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Andy Kurth reopened VCL-670:
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Reopening issue. This was never discussed on the list. There is no
information in this issue related to how this was implemented in backend code
an no backend subversion commit messages. I looked through the backend code to
see how this has been implemented. There are some issues which still need to
be resolved.
* This is only implemented in {{Linux.pm::post_reserve}}. It has not been
implemented for Windows images as far as I can tell, yet the Jira issue
description references Windows. Why was this issue closed if it is not
complete?
* The Linux.pm implementation creates a
_/root/.vclcontrol/post_reserve_userdata_ file. This is not a the best name
for the file.
** _userdata_ is vague. At first glance I assumed the file would contain
information about the reservation users.
** Although the file is created in the post_reserve subroutine, the information
which would be contained in this file is not specific to the post_reserve
stage. Granted, a user could reference the file in a vcl_post_reserve script.
This is not the only situation where the file would be used so _post_reserve_
should not be included in the name.
* It is noted that this file could potentially contain sensitive information.
However, the file is not removed when the computer is sanitized if the user
never acknowledges the reservation.
* Linux.pm::post_reserve is creating a file locally on the management node in
/tmp and then copying it via SCP to the computer.
** Why not just use the _create_text_file_ subroutine? It would be more
efficient and would make the code more consistent.
** The file created in /tmp is not deleted after it is copied. This is a
problem if there is sensitive data in the file.
> user provided data loaded at request time
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> Key: VCL-670
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-670
> Project: VCL
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: database, vcld (backend), web gui (frontend)
> Environment: Primarily for server and cluster loads.
> Reporter: Aaron Peeler
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.4
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> Provide a method for users to upload data / content, that would be
> transferred to the loaded machine at load time.
> There are cases where a unique config or some xml data might need to be
> applied to a reservation or image at load or reservation time.
> The image creator would upload this generic data to along with the image
> profile, and would make use of the vcl_post_load and vcl_post_reserve.
> Since this might be sensitive data, it should be stored in /root/.vclcontrol
> for linux and a similar location for windows.
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