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Bug 1118468 - [RFE] Add the ability to poll on FETCH_ROOT
Summary: [RFE] Add the ability to poll on FETCH_ROOT
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: certmonger
Version: 6.6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact: Kaleem
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-07-10 19:27 UTC by Keenan Brock
Modified: 2015-04-07 09:23 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: certmonger-0.75.8-1.el6
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-10-14 07:12:47 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
sample-helper.rb (1.38 KB, text/x-ruby-script)
2014-07-10 19:27 UTC, Keenan Brock 		no flags Details
extract from /var/log/message (20.58 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-01 11:41 UTC, Kaleem 		no flags Details
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2014:1512 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE certmonger bug fix and enhancement update 2014-10-14 01:22:25 UTC

Description Keenan Brock 2014-07-10 19:27:09 UTC 
Created attachment 917166 [details]
sample-helper.rb

Description of problem:

When certmonger calls a ca helper with `CERTMONGER_OPERATION="FETCH-ROOT"`, the root is not always available.

If the helper exists with a "wait status" (exit 1 or exit 5), it will not be called again.

I would like certmonger to respect the exit status and call again in the future.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Running against the nightly build
certmonger-0.75.6-0.20140626T1401Zgit2887f37.el6.x86_64

Issue present in all current versions.

How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum install -y ruby
1. cp sample-helper.rb /usr/libexec/certmonger/sample-helper.rb
2. cp sample-definition /var/lib/certmonger/cas/sample-definition
3. getcert request -c sample -v -f sample.crt -F sample-root.crt -k sample.key
4. tail -f /var/log/messages | grep samplehelper

Actual results:

only outputs FETCH-ROOTS once

Expected results:

outputs FETCH-ROOTS every 10 seconds

Additional info:

my sample-definition file looks like the following (could only upload one):

id=sample
ca_is_default=0
ca_type=EXTERNAL
ca_external_helper=/usr/libexec/certmonger/sample-helper.rb
Comment 3 Kaleem 2014-08-01 11:41:33 UTC 
Created attachment 923256 [details]
extract from /var/log/message

I see only POLL operation in every 10 seconds in /var/log/message and not the FETCH_ROOT operation every 10 seconds.

is this expected or i missed something in setup?
Comment 4 Kaleem 2014-08-01 12:42:24 UTC 
Able to see the FETCH_ROOTS with custom CA helper "sample" when no cert request is placed.

Above attachement observed after placing the cert request.

[root@rhel66-master ~]# cat /var/log/messages|grep FETCH-ROOTS
Aug  1 18:06:53 rhel66-master samplehelper[26287]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:07:03 rhel66-master samplehelper[26322]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:07:13 rhel66-master samplehelper[26325]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:07:23 rhel66-master samplehelper[26328]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:07:33 rhel66-master samplehelper[26331]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:07:43 rhel66-master samplehelper[26333]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:07:53 rhel66-master samplehelper[26335]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:08:03 rhel66-master samplehelper[26339]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:08:13 rhel66-master samplehelper[26341]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:08:24 rhel66-master samplehelper[26343]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:08:34 rhel66-master samplehelper[26346]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:08:44 rhel66-master samplehelper[26348]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:08:54 rhel66-master samplehelper[26351]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:09:04 rhel66-master samplehelper[26354]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:09:14 rhel66-master samplehelper[26357]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:09:24 rhel66-master samplehelper[26359]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:09:34 rhel66-master samplehelper[26365]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:09:44 rhel66-master samplehelper[26369]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:09:54 rhel66-master samplehelper[26372]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:10:04 rhel66-master samplehelper[26381]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:10:14 rhel66-master samplehelper[26383]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:10:24 rhel66-master samplehelper[26385]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:10:34 rhel66-master samplehelper[26387]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:10:44 rhel66-master samplehelper[26389]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:10:54 rhel66-master samplehelper[26391]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:11:04 rhel66-master samplehelper[26394]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:11:14 rhel66-master samplehelper[26396]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:11:24 rhel66-master samplehelper[26399]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  1 18:11:34 rhel66-master samplehelper[26401]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
[root@rhel66-master ~]#
Comment 5 Nalin Dahyabhai 2014-08-01 14:04:14 UTC 
(In reply to Kaleem from comment #4)
> Able to see the FETCH_ROOTS with custom CA helper "sample" when no cert
> request is placed.
> 
> Above attachement observed after placing the cert request.
> 
> [root@rhel66-master ~]# cat /var/log/messages|grep FETCH-ROOTS
> Aug  1 18:06:53 rhel66-master samplehelper[26287]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait

I'm not sure what you mean here, and whether what you're observing is what we're expecting or not.  Can you elaborate?
Comment 6 Kaleem 2014-08-04 06:33:33 UTC 
(In reply to Nalin Dahyabhai from comment #5)
> (In reply to Kaleem from comment #4)
> > Able to see the FETCH_ROOTS with custom CA helper "sample" when no cert
> > request is placed.
> > 
> > Above attachement observed after placing the cert request.
> > 
> > [root@rhel66-master ~]# cat /var/log/messages|grep FETCH-ROOTS
> > Aug  1 18:06:53 rhel66-master samplehelper[26287]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean here, and whether what you're observing is what
> we're expecting or not.  Can you elaborate?

As per description, when we place a cert request, "FETCH-ROOTS" should be logged in every 10 seconds but i observe that "POLL" string is logged when i place a cert request.

FETCH-ROOTS is logged when certmonger restarted with new SAMPLE CA helper and without placing the cert request.
Comment 7 Nalin Dahyabhai 2014-08-04 13:47:38 UTC 
Both can happen concurrently, since the daemon's able to run them in parallel.  It'll always poll for root certificates, independently of whether or not there's an enrollment request pending.
Comment 8 Kaleem 2014-08-05 09:24:41 UTC 
Yes both are happening concurrently.Turning to verified state.

certmonger version:
==================
[root@rhel66-master ~]# rpm -q certmonger
certmonger-0.75.9-1.el6.x86_64
[root@rhel66-master ~]#

snip from /var/log/message :
============================
Aug  5 17:26:17 rhel66-master samplehelper[6710]: SUBMIT[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:26:26 rhel66-master samplehelper[6712]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:26:27 rhel66-master samplehelper[6714]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:26:36 rhel66-master samplehelper[6716]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:26:37 rhel66-master samplehelper[6718]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:26:46 rhel66-master samplehelper[6720]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:26:47 rhel66-master samplehelper[6722]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:26:56 rhel66-master samplehelper[6724]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:26:57 rhel66-master samplehelper[6726]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:06 rhel66-master samplehelper[6729]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:07 rhel66-master samplehelper[6731]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:16 rhel66-master samplehelper[6733]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:17 rhel66-master samplehelper[6735]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:26 rhel66-master samplehelper[6737]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:27 rhel66-master samplehelper[6739]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:36 rhel66-master samplehelper[6742]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:37 rhel66-master samplehelper[6744]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:46 rhel66-master samplehelper[6746]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:47 rhel66-master samplehelper[6748]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:56 rhel66-master samplehelper[6750]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:27:57 rhel66-master samplehelper[6752]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:28:06 rhel66-master samplehelper[6754]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:28:07 rhel66-master samplehelper[6756]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Aug  5 17:28:16 rhel66-master samplehelper[6759]: FETCH-ROOTS -> wait
Aug  5 17:28:17 rhel66-master samplehelper[6761]: POLL[cb07e48c27baccc1116c79dd43b6146f08f85d58] -> wait
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2014-10-14 07:12:47 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-1512.html
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