Re: [atomic-devel] RFE: please add ipa-client to base atomic image

[Stef Walter <stefw redhat com>]

On 26.11.2014 06:10, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, 2014-11-19 at 13:07 -0500, Anthony Green wrote:
>>> Please add ipa-client to the base atomic image so users can run
>>>  ipa-client-install in order to hook into existing 
>>> identity/authentication/DNS/etc infrastructure.
>> 
>> A better solution would be to include the realmd alongside 
>> ipa-client so that Atomic can hook into either FreeIPA or Active 
>> Directory infrastructure.
> 
> realmd depends on PackageKit which in turn depends on the ability
> to dynamically mutate the host system, which atomic doesn't
> suppport (currently).

realmd will fail cleanly if PackageKit is not installed/available.
realmd just expects the necessary software to already be installed.

Obviously you would need to decide whether joining a domain is a
feature you want to include in Atomic. Is it?

Cheers,

Stef