NoJava-IPMI-KVM-Server

Introduction

NoJava-IPMI-KVM-Server is a python-based server designed to centrally provide instances of sciapp/nojava-ipmi-kvm via the browser. This means that no installation of either Java or nojava-ipmi-kvm is required on the administrator's machine. A typical usage might be:

1. Optional login using oauth, optionally secured by ldap group membership
2. Selection of desired target machine, resolution and prompt for required kvm password
3. Start of a docker container using nojava-ipmi-kvm to provide console access via novnc's web interface/the kvm's html5 interface
4. The docker container is stopped and deleted after the administrator closes the tab/window.

Installation

NoJava-IPMI-KVM-Server can either be installed using Git or installed as a docker container.

Standalone using git:

• Install Python3 and pip
• Install Docker on the server if not done already.
• Ensure the user that shall run nojava-ipmi-kvm-server has permissions to access docker (usually being in the docker group suffices)
• Clone the repository, f.e. git clone https://github.com/sciapp/nojava-ipmi-kvm-server.git into a directory of your choice
• Install the dependencies, f.e. pip install -r requirements.txt
• Write a configuration file for nojava-ipmi-kvm (in this format) and place it somewhere accessible
• Start the service using python3 main.py with the required env variables set.

As a container:

• Write a configuration file for nojava-ipmi-kvm (in this format) and place it somewhere accessible
• Start a docker container based on the sciapp/nojava-ipmi-kvm-server image with the required env variables set and the configuration file mounted into the container. Make sure to mount the docker socket into the container.

Example:

docker run -d \
           --restart always \
           --name nojava-ipmi-kvm-server \
           --env-file ~/nojava-ipmi-kvm.envfile \
           -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
           -v ~/nojava-ipmi-kvmrc.yaml:/nojava-ipmi-kvmrc.yaml \
           sciapp/nojava-ipmi-kvm-server:latest

Configuration

Authentication

Three authentication options are available:

1. No authentication. This requires that no OAUTH_* or LDAP_* option is set
2. OAUTH-only authentication. This requires that all OAUTH_* options are set while no LDAP_* option is set
3. OAUTH authentication + LDAP authorization. This requires that all OAUTH_* and all LDAP_* (except LDAP_FALLBACK_SERVER) options are set. This requires that signed in users are in a specific LDAP group.

LDAP-Identification is performed using the email.

Environment variables

Name	Description	Example
LOGLEVEL	Log level to use (one of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING (default), ERROR, CRITICAL)	INFO
KVM_CONFIG_PATH	Absolute path to a configuration file for nojava-ipmi-kvm	/data/nojava-ipmi-kvmrc.yaml
WEBAPP_BASE	The final address the service is published	https://nojava-ipmi-kvm.corporate.local
WEBAPP_PORT	The port to listen on	8080
EXTERNAL_WEB_DNS	Custom address for checking availability and passed to IFRAME_PATH_FORMAT. Should be set to the external address of the docker host	nojava-ipmi-kvm.corporate.local
WEB_PORT_START	The first port to be allocated to kvm containers	8800
WEB_PORT_END	The first port outside the range	8900
JAVA_IFRAME_PATH_FORMAT	This format specifies the iframe url used for java kvm hosts, useful if you have a reverse proxy	(see section IFRAME_PATH_FORMAT)
HTML5_IFRAME_PATH_FORMAT	This format specifies the iframe url used for html5 kvm hosts, useful if you have a reverse proxy	(see section IFRAME_PATH_FORMAT)
HTML5_AUTHORIZATION	Authorization cookie required to access html5 consoles. generate: auto-generated, use_server: Uses the is_admin cookie set by server, [key]:[value]: Manual	kvm_authorization:abcdefgh
HTML5_SUBDIR_FORMAT	Format to generate {subdirectoy} value replaced in rewrites html5 host config; Parameters: external_web_dns, port, hostname

IFRAME_PATH_FORMAT

You can use the following placeholders within the format string:

Placeholder	Description
{url}	Autogenerated url generated using EXTERNAL_WEB_DNS and the selected web port
{external_web_dns}	The value of EXTERNAL_WEB_DNS
{port}	The port selected for the started container
Java-only Options:
{password}	Generated VNC password
HTML5-only Options:
{subdir}	The subdirectory formatted using HTML5_SUBDIR_FORMAT
{authorization_key}	The cookie-key used to authorize the user, might be unset/None if authorization is disabled
{authorization_value}	The cookie-value used to authorize the user.
{html5_endpoint}	HTML5-Endpoint configured in .nojava-ipmi-kvm.yaml

Some examples:

• {url}: No special network configuration, EXTERNAL_WEB_DNS is set to the external address of the docker host
• https://outside-address/{port}/vnc.html?host={outside-address}&autoconnect=true&password={password}&path={port}/websockify: Java Example using a reverse proxy proxying WebVNC Ports
• https://{external_web_dns}/{subdir}{html5_endpoint}: HTML5 Example using a reverse proxy