Anaconda-devel March 2015

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Anaconda and cloud-init
by Colin Walters 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

Fedora right now has three products, and I'm going to ignore Workstation for this post. Server: Download boot.iso, configure via kickstart Cloud: Download qcow2 image, configure via cloud-init Anaconda is used in generating the Cloud image (see my previous post about ImageFactory), with the resulting issues there. But note the kickstart functionality is not accessible to the Cloud user. Instead, cloud-init is the pervasive way to configure cloud images. But if you look at this, cloud-init actually has a lot of great features that *also* make sense on bare metal. A good example is ssh key provisioning. Look at the "ssh-authorized-keys" entry in the YAML here: http://cloudinit.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/examples.html#including-u… Kickstart has no declarative syntax to update the ssh keys for a user. And this lack of support is actually reflected in the Anaconda UI/framework logic - it won't let you proceed unless you have a root password or an administrative user (with a password) But ssh keys are *more* secure than passwords, and we should strongly encourage their use. In the RHEL6 era, people of course did it in %post, but there was a common trap around SELinux labeling: https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv6-beta-list/2010-November/msg00005.html Basically I'd like to discuss pulling in cloud-init into the installation environment. Ideally, I could chain kickstart -> cloud-config. Say a new toplevel verb like this in %kickstart: %cloud-config users: - name: walters ssh-authorized-keys: ssh-rsa ... %end The simplest way to implement this would be to simply dump the file into /var/tmp on the target system, and then have the cloud-init program execute it on boot. But to fix the issue of anaconda being unaware of ssh keys as a valid way to log in would require parsing it in the install environment and looking at the users stanza. At a high level, I think this is a good architectural match; both programs are Python 2, etc. (cloud-init is GPLv3 though...hmm) cloud-init also has a lot of popularity due to its cross-distribution nature. Finally, the reason I bring this up is because I work on Project Atomic, and as part of that one of the features we're investigating is a PXE-to-Live scenario. For that, cloud-init is a perfect match, because it's designed to configure an already existing system (versus kickstart which is designed to be processed for an installation). Laying the foundation with regular bare metal support for cloud-init would help this as well.

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Anaconda detect RHEL when reinstall a new OS
by Jack Ngo 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Step to reproduce: 1/ Install my own OS to VM and reboot. 2/ Insert ISO and boot from ISO. 3/ Click on Installation destination, choose the same hard drive to install OS, choose to reclaim space. Actual result: - Anaconda detect my own OS as RHEL Expected result: - Anaconda could detect my own OS So what package I need to change for Anaconda to detect my own OS in installed system? Thanks for your help !!!

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Pull request to fix potential deferencement
by Nassiet, GaelleX 17 Mar '15

17 Mar '15

Hi, I send you a pull request recently to fix potential deferencement : https://github.com/rhinstaller/efivar/pull/16 I'm completely new and since I don't see any comments or reviews on my patch I wonder if I miss something? Could you please take a look? Thanks for your support. Gaëlle Nassiet Gaëlle Supporting PUPDR-Flashing CELAD SAS. On behalf of MCG --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Corporation SAS (French simplified joint stock company) Registered headquarters: "Les Montalets"- 2, rue de Paris, 92196 Meudon Cedex, France Registration Number: 302 456 199 R.C.S. NANTERRE Capital: 4,572,000 Euros This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.

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FESCO request to revert password confirmation change in F22
by Adam Jackson 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

As resolved by FESCO in our meeting on 4 March 2015, FESCO requests that anaconda revert a password behaviour change in the UI from F22, restoring the "double-click to confirm weak password" behaviour from F21 and earlier. As for how that's realized: I'm not picky. If it makes more sense from a development or maintenance perspective to keep the revert in fedora package git rather than rhinstaller upstream, that's fine; if it makes more sense to revert upstream as well, that's fine too. FESCO is prepared to work with anaconda and other stakeholders to define security models for the various Fedora products. By clarifying our needs we hope to avoid this kind of contention in the future. For FESCO, - ajax

