Andy Kurth created VCL-841:
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Summary: VMware.pm::configure_vmhost_dedicated_ssh_key may fail
Key: VCL-841
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-841
Project: VCL
Issue Type: Bug
Components: vcld (backend)
Affects Versions: 2.4
Reporter: Andy Kurth
Fix For: 2.4.1
The configure_vmhost_dedicated_ssh_key in VMware.pm should not be called unless
VMware ESXi 4.x is used. It allows the SSH authorized_keys to persist across
reboots.
In some cases, it generates warnings in vcld.log:
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|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| ---- WARNING ----
|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| 2015-03-19
15:38:17|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210|failed to execute
command to create a file on blade1e1-10:
|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| command: 'echo -e
"\x62\x6f\x6f\x74\x73\x74\x61\x74\x65\x3d\x30\xa\x6b\x65\x72\x6e\x65\x6c
...
\x31\x38\xa\x75\x70\x64\x61\x74\x65\x64\x3d\x31\xa" > /bootbank/boot.cfg', exit
status: 1, output:
|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| /bin/sh: File too large
|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| ( 0) OS.pm, create_text_file
(line: 2210)
|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| (-1) VMware.pm,
configure_vmhost_dedicated_ssh_key (line: 7591)
|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| (-2) VMware.pm, initialize
(line: 381)
|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| (-3) Module.pm, new (line: 224)
|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| (-4) Module.pm,
create_provisioning_object (line: 727)
|847|28|56|timeout|OS.pm:create_text_file|2210| (-5) State.pm, initialize
(line: 205)
{noformat}
This warning was generated from an ESXi 5.5 host. I'm not sure it is a
problems for 4.x. Either way, it should be disabled for 5.x hosts. I don't
think it's worth putting too much effort into since it is no longer necessary
for modern hosts. No harm is done when this subroutine fails. It is only
called if the state is timeout.
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