What I want

when adding of a provider account fails, I want a sane error message telling me details of what went wrong and how to get from there (where to look at least)

What I get

error message: "Cannot add the Provider Account." telling me really nothing

• Conductor (Rails) log, tells me nothing
• quick look into /var/log/messages!! to find out I forgot to disable selinux

DC has a bug filled (and maybe already closed) on sane logfile location and sane logfile content

(rant issue # 2)

When I go Environment --> Images --> image name I get to what I call "image overview" page for now.

Now I click "Build image"

What I get

I get a browser error page with error 500

looking into the Rails log I see

a) if I did not provide any configuration for oauth at all I get:

Failed.  Response code = 500.  Response message = Internal Server Error.
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activeresource-3.2.3/lib/active_resource/connection.rb:148:in `handle_response'
 /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activeresource-3.2.3/lib/active_resource/connection.rb:115:in `request'
 /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/bundler/gems/aeolus-image-rubygem-4bffe3f60ce3/lib/aeolus_image/active_resource_oauth_client.rb:30:in `request_with_oauth'
 /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activeresource-3.2.3/lib/active_resource/connection.rb:92:in `block in put'
 /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activeresource-3.2.3/lib/active_resource/connection.rb:218:in `with_auth'
 /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activeresource-3.2.3/lib/active_resource/connection.rb:92:in `put'

b) or if I provided somehow wrong configuration

  2012-10-17 09:12:04,299 INFO root thread(MainThread) Message: Launched as daemon...
  2012-10-17 09:12:04,394 DEBUG root thread(MainThread) Message: Unable to start faulthandler - multi-thread tracebacks will not be available
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/imagefactory", line 176, in main
      import faulthandler
  ImportError: No module named faulthandler

  2012-10-17 09:12:04,433 DEBUG paste.httpserver.ThreadPool thread(worker 0) Message: Started new worker 139691243161344: Initial worker pool

What I want to get

I want to get a nice error message telling me about authentication failure when talking to image factory.

Or at leas I want a nice error code telling me something went wrong when talking to the image factory.

(rant issue # 9)

running against RHEV-M

I have an image named "just-an-image-from-rhevm-1".

I created a deployable from such image

I pushed

But I cannot launch the instance:

31-Oct-2012 09:44:20: Instance just-an-image-from-rhevm-1/just-an-image-from-rhevm-1 just-an-image-from-rhevm-1/just-an-image-from-rhevm-1: 400 : Parameter name must be 50 characters or less

Conductor should either enforce the correct limit on image name -- (50/2 - 1) in case of rhevm or the way instance name is generated from the image name should be changed.

conductor_development=# select name from instances;
                         name                           
-------------------------------------------------------
 just-an-image-from-rhevm-1/just-an-image-from-rhevm-1
 f16-pro-mock-2/f16-pro-mock
 rhevm-1/rhevm-1
 f16-pro-mock/f16-pro-mock
 t-f-16-deployable/t-f-16

conductor requires that provider names for ec2 have a fixed structure providing information about the provider type and in case, of ec2 provider region

what I get:

at /provider when I enter provider name I get a message:

Provider name must start with 'ec2-'

furthermore when I try to launch the deployable I get to a point where the provider name even has to match the provider region

what I want:

user should be free to choose provider name
'Provider Type' and 'EC2 region' provide the information that Conductor requires in the structured name

(rant issues # 1 and # 15)

• finish basic functionality (build&push)
• e2e testing
• write more integration tests
• description how to upgrade to imagefactory 2 and setup steps

What I want

call me a simple mind, but in a list of objects of type A I expect a button/tool/link/whatever to add an object of type A

now talking about images

What I have

when I go Environments --> Images I get to url "/pool_families'

there I see a list of images

no trace of a way to add an image

(rant issue # 4)

at /pool_families/new I see section title: "New Environment"

but below a label for a text field reads: "Pool Family Name"

Implement helper methods that can be used across APIs. We should serialize time information according to XML Schema datatypes. This is what CIMI does as well.

