Hi,

I've not found a compute resource plugin, that would extend the
network interface in this way, which is probably the reason
why you're hitting it first. I believe it's the correct way, but gap
in the foreman core.

I know it's sub-optimal, but wouldn't be an option to re-use some of
the existing params allowed for
compute attributes on network? See
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/blob/18780e5cb7f7d0fbcf97b99426217730b1a54635/app/controllers/concerns/foreman/controller/parameters/nic_base.rb#L27

-- Ivan

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 6:06 PM, jbm <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 24/10/17 17:42, Ivan Necas wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 3:16 PM, jbm <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On 24/10/17 13:20, Ivan Necas wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I was hitting this issue recently in the rex plugin, I needed to
>>>> change the way the param is whitelisted,
>>>> from using an array, to pass it via a block like this:
>>>>
>>>>    https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_remote_execution/pull/276
>>> I changed the portion to
>>>
>>>         parameter_filter Nic::Interface do |ctx|
>>>           ctx.permit compute_attributes: [:my_param]
>>>         end
>>>
>>> but it still doesn't work. I also tried `ctx.permit :my_param', which 
>>> worked neither.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if I transfered your solution correctly to my usecase, as you 
>>> seem to be passing the NIC parameters differently than I do (I do it in 
>>> app/views/compute_resources_vms/form/powervm/_network.html.erb, you in 
>>> app/views/overrides/nics/_execution_interface.html.erb).
>>>> Also, make sure you're testing it with the version of Foreman that has
>>>> this patch
>>>> https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/4886, as it needs it to
>>>> work properly.
>>> I'm using the latest develop branch, so this is included
>> Oh, I haven't realized you need to put it under the
>> `compute_attributes`. In that case, I think
>> you would need to convert the `compute_attributes` in
>> (https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/blob/c6760930cf08a4b584b75df8a621092dd787da01/app/controllers/concerns/foreman/controller/parameters/host_base.rb#L42)
>> to use filter
>> (such as Nic::ComputeAttribute), similarly as we have in
>> the host 
>> (https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/blob/c6760930cf08a4b584b75df8a621092dd787da01/app/controllers/concerns/foreman/controller/parameters/host_base.rb#L42)
>> and then, define the parameter_filter on `Nic::ComputeAttribute`)
> Just so I understand you right: Are you saying that it is a missing feature 
> in foreman that one can not add custom parameters in the 
> `compute_attributes'? If so, did I understand the "How to Create a Plugin" 
> guide wrong? Is `compute_attributes' *not* the correct way to add custom 
> provider specific parameters to the NIC creation (by adding them to 
> `app/views/compute_resources_vms/form/foreman_powervm/_network.html.erb')? 
> What is the correct way?
>
> If the only way to do this is to implement your suggested change in foreman, 
> I will do that, but since I don't know how fast I could get this patch to the 
> production system I want to run my plugin on I'd prefer a solution that works 
> without altering foreman and would be happy for a suggestion.
>
> --
> jbm
>> - Ivan
>>
>>>> -- Ivan
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 7:24 PM, jbm <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm currently working on a Foreman plugin to use IBM PowerVM instances as
>>>>> compute resources, and have run into the following problem when 
>>>>> implementing
>>>>> the network interface form:
>>>>>
>>>>> Following the guide at [1], I put my additional network parameters in
>>>>> `foreman_powervm/app/views/compute_resources_vms/form/foreman_powervm/_network.html.erb',
>>>>> like this:
>>>>>
>>>>>   <%= number_f f, :my_param
>>>>>                   :label => _("Foo") %>
>>>>>
>>>>> I now expected :my_param to be available in
>>>>> ForemanPowerVM::PowerVM#create_vm (which is my subclass of 
>>>>> ComputeResource),
>>>>> in the form of args['interfaces_attributes'][i]['my_param'], but it is not
>>>>> there (even though the foreman log shows that my_param was in fact 
>>>>> recieved
>>>>> as a POST parameter).
>>>>>
>>>>> So, as described in [2], I added
>>>>>
>>>>>   parameter_filter Nic::Interface, compute_attributes: [:my_param]
>>>>>
>>>>> to the Plugin.register block in my Engine class, but to no avail.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> After a bit of digging around in the foreman code I managed to "fix" this 
>>>>> by
>>>>> adding :my_param to the :compute_attributes entry in
>>>>> Foreman::Controller::Parameters::NicBase#add_nic_base_params_filter (file
>>>>> `foreman_app/controllers/concerns/foreman/controller/parameters/nic_base.rb:27').
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I keep my parameter from being filtered without altering foreman
>>>>> code? What is the correct way to register parameters, as parameter_filter
>>>>> doesnt seem to work?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for reading and hopefully your help!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]:
>>>>> http://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/How_to_Create_a_Plugin#Required-views
>>>>> [2]: 
>>>>> http://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/Strong_parameters
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> jbm
>>>>>
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