https://github.com/projectatomic/adb-vagrant-registration

A plugin to add "register" and "unregister" capabilities to Vagrant guests.
https://github.com/projectatomic/adb-vagrant-registration

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A plugin to add "register" and "unregister" capabilities to Vagrant guests.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/projectatomic/adb-vagrant-registration
• Owner: projectatomic
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2014-10-18T15:42:13.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-03-21T18:38:55.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-10T17:37:17.591Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Homepage:
• Size: 273 KB
• Stars: 51
• Watchers: 11
• Forks: 24
• Open Issues: 27
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.adoc
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.adoc
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
[[vagrant-registration]]

= vagrant-registration

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The vagrant-registration plugin for Vagrant allows developers to easily

register their guests for updates on systems with a subscription model

(like Red Hat Enterprise Linux).

This plugin would run _register_ action on `vagrant up` before any

provisioning and _unregister_ on `vagrant halt` or `vagrant destroy`.

The actions then call the registration capabilities that have to be

provided for the given OS.

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== Installation

Install vagrant-registration as any other Vagrant plugin:

[source,shell]

----

$ vagrant plugin install vagrant-registration

----

If you are on Fedora, you can install the packaged version of the plugin

by running:

[source,shell]

----

# dnf install vagrant-registration

----

== Usage

The plugin is designed in a registration-manager agnostic way, which

means, that the plugin itself, depends neither on any OS nor on the way

of registration. The vagrant-registration plugin only calls registration

capabilities for the given guest, passes the configuration options to

them and handles interactive registration.

That being said, this plugin currently ships only with registration

capability files for RHEL's Subscription Manager and `rhn_register`.

Feel free to submit others.

To configure the plugin, always include the configuration options

mentioned in this file within the following configuration block in your

Vagrantfile.

....

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|

  ...

end

....

=== General Configuration

* *skip* skips the registration. If you wish to skip the registration

process altogether, you can do so by setting a `skip` option to `true`:

[source,ruby]

----

  config.registration.skip = true

----

* *unregister_on_halt* disables or enables automatic unregistration on

halt (on shut down). By default the plugin unregisters on halt, you can

however change that by setting the option to `false` so that the box

will unregister only on destroy:

[source,ruby]

----

  config.registration.unregister_on_halt = false

----

* *manager* selects the registration manager provider. By default the

plugin will use the `subscription_manager` as the registration manager

provider. You can however, change that by setting the option to a

different manager:

[source,ruby]

----

  config.registration.manager = 'subscription_manager'

----

=== Credential Configuration

You can set up the credentials as follows:

[source,ruby]

----

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|

  ...

  if Vagrant.has_plugin?('vagrant-registration')

    config.registration.username = 'foo'

    config.registration.password = 'bar'

  end

  # Alternatively

  if Vagrant.has_plugin?('vagrant-registration')

    config.registration.org = 'foo'

    config.registration.activationkey = 'bar'

  end

  ...

end

----

This should go, preferably, into the Vagrantfile in your Vagrant home

directory (defaults to ~/.vagrant.d), to make it available for every

project. It can be later overridden in an individual project's

Vagrantfile if needed.

If you prefer not to store your username and/or password on your

filesystem, you can optionally configure vagrant-registration plugin to

use environment variables such as:

[source,ruby]

----

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|

  ...

  config.registration.username = ENV['SUB_USERNAME']

  config.registration.password = ENV['SUB_PASSWORD']

  ...

end

----

If you do not configure your credentials as outlined above, you will

receive a maximum of 3 prompts for them during the `vagrant up` process.

Please note that the interactive mode asks you for the preferred

registration pair only for the configured manager.

=== HTTP Proxy Configuration

HTTP Proxy can be configured via the __proxy__, _proxyUser_ and

_proxyPassword_ configuration options:

[source,ruby]

----

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|

  ...

  if Vagrant.has_plugin?('vagrant-registration')

    config.registration.proxy = 'mongo:8080'

    config.registration.proxyUser = 'flash'

    config.registration.proxyPassword = 'zarkov'

  end

  ...

end

----

As described in the link:#credentials-configuration[credentials

configuration] section, these settings can be placed either into the

Vagrantfile in the Vagrant home directory or provided as environment

variables.

=== subscription-manager Configuration

The vagrant-registration plugin uses `subscription_manager` as the

default manager. This can also be explicitly configured by setting the

`manager` option to `subscription_manager`:

[source,ruby]

----

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|

  ...

  if Vagrant.has_plugin?('vagrant-registration')

    config.registration.manager = 'subscription_manager'

  end

  ...

end

----

In case you choose `subscription_manager` as the manager, you would be

asked for your user credentials, such as the username and password.

