ovirt-china/iso-uploader-plugin/wiki/Specifications>.
>>
>> I'm writing to you guys to know if there is a way for us to collaborate
>> as you may also want to develop something like this to be integrated in
>> the oVirt Engine.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> - Lucas Vandroux （冯凯）
>>
>
> Lucas,
>
> I am glad to see someone finally picking this up.
>
> I don't maintain the ISO uploader anymore but I can offer you some
> suggestions that may help you with your effort.
>
> 1) The mount command which is used by the 'ovirt-iso-uploader' requires
> root.  Hence, the calling process must be root.  If you shell out to the
> 'ovirt-iso-uploader' from a servlet running in Ovirt Engine the calling
> process will not be root.  Instead, it will be the user 'ovirt'.  As
> such, uploading a file will fail because the mount command will fail.
>
> To circumvent this issue, I suggest you investigate creating a
> consolehelper script to call the program as the user 'ovirt' and elevate
> your privileges to root.  I would avoid sudo for this purpose.
>
> 2) The plug-in you are creating will only work if Ovirt Engine can
> actually reach the NFS server.  AIUI, there are valid configurations
> where Hypervisors can reach the NFS server but the Engine cannot.  I am
> not sure if this is still the case but you will want to gracefully
> handle this.
>
> 3) SSH is easier.  If you can SSH to the NFS server and upload the files
> that way then you will not have to shell out to the
> 'ovirt-iso-uploader'.  You can use the Java SSH library that ships with
> oVirt.  I would suggest you review lines in [1] so that you understand
> the necessary file permissions.  It is important to note; however, that
> not all NFS server support SSH so this should not be the default
> uploading mechanism.
>

though as mentioned on the thread, we'd really love to see this done via 
upload to storage via vdsm communication.

> HTH,
> Keith
>
> [1] http://goo.gl/0ihn8W
>
>
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