[Users] [Engine-devel] 3.3 scratch or upgraded installation must use Apache proxy (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/905754)

Wed May 8 09:00:34 EDT 2013

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo at redhat.com>
> To: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl at redhat.com>
> Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel at ovirt.org>, "users" <users at ovirt.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 3:51:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] 3.3 scratch or upgraded installation must use Apache	proxy
> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/905754)
> 
> Hello,
> if I've understood correctly then:
> - there is no reason for checking if user altered http configuration
> - proxy doesn't depend on any other related http configuration we do and
> does not alter any other configuration file, so we can do it without
> asking anything
> - if ipa is installed, engine-setup should issue a warning about it and
> default to No for 'set ovirt-engine as default page' and 'configure
> apache ssl'

AFAIU and I don't think it was changed, there is a conflict between IPA and mod_ssl (they did it ugly ... not in rpm level... that was the status a year ago) 

SO it will not work, as long we do not move to mod_nss.

In addition there wad an issue with mod_proxy and using 2 different SSL certificates (IPA & RHEV) on the same apache server.

please make sure all the above are solved.

Thanks
Barak
> 
> I think I've enough info.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Il 06/05/2013 22:11, Alon Bar-Lev ha scritto:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Barak Azulay" <bazulay at redhat.com>
> >> To: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl at redhat.com>
> >> Cc: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo at redhat.com>, "engine-devel"
> >> <engine-devel at ovirt.org>, "users" <users at ovirt.org>
> >> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2013 10:42:02 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] 3.3 scratch or upgraded installation must use
> >> Apache	proxy
> >> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/905754)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 6, 2013, at 19:45, Alon Bar-Lev <alonbl at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I don't understand why you start discussion from start... there were some
> >>> additional facts.
> >>>
> >>> So first answer:
> >>> No we cannot assume we own the machine nor own the apache, nor own the
> >>> postgresql. These assumptions made in the past were plain wrong and cause
> >>> more harm than good, and eventually saved no resources nor efforts.
> >>>
> >>> At master we altered the ajp proxy configuration to be less
> >>> intrusive[1][2].
> >>>
> >>> We split the http configuration into three:
> >>> 1. Install ajp proxy per our URIs[1].
> >>> 2. Optionally set root redirection from / to /ovirt-engine
> >>> 3. Optionally configure mod_ssl with our certificate.
> >> I don't know if this was already brought up,
> >>
> >> There is a conflict between our configuration and IPA's
> >> IPA uses mod_nss and we use mod_proxy and mod_ssl , and this creates a
> >> conflict.
> >>
> >> We can try move to mod_nss on upgrade and solve all issues
> >>
> >> Barak
> > The fact that ovirt-engine depends on mod_ssl is a mistake... well, at
> > least I think so.
> > The product should not care how ssl is provided as long as it is provided.
> >
> > Personally, I think that product should not attempt to configure ssl at
> > all, but provide the instructions of how to do so... But never the less,
> > let's try to keep this to avoid argument.
> >
> > In case IPA is installed (and I really don't understand why should we care
> > about IPA specifically, well, I actually do... as IPA makes the same
> > faulty assumptions of 'owning' resources), the admin should just avoid
> > selecting the 'set ovirt-engine as default page' and 'configure apache
> > ssl', user should access ovirt-engine using:
> > http://host/ovirt-engine
> >
> > It should work as long as there are no URI conflicts between products as I
> > listed in previous message.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alon
> >
> >>> The mandatory apache configuration[1] does not alter any configuration
> >>> file, hence the chance of conflict is the chance of conflict between
> >>> ovirt-engine URIs and other product URIs.
> >>>
> >>> ovirt-engine URIs:
> >>> ---
> >>> /UserPortal
> >>> /OvirtEngineWeb
> >>> /webadmin
> >>> /docs
> >>> /spice
> >>> /ca.crt
> >>> /engine.ssh.key.txt
> >>> /rhevm.ssh.key.txt
> >>> /ovirt-engine-style.css
> >>> /console.vv
> >>> /api
> >>> /ovirt-engine
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> As we have done this without cooperation of developers we kept URIs
> >>> as-is.
> >>>
> >>> URIs that cannot be changed until next major:
> >>> /engine.ssh.key.txt
> >>> /rhevm.ssh.key.txt
> >>> /ca.crt
> >>> /api [I guess, although we can provide migration path alternative]
> >>>
> >>> All the other can be moved into /ovirt-engine with cooperation of
> >>> developers, especially UI and Virt developers, it should be easy to do
> >>> this, and reduce the chance of conflict.
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Alon Bar-Lev.
> >>>
> >>> [1] http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/13318/
> >>> [2] http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/14304/
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo at redhat.com>
> >>>> To: "engine-devel" <engine-devel at ovirt.org>
> >>>> Cc: "users" <users at ovirt.org>
> >>>> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2013 6:32:08 PM
> >>>> Subject: [Engine-devel] 3.3 scratch or upgraded installation must use
> >>>> Apache    proxy
> >>>> (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/905754)
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> I'm working on https://bugzilla.redhat.com/905754, trying to have Apache
> >>>> proxy in all 3.3 installations.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm looking in the code and I've found a point where I'm in doubt about
> >>>> how to handle the case.
> >>>> The current engine-setup implementation perform some checks that change
> >>>> the behavior of the installer documented as:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1. Check whether the relevant httpd configuration files were changed, as
> >>>> it's an indication for the setup that the httpd application is being
> >>>> actively used, Therefore we may need to ask (dynamic change) the user
> >>>> whether to override this configuration.
> >>>>
> >>>> 2. Check if IPA is installed and drop port 80/443 support. What the
> >>>> script really do is setting OVERRIDE_HTTPD_CONFIG default to False in
> >>>> both cases and just for case 2 call also setHttpPortsToNonProxyDefault.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> About 1, if we can consider Apache "owned" by the engine we can drop any
> >>>> question to the user, else I think we need to ask what to do or abort
> >>>> the setup considering the configuration as unsupported.
> >>>>
> >>>> About 2, it seems that the best solution for that is to abort the setup
> >>>> if IPA is found on the same system where
> >>>> we're installing the engine.
> >>>> As far I've understood having IPA and engine on the same host is not a
> >>>> supported configuration.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> What do you think about this?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Sandro Bonazzola
> >>>> Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community
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> >>>>
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