The vagrant-registration plugin supports all the options for the

subscription-manager's register command. You can set any option easily

by setting `config.registration.OPTION_NAME = 'OPTION_VALUE'` in your

Vagrantfile (please see the subscription-manager's documentation for

option description).

==== subscription-manager Default Options

* **--force**: Subscription Manager will fail if you attempt to register

an already registered machine (see the man page for explanation),

therefore vagrant-registration appends the `--force` flag automatically

when subscribing. If you would like to disable this feature, set `force`

option to `false`:

[source,ruby]

----

  config.registration.force = false

----

* **--auto-attach**: Vagrant would fail to install packages on

registered RHEL system if the subscription is not attached, therefore

vagrant-registration appends the `--auto-attach` flag automatically when

subscribing. To disable this option, set `auto_attach` option to

`false`:

[source,ruby]

----

  config.registration.auto_attach = false

----

Note that the `auto_attach` option is set to false when using

org/activationkey for registration or if pools are specified.

==== subscription-manager Options Reference

[source,ruby]

----

  # The username to subscribe with (required)

  config.registration.username

  # The password of the subscriber (required)

  config.registration.password

  # Give the hostname of the subscription service to use (required for Subscription

  # Asset Manager, defaults to Customer Portal Subscription Management)

  config.registration.serverurl

  # A path to a CA certificate, this file would be copied to /etc/rhsm/ca and

  # if the file does not have .pem extension, it will be automatically added

  config.registration.ca_cert

  # Give the hostname of the content delivery server to use to receive updates

  # (required for Satellite 6)

  config.registration.baseurl

  # Give the organization to which to join the system (required, except for

  # hosted environments)

  config.registration.org

  # Register the system to an environment within an organization (optional)

  config.registration.environment

  # Name of the subscribed system (optional, defaults to hostname if unset)

  config.registration.name

  # Auto attach suitable subscriptions (optional, auto attach if true,

  # defaults to true)

  config.registration.auto_attach

  # Attach existing subscriptions as part of the registration process (optional)

  config.registration.activationkey

  # Set the service level to use for subscriptions on that machine

  # (optional, used only used with the --auto-attach)

  config.registration.servicelevel

  # Set the operating system minor release to use for subscriptions for

  # the system (optional, used only used with the --auto-attach)

  config.registration.release

  # Force the registration (optional, force if true, defaults to true)

  config.registration.force

  # Set what type of consumer is being registered (optional, defaults to system)

  config.registration.type

  # Skip the registration (optional, skip if true, defaults to false)

  config.registration.skip

  # Specify a HTTP proxy to use. This config option if of the format [|:], eg mongo:8080

  config.registration.proxy

  # Specify a username to use with an authenticated HTTP proxy

  config.registration.proxyUser

  # Specify a password to use with an authenticated HTTP proxy

  config.registration.proxyPassword

  # Attach to specified pool(s) (optional)

  #

  # Example:

  #   config.registration.pools = [ 'POOL-ID-1', 'POOL-ID-2' ]

  config.registration.pools

----

=== rhn-register Configuration

vagrant-registration will use the `rhn_register` manager only if

explicitly configured by setting the `manager` option to `rhn_register`:

[source,ruby]

----

Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|

  ...

  if Vagrant.has_plugin?('vagrant-registration')

    config.registration.manager = 'rhn_register'

  end

  ...

end

----

In case of a `rhn_register` manager, the preferred registration pair is

the username/password/serverurl combination.

vagrant-registration supports most of the options of rhnreg_ks's

command. You can set any option easily by setting

`config.registration.OPTION_NAME = 'OPTION_VALUE'` in your Vagrantfile

(please see the `rhnreg_ks`'s documentation for option description).

`rhn_register` manager reuses the naming of `subscription-manager`'s

command options where possible.

==== rhn-register Default Options

* **--force**: `rhnreg_ks` command will fail if you attempt to register

an already registered machine (see the man page for explanation),

therefore vagrant-registration appends the `--force` flag automatically

when subscribing. If you would like to disable this feature, set `force`

option to `false`:

[source,ruby]

----

  config.registration.force = false

----

==== rhn-register Options Reference

[source,ruby]