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Invalid icon name found in glade files
by Alexander Todorov 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hi everyone, Glade test cases on master (more precisely tests/glade/icons/check_icons.py) show me the following errors. Can you shed a bit more light into this and how to move forward with it? Also do you need 1 bug opened for everything or separate bugs for each glade file/directory ? Invalid icon name application-exit found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/main.glade:138 Invalid icon name dialog-error found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/advstorage/dasd.glade:210 Invalid icon name dialog-error found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/advstorage/fcoe.glade:175 Invalid icon name dialog-error found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/advstorage/zfcp.glade:253 Invalid icon name dialog-information found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/advstorage/iscsi.glade:229 Invalid icon name dialog-error found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/advstorage/iscsi.glade:522 Invalid icon name dialog-error found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/advstorage/iscsi.glade:1043 Invalid icon name list-add-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/datetime_spoke.glade:10 Invalid icon name system-run-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/datetime_spoke.glade:32 Invalid icon name go-down-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/datetime_spoke.glade:48 Invalid icon name go-down-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/datetime_spoke.glade:53 Invalid icon name go-down-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/datetime_spoke.glade:58 Invalid icon name go-up-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/datetime_spoke.glade:282 Invalid icon name go-up-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/datetime_spoke.glade:287 Invalid icon name go-up-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/datetime_spoke.glade:292 Invalid icon name dialog-warning found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/keyboard.glade:83 Invalid icon name list-add-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/keyboard.glade:192 Invalid icon name list-remove-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/keyboard.glade:207 Invalid icon name go-up-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/keyboard.glade:222 Invalid icon name go-down-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/keyboard.glade:237 Invalid icon name input-keyboard-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/keyboard.glade:253 Invalid icon name list-add-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/custom.glade:183 Invalid icon name list-remove-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/custom.glade:199 Invalid icon name view-refresh-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/custom.glade:215 Invalid icon name system-help-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/custom.glade:231 Invalid icon name dialog-warning found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/dasdfmt.glade:124 Invalid icon name emblem-ok-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/dasdfmt.glade:261 Invalid icon name dialog-warning found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/refresh.glade:105 Invalid icon name emblem-ok-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/refresh.glade:281 Invalid icon name dialog-warning found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/custom_storage_helpers.glade:514 Invalid icon name dialog-warning found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/custom_storage_helpers.glade:909 Invalid icon name image-missing found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/passphrase.glade:213 Invalid icon name dialog-warning found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/lib/passphrase.glade:258 Invalid icon name list-add-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/network.glade:275 Invalid icon name list-remove-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/network.glade:289 Invalid icon name network-wired found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/network.glade:340 Invalid icon name network-wireless found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/network.glade:759 Invalid icon name network-cellular-connected-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/network.glade:1206 Invalid icon name network-vpn found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/network.glade:1523 Invalid icon name preferences-system-network found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/network.glade:1789 Invalid icon name dialog-password-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/network.glade:2415 Invalid icon name list-add-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/source.glade:1023 Invalid icon name list-remove-symbolic found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/source.glade:1042 Invalid icon name view-refresh found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/source.glade:1061 Invalid icon name drive-harddisk found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/storage.glade:685 Invalid icon name application-exit found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/welcome.glade:83 Invalid icon name application-exit found at ../pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/welcome.glade:503 -- Alex

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anaconda 22.20.2-1 / python-blivet 1.0.1-1 are DOA
by Adam Williamson 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Just in case folks don't see the update comment, there's two import issues which result in the new anaconda/blivet being completely broken: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-22.20.2-1.fc22,python- blivet-1.0.1-1.fc22 Most notably, getPossiblePhysicalExtents() was removed from blivet.devicelibs.lvm without anaconda being adjusted to not use it any more. As we need the update to fix Alpha blockers, it'd be appreciated if we could get fixed builds ASAP, thanks :) -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net

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