Duration:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#duration

DateTime (timestamp):
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dateTime

at /deployments/5?details_tab=instances when I click gear image and pick "Export events" I get

uninitialized constant Instance::CSV
/home/martin/devel/conductor/src/app/models/instance.rb:415:in `csv_export'
/home/martin/devel/conductor/src/app/controllers/instances_controller.rb:170:in `export_events'
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/actionpack-3.2.3/lib/action_controller/metal/implicit_render.rb:4:in `send_action'
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/actionpack-3.2.3/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb:167:in `process_action'
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/actionpack-3.2.3/lib/action_controller/metal/rendering.rb:10:in `process_action'
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/actionpack-3.2.3/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:18:in `block in process_action'
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.2.3/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:458:in `_run__4033281080833034214__process_action__4579944377564017198__callbacks'
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.2.3/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:405:in `__run_callback'
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.2.3/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:385:in `_run_process_action_callbacks'
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.2.3/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:81:in    `run_callbacks'
/home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/actionpack-3.2.3/lib/abstract_controller/callbacks.rb:17:in `process_action'

• need to convert remaining t-keys in permissions_controller.rb
• add new files to the rpm spec for building RPM of conductor

if I go:

Administer-->Environments-->POOL NAME-->Provider selection

then turn on "Penalty for Failure" and then click "Configure"

I get:

actual result

uninitialized constant ApplicationHelper::FormBuilderWithRequiredFields

expected result

UI for setting strategy specific options opens

Hi,

It seems I cannot use this in the install directive of a template
RHEL6

when i use RHEL-6 it gets validated.

XML is not valid:
Error validating value
Element name failed to validate content

That's the error that I get

Regards,
Vincent

@jprovaznik told me to rebuild the image, when I have edited the Provider Connectivity.

If image rebuild is needed after editing the provider, then Conductor shall take care of that.

Conductor should:

• either rebuild the image for me, or
• invalidate the image that I built previously.

(rant issue # 15)

Deployments API should

• provide full resource representations when listing via /api/deployments or /api/pools/:pool_id/deployments
• provide href to <deployments> elements, both in listings ^^ and when embedded in on /api/pool/:id

This is according to the resource representation guidelines [1].

[1] https://redmine.aeolusproject.org/redmine/projects/aeolus/wiki/ConductorAPIResourceRepresentation

• (current status) all models exist except for Permission, DerivedPermission
• (current status) test/dummy app includes stripped down user and group models/controllers for test/demo
• (in progress) Permission model/controller
• Finish models/controllers
• PermissionedObject module, ApplicationController helper
• Add example permissioned object type in test/dummy

RFC for the concept (done)
figure out what views it will affect (done)
specify details (done) & create missing views
apply the new structure

• (need companion for realization)

What I want

I want Conductor do guide me through the steps to launch my 1st instance.

• register account
• create an image
• create a deployable
• launch

What I get

After registering the account. I am lost.

I go Administer ---> Content ---> Default --> New Deployable

while I probably want to go

Environment --> New Image

and then

Environment --> Images --> Image Name --> New Deployable from image

(rant issues # 3 # 4 # 5 touch the broken workflow)

What I do

when I go Administer --> Cloud Provider --> name --> Accounts

I am at url '/providers/1/edit

Next I change something and click "Test"

Problems

1. my changes are gone (original values are back in the form)
2. I don't know it the test tested the changed inputs or the original ones

Argument

In an UI where I have "Test" and "Save" I obviously want to test first and then save.

(rant issue # 13)

parent issue - https://redmine.aeolusproject.org/redmine/issues/3929
RM href - https://redmine.aeolusproject.org/redmine/issues/3930

For sure:

• uptime 1st instance
• global uptime

If team decision is made in time:

• state
• created_at
• updated_at
• deployable xml

What I have

When I go Content --> Default --> deployable name, I get to '/catalogs/1/deployables/2'/.

Let's name this page "Deployable overview" for now.

Here I have a couple of points:

The big green button "Images Valid" leads to /catalogs/1/deployables/1/edit?edit_xml=true -- Editing Deployable

Thats' bad. Illogical. The text, the color, the place.

I come here to Launch the image. There's a bit green "Launch" button --> right!

But the first time I come here the button is greyed out because I have not built and/or pushed the image yet!

So I need a "big green" button that should read "Build Image" or "Push Image" based on what I should do next.

But all I get is a small text under "Build Status" that reads "Some of the images are not pushed" or "Images are not Built" with CAPITAL B.

What I want

I want this page to guide the user to the next step.

Fixed the typo.

I want big green buttons ensuring me, that I am doing right, and showing me the next step. Please add more of those!

(rant issue # 8 # 10)

When I start Conductor I get "success" validation message, that I need to be logged first to enter the system. For the very first time, the message shouldn't be there, it is obvious, that I need to log in to enter (messages are valid to display just after error login, sending password, etc.). Or is there any other reason to display it right away? For me, it feels more confusing.