----

  # The username to register the system with under Spacewalk Server, Red Hat Satellite or

  # Red Hat Network Classic. This can be an existing Spacewalk, Red Hat Satellite or

  # Red Hat Network Classic username, or a new  user‐name.

  config.registration.username

  # The password associated with the username specified with the `--username` option.

  # This is an unencrypted password.

  config.registration.password

  # Give the URL of the subscription service to use (required for registering a

  # system with the "Spacewalk Server", "Red Hat Satellite" or "Red Hat Network Classic").

  # The configuration name is mapped to the `--serverUrl` option of rhnreg_ks command.

  #

  # The serverurl is mandatory and if you do not provide a value,

  # you will be prompted for them in the "up process."

  config.registration.serverurl

  # A path to a CA certificate file (optional)

  # The configuration name is mapped to the `--sslCACert` option of rhnreg_ks command.

  #

  # The CA certificate file is be uploaded to /usr/share/rhn/ in guest

  # and the configuration  in `/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date` is updated to:

  # `sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/`

  #

  # As default only the configuration in `/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date` is updated

  # to point to the CA certificate file that is present on Fedora, CentOS and RHEL:

  # `sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT`

  config.registration.ca_cert

  # Give the organization to which to join the system (required, except for

  # hosted environments)

  # The configuration name is mapped to the `--systemorgid` option of rhnreg_ks command.

  config.registration.org

  # Name of the subscribed system (optional, defaults to hostname if unset)

  # The configuration name is mapped to the `--profilename` option of rhnreg_ks command.

  config.registration.name

  # Attach existing subscriptions as part of the registration process (optional)

  config.registration.activationkey

  # Subscribe this system to the EUS channel tied to the system's redhat-release (optional)

  config.registration.use_eus_channel

  # Do not probe or upload any hardware info (optional)

  config.registration.nohardware

  #  Do not profile or upload any package info (optional)

  config.registration.nopackages

  # Do not upload any virtualization info (optional)

  config.registration.novirtinfo

  # Do not start rhnsd after completion (optional)

  config.registration.norhnsd

  # Force the registration (optional, force if true, defaults to true)

  config.registration.force

  # Skip the registration (optional, skip if true, defaults to false)

  config.registration.skip

  # Specify a HTTP proxy to use. This config option if of the format [|:], eg mongo:8080

  config.registration.proxy

  # Specify a username to use with an authenticated HTTP proxy

  config.registration.proxyUser

  # Specify a password to use with an authenticated HTTP proxy

  config.registration.proxyPassword

----

== Development

The use of https://rvm.io[RVM] is recommended. Verified to work with ruby-2.2.10.

....

rvm install 2.2

rvm use 2.2

....

To install a development environment, clone the repo and prepare

dependencies by:

....

gem install bundler

bundle install

....

=== Tests

==== Minitest

The source contains a set of

http://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-2.0.0/libdoc/minitest/rdoc/MiniTest.html[Minitest]

based unit tests. They can be run via:

....

$ bundle exec rake test

....

==== Acceptance tests

The source also contains a set of https://cucumber.io/[Cucumber] based

acceptance tests. They can be run via:

....

$ bundle exec rake features

....

The tests assume that the CDK box files are available under

__build/boxes/cdk-.box__. You can either copy the box files

manually or use the _get_cdk_ rake task to download them.

As per default, only the scenarios for CDK in combination with

VirtualBox are run. You can also run the tests against Libvirt, using

the environment variable __PROVIDER__:

....

# Run tests against Libvirt

$ bundle exec rake features PROVIDER=libvirt

# Run against VirtualBox and Libvirt

$ bundle exec rake features PROVIDER=virtualbox,libvirt

....

You can also run a single feature specifying the explicit feature file

to use:

....

$ bundle exec rake features FEATURE=features/.feature

....

After test execution the acceptance test reports can be found under

__build/features_report.html__. They can also be opened via:

....

$ bundle exec rake features:open_report

....

== Releasing

To release a new version of vagrant-registration you will need to do the following:

*(only contributors of the GitHub repo and owners of the project at RubyGems will have rights to do this)*

1. First, bump, commit, and push the version in ~/lib/vagrant-registration/version.rb:

    * Follow [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).

2. Then, create a matching GitHub Release (this will also create a tag):

    * Preface the version number with a `v`.

    * https://github.com/projectatomic/adb-vagrant-registration/releases

3. You will then need to build and push the new gem to RubyGems:

    * `rake build`

    * `gem push pkg/vagrant-registration-1.3.2.gem`

4. Then, when John Doe runs the following, they will receive the updated vagrant-registration plugin:

    * `vagrant plugin update`

    * `vagrant plugin update vagrant-registration`

== Acknowledgements

The project would like to make sure we thank

https://github.com/purpleidea/[purpleidea],

https://github.com/humaton/[humaton],

https://github.com/strzibny[strzibny],

https://github.com/scollier/[scollier],

https://github.com/puzzle[puzzle], https://github.com/voxik[voxik],

https://github.com/lukaszachy[lukaszachy],

https://github.com/goern[goern],

https://github.com/iconoeugen[iconoeugen] and

https://github.com/pvalena[pvalena] (in no particular order) for their

contributions of ideas, code and testing for this project.