Re: [atomic-devel] Running ISV-supplied Management Tools

[RJ Nowling <rnowling redhat com>]

Thanks for testing this and the example!  

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeremy Eder" <jeder redhat com>
> To: "Huamin Chen" <hchen redhat com>
> Cc: "RJ Nowling" <rnowling redhat com>, atomic-devel projectatomic io
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 10:29:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [atomic-devel] Running ISV-supplied Management Tools
> 
> Yeah, it seems to work.  The next step is to find out specifically which /dev
> nodes need to be passed in, so we can add those to the Dockerfile LABELs
> parsed by the atomic tool when creating an SPC.  That's if you wanted to go
> that route.
> 
> For example, I did this for another image:
> 
> LABEL RUN="docker run -it --privileged -v
> /sys/bus/pci/drivers:/sys/bus/pci/drivers -v
> /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages:/sys/kernel/mm/hugepages -v
> /sys/devices/system/node:/sys/devices/system/node -v /dev:/dev --name NAME
> -e NAME=NAME -e IMAGE=IMAGE IMAGE"
> 
> 
> For MegaRAID, something like this:
> 
> # cat Dockerfile
> FROM rhel7/rhel-tools
> MAINTAINER redhat redhat com
> COPY ./MegaCli-8.07.08-1.noarch.rpm /root/
> COPY ./megaraid-profile.sh /etc/profile.d/
> RUN yum localinstall -y /root/MegaCli-8.07.08-1.noarch.rpm
> LABEL RUN="
> 
> # cat megaraid-profile.sh
> export PATH=$PATH:/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli
> 
> # docker build -t megaraid .
> 
> # docker run --privileged -it megaraid /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64
> -EncInfo -aALL
>                                      
>     Number of enclosures on adapter 0 -- 1
> 
>     Enclosure 0:
>     Device ID                     : 32
>     Number of Slots               : 8
>     Number of Power Supplies      : 0
>     Number of Fans                : 0
>     Number of Temperature Sensors : 0
>     Number of Alarms              : 0
>     Number of SIM Modules         : 0
>     Number of Physical Drives     : 4
>     Status                        : Normal
>     Position                      : 1
>     Connector Name                : Unavailable
>     Enclosure type                : SES
>     FRU Part Number               : N/A
>     Enclosure Serial Number       : N/A
>     ESM Serial Number             : N/A
>     Enclosure Zoning Mode         : N/A
>     Partner Device Id             : 65535
> 
>     Inquiry data                  :
>         Vendor Identification     : DP
>         Product Identification    : BP13G+
>         Product Revision Level    : 2.20
>         Vendor Specific           : 51K01CY
> 
> 
> Exit Code: 0x00
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Huamin Chen" <hchen redhat com>
> > To: "Jeremy Eder" <jeder redhat com>
> > Cc: "RJ Nowling" <rnowling redhat com>, atomic-devel projectatomic io
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 10:57:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: [atomic-devel] Running ISV-supplied Management Tools
> > 
> > Late to the party. Here is the background info.
> > 
> > I got the mega cli rpm and copied binary to an Atomic host so I could
> > manage
> > the raid controller. The executable must have access to host's /dev/devices
> > so it can find mega raid controller and send ioctl to it. A privileged
> > container should work, but I haven't created one yet.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeremy Eder" <jeder redhat com>
> > To: "RJ Nowling" <rnowling redhat com>
> > Cc: atomic-devel projectatomic io
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 10:50:30 AM
> > Subject: Re: [atomic-devel] Running ISV-supplied Management Tools
> > 
> > Oh, he used it on the host.  Gotcha!  Now it makes sense.  Can you send me
> > a
> > link to the RPM please?
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "RJ Nowling" <rnowling redhat com>
> > > To: "Jeremy Eder" <jeder redhat com>
> > > Cc: "Christoph Görn" <goern redhat com>, atomic-devel projectatomic io
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 10:49:26 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [atomic-devel] Running ISV-supplied Management Tools
> > > 
> > > The tool was provided as a RPM.  My colleague unpacked it since yum isn't
> > > available on the host.  He didn't use SPCs.
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Jeremy Eder" <jeder redhat com>
> > > > To: "RJ Nowling" <rnowling redhat com>
> > > > Cc: "Christoph Görn" <goern redhat com>, atomic-devel projectatomic io
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 9:41:10 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [atomic-devel] Running ISV-supplied Management Tools
> > > > 
> > > > Then I guess I'm confused why you unpacked it?  Can't you just install
> > > > the
> > > > RPM ?  Does it need access to certain /dev nodes ?  What specifically ?
> > > > 
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "RJ Nowling" <rnowling redhat com>
> > > > > To: "Christoph Görn" <goern redhat com>
> > > > > Cc: atomic-devel projectatomic io
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 10:31:53 AM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [atomic-devel] Running ISV-supplied Management Tools
> > > > > 
> > > > > It's the MegaRAID CLI tool for configuring RAID controllers.
> > > > > 
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Christoph Görn" <goern redhat com>
> > > > > > To: atomic-devel projectatomic io
> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 9:23:47 AM
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [atomic-devel] Running ISV-supplied Management Tools
> > > > > > 
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> > > > > > And what tool is it? Can we repackage it? Or provide a script to
> > > > > > repackage it onsite?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 	//G
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 05/19/2015 03:21 PM, Jeremy Eder wrote:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > >> From: "RJ Nowling" <rnowling redhat com> To:
> > > > > > >> atomic-devel projectatomic io Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015
> > > > > > >> 10:44:33 AM Subject: [atomic-devel] Running ISV-supplied
> > > > > > >> Management Tools
> > > > > > >> 
> > > > > > >> Hi,
> > > > > > >> 
> > > > > > >> We needed to use a ISV-supplied tool to configure the RAID
> > > > > > >> controllers on some machines running Atomic.  The tool is
> > > > > > >> packaged as a RPM.  As a quick hack, we ended up just manually
> > > > > > >> extracting the files from the RPM to run them.
> > > > > > >> 
> > > > > > >> What's the preferred solution?  Would super privileged
> > > > > > >> containers
> > > > > > >> work for this?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Did the tool need to insert kernel modules ?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
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