Basic CRUD actions for Credential Definition API

RM - https://redmine.aeolusproject.org/redmine/issues/3948

Initial implementation of the instances api.

Full representations should also be shown in top level subcollections.

Select fields needs to be removed from show action. Some like owner_id and history will be held back until additional APIs are be implemented.

git clone --origin github git+ssh://[email protected]/aeolusproject/conductor.git
cd conductor
git checkout master
git submodule init
git submodule update
cd src/vendor/converge-ui
tito build --test --rpm

fails with:

#### ERROR

Error running command: git describe --match=converge-ui-devel-1.1-1 376cb579862248812878e72f71a6670cf9c6a7f7
Status code: 32768
Command output: fatal: No names found, cannot describe anything.

see also:
#209 (comment)

Implement and spec things that already have a clear and possible implementation designed.

For some parts need more clarification/consensus or they require other resources to be implemented, so they will be omitted for now and added later, so that it's possible to add them without breaking stuff.

What I want

Talking about '/images/new?environment=1' -- "New Image":

If I upload an ISO image, which is what some user will surely try, I want the application to give me a nice error message.

Generally when I give the application a wrong input (wrong type, wrong size) I expect a nice error message.

What I have

After a dozen minutes I have an empty browser window. And in the Rails log I see:

              Rendered layouts/_admin_nav.html.haml (19.5ms)
              Rendered images/edit_xml.html.haml within layouts/application (365004.5ms)
              Rendered layouts/_new_notification.html.haml (45.3ms)
              Rendered layouts/_footer.html.haml (882.3ms)
              Rendered layouts/converge-ui/_header_layout.haml (4.9ms)
              Rendered layouts/converge-ui/_base.haml (41565.7ms)
              Rendered layouts/converge-ui/shell_layout.haml (201594.5ms)
              Completed 200 OK in 753340ms (Views: 743206.8ms | ActiveRecord: 5.9ms)
              terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
              what():  no allocation for outbound data
              Aborted

The UI has changed since my last week experiments so that I no longer have a strong urge to upload an ISO ;-)

But anyway the application should handle that case.

(rand issue # 6)

UI for adding costs
UI for managing selection algorithm
actual algorithm

Databases connection do disconnect from time to time. Timeouts, maintenance restarts, whatever.

A daemon that depends on a database connection should handle that.

Rails provide a nice exception ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished that should be handled in dbomatic:

2012-10-30 06:47:02 ERROR /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:398:in retrieve_connection': ActiveRecord::ConnectionNotEstablished 2012-10-30 06:47:02 ERROR from /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:168:inretrieve_connection'
2012-10-30 06:47:02 ERROR from /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:142:in connection' 2012-10-30 06:47:02 ERROR from /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.3/lib/active_record/querying.rb:38:inblock in find_by_sql'
2012-10-30 06:47:02 ERROR from /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.3/lib/active_record/explain.rb:40:in logging_query_plan' 2012-10-30 06:47:02 ERROR from /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.3/lib/active_record/querying.rb:37:infind_by_sql'
2012-10-30 06:47:02 ERROR from /home/martin/.gem/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activerecord-3.2.3/lib/active_record/relation.rb:174:in `block in exec_queries'

https://redmine.aeolusproject.org/redmine/issues/3932

When deploying an instance to a provider - where the provider is unavailable - shows the following error:

translation missing: en.deployables.show.build_statuses_descriptions.Connection reset by peer

^^ Clearly missing a translation

• Found using the mock driver
• Conductor git commit version: (conductor/.git/refs/heads/master) 6be60d3

Update wiki so that it reflects changes that were made to APIs during works on API consistency.

git submodule init and git submodule update no longer work with a fresh clone of conductor because upstream is undergoing a project name change. This needs to be addressed in the conductor rpm spec as well as whatever is pointing the submodule config at the old converge-ui

Decide what to display
Discussions on how to extend the Conductor API

Current documentation:
https://redmine.aeolusproject.org/redmine/projects/aeolus/wiki/Scheduleddelayed_launch_and_maximum_execution_time

• Implementing the first user scenario listed on the page.
• Update affected views
  • Launch now & schedule launch work flow review
• Update deployments model with "launch_at" attribute
• Update views to edit/delete existing delayed launches

Situation: RHEVM did not assign an IP address to the instance until hours later. Conductor displayed 'Status: Running' and 'IP Address: - '

Launch status logic should be enhanced to warn user of these conditions.