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commit029573d4d59ce5a67e4713a261b703f6cadfd8ef[log] [tgz]
authorEd Tanous <ed.tanous@intel.com>Fri Feb 01 10:57:49 2019 -0800
committerEd Tanous <ed.tanous@intel.com>Tue Feb 19 02:54:45 2019 +0000
tree451a8fdc8b45b5c4f4e2d12d18dccc4c20c9288c
parent0f26153344a831f2b7eaf4775d56fa8a019e5c63 [diff]
bmcweb: Implement single Redfish "system" endpoint

This commit changes the redfish behavior to move to a single, known name
under the /redfish/v1/Systems/system path.  This is advantageous for a
lot of reasons.
1. Lots fewer dbus calls to determine the system name for every path.
This could be optimized in other ways, like checking the system name on
startup, but because redfish paths are not intended to be informative,
this patchset takes the opinion that less code is better.
2. Lots of lowered complexity, given that each endpoint underneath
/system doesn't need an individual "does this system exist, and is the
name right" check.
3. This makes it possible to correctly implement the "Links" property in
Chassis, which is required for the OCP base server profile

Tested By:
Very minimal testing done, but it seems to pass the validator.

Change-Id: Iea3cb5081b92a3843b6877decd009936de00561c
Signed-off-by: Ed Tanous <ed.tanous@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Gunnar Mills <gmills@us.ibm.com>
7 files changed
tree: 451a8fdc8b45b5c4f4e2d12d18dccc4c20c9288c
  1. cmake/
  2. crow/
  3. include/
  4. redfish-core/
  5. scripts/
  6. src/
  7. static/
  8. .clang-format
  9. .clang-tidy
  10. .gitignore
  11. aspeed_purley.cmake
  12. build_x86.sh
  13. cmake-format.json
  14. CMakeLists.txt
  15. CMakeLists.txt.in
  16. DEVELOPING.md
  17. JenkinsFile
  18. LICENCE
  19. MAINTAINERS
  20. pam-webserver
  21. README.md
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/CMakeLists.txt and then compiling. For example, cmake -DBMCWEB_ENABLE_KVM=NO ... followed by make. The option names become C++ preprocessor symbols that control which code is compiled into the program.

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 prime256v1 algorithm. The certificate

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

Crow patches

The crow project has had a number of additions to make it more useful for use in the OpenBmc Project. A non-exhaustive list is below. At the time of this writing, the crow project is not accepting patches, so for the time being crow will simply be checked in as is.

  • Applied clang-format to the whole crow tree. This was done without regard for arrays and fixed data structures, but was deemed to be overall better than the inconsistent formatting that existed in upstream previously.
  • Crow server now calls stop before destruction of the Crow app object.
  • Fixed a bug where timed out websockets would seg fault the system by accessing a destroyed socket object without null checks when in SSL mode.
  • Added a TestSocketAdapter class that could be used to unit test server behavior without utilizing a socket.
  • Added the "getRoutes" call to both the app and the routing Trie class that allows consumers to poll the server for all (or a subset of) registered web routes in the system.
  • Hardcoded the websocket implementation for binary mode, instead of leaving protocol unspecified.
  • Move most uses of std::unordered_map to boost::flat_map to lower memory consumption, and (in some cases) to improve memory locality.
  • Adjust the addHeaders mechanism to use a fixed string instead of a full map implementation to avoid unnecessary mallocs and reduce the number of scatter gather buffers on an http response.
  • Change server name header from Crow/0.1 to iBMC
  • Starts the http server io_context inside the main thread, instead of creating a new thread.
  • Removes all BMCWEB_MSVC_WORKAROUND flags.
  • Removes the behavior that causes a 301 redirect for paths that end in "/", and simply returns the endpoint requested. This was done for redfish compatibility.
  • Removes the built in crow/json.hpp package and adds nlohmann json package as the first class json package for crow.
  • Move uses of boost::array to std::array where possible.
  • Add the ability to get a reference to the crow::Request object on websocket connection to allow checking header values.
  • Patch http handler to call middlewares on websocket connections to allow authentication to be applied appropriately.
  • Adds an is_secure flag to provide information about whether or not the payload was delivered over ssl.