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commit5dfb5b2d8826f568a0ad6f6430f01cd7a86ab07f[log] [tgz]
authorEd Tanous <edtanous@google.com>Fri Dec 03 11:24:53 2021 -0800
committerEd Tanous <ed@tanous.net>Wed Dec 15 20:20:18 2021 +0000
treee91885881f1db3535378a7e82323792407609b14
parent5ae4b692fcee7d27c1e1a5a7c6efbd375a76dacc [diff]
Make timer system use boost

The original crow timeout system had a timer queue setup for handling
many thousands of connections at a time efficiently.  The most common
use cases for the bmc involve a handful of connections, so this code
doesn't help us much.

These days, boost asio also implements a very similar timer queue
https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/boost/asio/detail/timer_queue.hpp
internally, so the only thing we're loosing here is the "fuzzy"
coalescing of timeout actions, for which it's tough to say if anyone
will even notice.

This commit implements a timer system that's self contained within each
connection, using steady_timer.  This is much more "normal" and how most
of the beast examples implement timers.

Tested:
Minimal touch testing to ensure that things work, but more testing is
required, probably using sloworis to ensure that our timeouts are no
longer issues.

Signed-off-by: Ed Tanous <edtanous@google.com>
Change-Id: I19156411ce46adff6c88ad97ee8f6af8c858fe3c
4 files changed
tree: e91885881f1db3535378a7e82323792407609b14
  1. .github/
  2. http/
  3. include/
  4. redfish-core/
  5. scripts/
  6. src/
  7. static/
  8. subprojects/
  9. .clang-format
  10. .clang-ignore
  11. .clang-tidy
  12. .dockerignore
  13. .gitignore
  14. .shellcheck
  15. bmcweb.service.in
  16. bmcweb.socket.in
  17. bmcweb_config.h.in
  18. build_x86.sh
  19. build_x86_docker.sh
  20. COMMON_ERRORS.md
  21. DEVELOPING.md
  22. Dockerfile
  23. Dockerfile.base
  24. LICENSE
  25. MAINTAINERS
  26. meson.build
  27. meson_options.txt
  28. OEM_SCHEMAS.md
  29. OWNERS
  30. pam-webserver
  31. README.md
  32. Redfish.md
  33. setup.cfg
README.md

OpenBMC webserver

This component attempts to be a "do everything" embedded webserver for openbmc.

Capabilities

At this time, the webserver implements a few interfaces:

  • Authentication middleware that supports cookie and token based authentication, as well as CSRF prevention backed by linux PAM authentication credentials.
  • An (incomplete) attempt at replicating phosphor-dbus-rest interfaces in C++. Right now, a few of the endpoint definitions work as expected, but there is still a lot of work to be done. The portions of the interface that are functional are designed to work correctly for phosphor-webui, but may not yet be complete.
  • Replication of the rest-dbus backend interfaces to allow bmc debug to logged in users.
  • An initial attempt at a read-only redfish interface. Currently the redfish interface targets ServiceRoot, SessionService, AccountService, Roles, and ManagersService. Some functionality here has been shimmed to make development possible. For example, there exists only a single user role.
  • SSL key generation at runtime. See the configuration section for details.
  • Static file hosting. Currently, static files are hosted from the fixed location at /usr/share/www. This is intended to allow loose coupling with yocto projects, and allow overriding static files at build time.
  • Dbus-monitor over websocket. A generic endpoint that allows UIs to open a websocket and register for notification of events to avoid polling in single page applications. (this interface may be modified in the future due to security concerns.

Configuration

BMCWeb is configured by setting -D flags that correspond to options in bmcweb/meson_options.txt and then compiling. For example, meson <builddir> -Dkvm=disabled ... followed by ninja in build directory. The option names become C++ preprocessor symbols that control which code is compiled into the program.

Compile bmcweb with default options:

meson builddir
ninja -C builddir

Compile bmcweb with yocto defaults:

meson builddir -Dbuildtype=minsize -Db_lto=true -Dtests=disabled
ninja -C buildir

If any of the dependencies are not found on the host system during configuration, meson automatically gets them via its wrap dependencies mentioned in bmcweb/subprojects.

Enable/Disable meson wrap feature

meson builddir -Dwrap_mode=nofallback
ninja -C builddir

Enable debug traces

meson builddir -Dbuildtype=debug
ninja -C builddir

Generate test coverage report:

meson builddir -Db_coverage=true -Dtests=enabled
ninja coverage -C builddir test

When BMCWeb starts running, it reads persistent configuration data (such as UUID and session data) from a local file. If this is not usable, it generates a new configuration.

When BMCWeb SSL support is enabled and a usable certificate is not found, it will generate a self-sign a certificate before launching the server. The keys are generated by the secp384r1 algorithm. The certificate

  • is issued by C=US, O=OpenBMC, CN=testhost,
  • is valid for 10 years,
  • has a random serial number, and
  • is signed using the SHA-256 algorithm.