Under the covers, the autoinstaller uses our own patched version of +xen-create-image, which is a tool based on debootstrap. If you log +into the serial console while the install is running, you can watch +it. +""", + 'ParaVM Console': """ ParaVM machines do not support local console access over VNC. To access the serial console of these machines, you can SSH with Kerberos -to console.%s, using the name of the machine as your -username.""" % config.dns.domains[0], +to %s, using the name of the machine as your +username.""" % config.console.hostname, 'HVM/ParaVM': """ HVM machines use the virtualization features of the processor, while -ParaVM machines use Xen's emulation of virtualization features. You -want an HVM virtualized machine.""", +ParaVM machines rely on a modified kernel to communicate directly with +the hypervisor. HVMs support boot CDs of any operating system, and +the VNC console applet. The three-minute autoinstaller produces +ParaVMs. ParaVMs typically are more efficient, and always support the +console server.
+ +More details are on the +wiki, including steps to prepare an HVM guest to boot as a ParaVM +(which you can skip by using the autoinstaller to begin with.)
+ +We recommend using a ParaVM when possible and an HVM when necessary.
+""",
'CPU Weight': """
Don't ask us! We're as mystified as you are.""",
'Owner': """
@@ -462,13 +480,17 @@ power on and off the machine. This can be either a user or a moira
group.""",
'Quotas': """
Quotas are determined on a per-locker basis. Each locker may have a
-maximum of 512 megabytes of active ram, 50 gigabytes of disk, and 4
+maximum of 512 mebibytes of active ram, 50 gibibytes of disk, and 4
active machines.""",
'Console': """
Framebuffer: At a Linux boot prompt in your VM, try
setting fb=false to disable the framebuffer. If you don't,
your machine will run just fine, but the applet's display of the
console will suffer artifacts.
+""",
+ 'Windows': """
+Windows Vista: The Vista image is licensed for all MIT students and will automatically activate off the network; see the licensing confirmation e-mail for details. The installer requires 512 MiB RAM and at least 7.5 GiB disk space (15 GiB or more recommended).
+Windows XP: This is the volume license CD image. You will need your own volume license key to complete the install. We do not have these available for the general MIT community; ask your department if they have one.
"""
}
@@ -505,8 +527,6 @@ def infoDict(username, state, machine):
cpu_time_float = float(main_status.get('cpu_time', 0))
cputime = datetime.timedelta(seconds=int(cpu_time_float))
checkpoint.checkpoint('Status')
- display_fields = """name uptime memory state cpu_weight on_reboot
- on_poweroff on_crash on_xend_start on_xend_stop bootloader""".split()
display_fields = [('name', 'Name'),
('description', 'Description'),
('owner', 'Owner'),
@@ -521,12 +541,6 @@ def infoDict(username, state, machine):
'DISK_INFO',
('state', 'state (xen format)'),
('cpu_weight', 'CPU weight'+helppopup('CPU Weight')),
- ('on_reboot', 'Action on VM reboot'),
- ('on_poweroff', 'Action on VM poweroff'),
- ('on_crash', 'Action on VM crash'),
- ('on_xend_start', 'Action on Xen start'),
- ('on_xend_stop', 'Action on Xen stop'),
- ('bootloader', 'Bootloader options'),
]
fields = []
machine_info = {}
@@ -593,7 +607,8 @@ def info(username, state, path, fields):
def unauthFront(_, _2, _3, fields):
"""Information for unauth'd users."""
- return templates.unauth(searchList=[{'simple' : True}])
+ return templates.unauth(searchList=[{'simple' : True,
+ 'hostname' : os.environ['HOSTNAME'] if 'HOSTNAME' in os.environ else 'xvm.mit.edu'}])
def admin(username, state, path, fields):
if path == '':
@@ -639,7 +654,8 @@ Subject: %s
%s
""" % (to, config.web.hostname, subject, body)
- p = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/sbin/sendmail', to], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
+ p = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/sbin/sendmail', '-f', to, to],
+ stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
p.stdin.write(mail)
p.stdin.close()
p.wait()
@@ -649,7 +665,8 @@ def show_error(op, username, fields, err, emsg, traceback):
d = dict(op=op, user=username, fields=fields,
errorMessage=str(err), stderr=emsg, traceback=traceback)
details = templates.error_raw(searchList=[d])
- if username not in config.web.errormail_exclude:
+ exclude = config.web.errormail_exclude
+ if username not in exclude and '*' not in exclude:
send_error_mail('xvm error on %s for %s: %s' % (op, username, err),
details)
d['details'] = details
@@ -657,7 +674,18 @@ def show_error(op, username, fields, err, emsg, traceback):
def getUser(environ):
"""Return the current user based on the SSL environment variables"""
- return environ.get('REMOTE_USER', None)
+ user = environ.get('REMOTE_USER')
+ if user is None:
+ return
+
+ if environ.get('AUTH_TYPE') == 'Negotiate':
+ # Convert the krb5 principal into a krb4 username
+ if not user.endswith('@%s' % config.kerberos.realm):
+ return
+ else:
+ return user.split('@')[0].replace('/', '.')
+ else:
+ return user
def handler(username, state, path, fields):
operation, path = pathSplit(path)