Bug 1628458

Summary: Request for a bastion SSH host on Rackspace
Product: [Community] GlusterFS Reporter: Vijay Bellur <vbellur>
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Description Vijay Bellur 2018-09-13 06:19:48 UTC
Description of problem:

Need a host with static IP for troubleshooting an upstream issue. Please feel free to let me know if any additional details are needed to setup this host.

Thanks!

Comment 1 Nigel Babu 2018-09-13 06:23:25 UTC
Can we have a list of people whose IP addresses need to be added to this machine?

Comment 2 M. Scherer 2018-09-13 08:20:38 UTC
A lot more details:
- how long do you want it
- why is this called "bastion ssh host"
- what size of the VM 
- what hardware and more ?
- why is softserve not good enough ?

Comment 3 M. Scherer 2018-09-13 10:16:15 UTC
Also, how critic would this host be, and who will have access to it ?

Comment 4 Vijay Bellur 2018-09-13 21:49:59 UTC
(In reply to Nigel Babu from comment #1)
> Can we have a list of people whose IP addresses need to be added to this
> machine?

IP addresses or ssh keys? None of us developers would have a static IP address for our laptops. Developers who would need access to this machine - Vijay, Shyam, Raghavendra Bhat, Pranith, Ravishankar N and Amar.

Comment 5 Vijay Bellur 2018-09-13 21:57:35 UTC
(In reply to M. Scherer from comment #2)
> A lot more details:
> - how long do you want it

About a few (4-6) weeks.

> - why is this called "bastion ssh host"

The phrase was used by Nigel for referring to this host in an email exchange. Copied the same phrase while logging the bug ;-).

> - what size of the VM 

Not a very resource intensive VM. The VM will be primarily used to open secure connections to a different host.
 
> - what hardware and more ?

Same as above. 2 vCPUs and some disk space for transferring logs etc. should be good.


> - why is softserve not good enough ?

Need a VM with a static external IP & the desired usage duration is for 4-6 weeks. Am not certain if softserve can provision a VM that satisfies these conditions.

Comment 6 M. Scherer 2018-09-13 22:04:07 UTC
So, I do not understand the usecase, the server would do what, what kind of debug on the server requires a fixed IP ?

And if that's a bastion, it should communicate with what, what upstream issue is to be troubleshooted, do you have a bug report  ?

Comment 7 Vijay Bellur 2018-09-18 06:38:51 UTC
(In reply to M. Scherer from comment #6)
> So, I do not understand the usecase, the server would do what, what kind of
> debug on the server requires a fixed IP ?
> 
> And if that's a bastion, it should communicate with what, what upstream
> issue is to be troubleshooted, do you have a bug report  ?

We are also trying alternate means for troubleshooting. Will get back if this is really needed.

I will setup a meeting or start a different email thread to provide more details if this method becomes a necessity.

Thanks!