ironic/doc/source/install/standalone/configure.rst
Dmitry Tantsur 019ed2d7b1 Add "none" RPC transport that disables the RPC bus
When using the new combined executable in a single-conductor scenario,
it may make sense to completely disable the remote RPC. The new
``rpc_transport`` value ``none`` achieves that.

Change-Id: I6a83358c65b3ed213c8a991d42660ca51fc3a8ec
Story: #2009676
Task: #44104
2021-12-07 09:33:04 +01:00

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Configuration
=============
This guide covers manual configuration of the Bare Metal service in the
standalone mode. Alternatively, Bifrost_ can be used for automatic
configuration.
.. _Bifrost: https://docs.openstack.org/bifrost/latest/
Service settings
----------------
It is possible to use the Bare Metal service without other OpenStack services.
You should make the following changes to ``/etc/ironic/ironic.conf``:
#. Choose an authentication strategy which supports standalone, one option is
``noauth``:
.. code-block:: ini
[DEFAULT]
auth_strategy=noauth
Another option is ``http_basic`` where the credentials are stored in an
`Apache htpasswd format`_ file:
.. code-block:: ini
[DEFAULT]
auth_strategy=http_basic
http_basic_auth_user_file=/etc/ironic/htpasswd
Only the ``bcrypt`` format is supported, and the Apache `htpasswd` utility can
be used to populate the file with entries, for example:
.. code-block:: shell
htpasswd -nbB myName myPassword >> /etc/ironic/htpasswd
#. If you want to disable the Networking service, you should have your network
pre-configured to serve DHCP and TFTP for machines that you're deploying.
To disable it, change the following lines:
.. code-block:: ini
[dhcp]
dhcp_provider=none
.. note::
If you disabled the Networking service and the driver that you use is
supported by at most one conductor, PXE boot will still work for your
nodes without any manual config editing. This is because you know all
the DHCP options that will be used for deployment and can set up your
DHCP server appropriately.
If you have multiple conductors per driver, it would be better to use
Networking since it will do all the dynamically changing configurations
for you.
#. If you want to disable using a messaging broker between conductor and API
processes, switch to JSON RPC instead:
.. code-block:: ini
[DEFAULT]
rpc_transport = json-rpc
JSON RPC also has its own authentication strategy. If it is not specified then
the stategy defaults to ``[DEFAULT]`` ``auth_strategy``. The following will
set JSON RPC to ``noauth``:
.. code-block:: ini
[json_rpc]
auth_strategy = noauth
For ``http_basic`` the conductor server needs a credentials file to validate
requests:
.. code-block:: ini
[json_rpc]
auth_strategy = http_basic
http_basic_auth_user_file = /etc/ironic/htpasswd-json-rpc
The API server also needs client-side credentials to be specified:
.. code-block:: ini
[json_rpc]
auth_type = http_basic
username = myName
password = myPassword
#. Starting with the Yoga release series, you can use a combined API+conductor
service and completely disable the RPC. Set
.. code-block:: ini
[DEFAULT]
rpc_transport = none
and use the ``ironic`` executable to start the combined service.
.. note::
The combined service also works with RPC enabled, which can be useful for
some deployments, but may not be advisable for all security models.
Using CLI
---------
To use the
:python-ironicclient-doc:`baremetal CLI <cli/osc_plugin_cli.html>`,
set up these environment variables. If the ``noauth`` authentication strategy is
being used, the value ``none`` must be set for OS_AUTH_TYPE. OS_ENDPOINT is
the URL of the ironic-api process.
For example:
.. code-block:: shell
export OS_AUTH_TYPE=none
export OS_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:6385/
If the ``http_basic`` authentication strategy is being used, the value
``http_basic`` must be set for OS_AUTH_TYPE. For example:
.. code-block:: shell
export OS_AUTH_TYPE=http_basic
export OS_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:6385/
export OS_USERNAME=myUser
export OS_PASSWORD=myPassword
.. _`Apache htpasswd format`: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/misc/password_encryptions.html