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commitf52c03c1bc89590965720664567381cc74a3cefc[log] [tgz]
authorCarson Labrado <clabrado@google.com>Wed Mar 23 18:50:15 2022 +0000
committerEd Tanous <ed@tanous.net>Wed May 11 16:33:50 2022 +0000
treeceb3baa07da50457a3642729b0077244489703e9
parentd01e32c3786f2fbbb70c9724a87cf979b4a06232 [diff]
Refactor HttpClient Class

Refactors HttpClient with the following changes:
- Convert class to singleton
- Replace circular buffers with devectors
- Sending queued requests and closing connections handled
  within their own callback
- Add connection pooling (max size 4)
- HttpClient supports multiple connections to multiple clients
- Retry policies can be set for specific use cases

Also modifies its use in the Subscription class to be compatible
with the refactored code.

It is assumed that a BMC will be able to handle 4 parallel
connections and thus the max pool size is set as 4.  The max
number of queued messages was left unchanged at 50.  Eventually
we may want to allow tuning of these limits to boost performance.
That would come in a future patch.

Tested:
Launched two Event Listener servers that created 6 and 2
subscriptions. Sending a test event created a connection pool
for each server. 4 and 2 connections were added to each pool,
respectively and were used to send the test request. For the first
pool the 2 extra requests were placed into a queue until
connections became available. After a request completed, its
associated connection was used to send the next request in
the queue. Resending the test event caused those prior connections
to be reused instead of new connections being added to the pools.

Signed-off-by: Carson Labrado <clabrado@google.com>
Change-Id: Iba72b3e342cdc05d1fb972e2e9856763a0a1b3c5
2 files changed
tree: ceb3baa07da50457a3642729b0077244489703e9
  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. run-ci
  34. setup.cfg
  35. TESTING.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/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 -C builddir test
ninja -C builddir coverage

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.