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Setup

=====

Kamaki is easy to install from source or as a package. Some advanced or ui features

are optional and can be installed separately. Kamaki behavior can be configured in

the kamaki config file.

Quick Setup

-----------

.. warning:: Users of kamaki 0.8.X or older should consult the

    `migration guide <#migrating-from-kamaki-0-8-x-to-0-9-or-better>`_ first.

To set up Kamaki for a specific Synnefo deployment, users need an

**authentication URL** and a **user token**. Users should also pick an alias to

name the cloud configuration. This can be any single word, e.g., "default",

"mycloud"or whatever suits the user.

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki config set cloud.<cloud alias>.url <cloud-authentication-URL>

    $ kamaki config set cloud.<cloud alias>.token myt0k3n==

If only one cloud is configured, it is automatically considered the default.

Otherwise, a default cloud should be specified:

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki config set default_cloud <cloud alias>

Since version 0.14, Synnefo supports a single authentication URL for retrieving

all API endpoints. This URL is retrieved from the Synnefo Web UI and should be

set as the cloud URL for kamaki. All service-specific URLs are retrieved and

handled automatically. Users of Synnefo clouds >=0.14 are advised against using

any service-specific URLs.

Migrating from kamaki 0.8.X to 0.9 or better

--------------------------------------------

This section refers to running installations of kamaki version <= 0.8.X. To

check the current kamaki version:

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki -V

Existing kamaki users should convert their configuration files to v9. To do

that, kamaki 0.9 can inspect the configuration file and suggests a list of

config file transformations, which are performed automatically after users'

permission. This mechanism is invoked when an API-related kamaki command is

fired. On example 2.1 we suggest using the `user authenticate` command to start

the conversion mechanism for the configuration file.

.. code-block:: console

    :emphasize-lines: 1

    Example 2.1: Convert config file while authenticating user "exampleuser"

    $ kamaki user authenticate

    Config file format version >= 9.0 is required

    Configuration file: "/home/exampleuser/.kamakirc"

    but kamaki can fix this:

    Calculating changes while preserving information

    ... rescue global.token => cloud.default.token

    ... rescue config.cli => global.config_cli

    ... rescue history.file => global.history_file

    ... DONE

    The following information will NOT be preserved:

        global.account =

        global.data_log = on

        user.account = exampleuser@example.com

        user.url = https://accounts.okeanos.grnet.gr

        compute.url = https://cyclades.okeanos.grnet.gr/api/v1.1

        file.url = https://pithos.okeanos.grnet.gr/v1

        image.url = https://cyclades.okeanos.grnet.gr/plankton

    Kamaki is ready to convert the config file to version 9.0

    Overwrite file /home/exampleuser/.kamakirc ? [Y, y]

At this point, we should examine the kamaki output. Most options are renamed to

match the latest configuration file version specifications.

Lets take a look at the discarded options:

* `global.account` and `user.account` are not used anymore.

    The same is true for the synonyms `store.account` and `pithos.account`.

    These options were used to explicitly set a user account or uuid to a

    pithos call. In the latest Synnefo version (>= 0.14), these features are

    meaningless and therefore omitted.

* `global.data_log` option has never been a valid kamaki config option.

    In this scenario, the user wanted to set the `log_data` option, but he or

    she typed `data_log` instead. To fix this, the user should manually set the

    correct option after the conversion is complete (Example 2.2).

Users should press *y* when they are ready, which will cause the default config

file to be modified so that it conforms with the latest version.

.. code-block:: console

    :emphasize-lines: 1

    Example 2.2: Rescue misspelled log_data option

    $ kamaki config set log_data on

In order to convert more files, users may run kamaki with the -c option, which

runs kamaki with a different configuration file (Example 2.3) and apply the

steps described above.

.. code-block:: console

    :emphasize-lines: 1

    Example 2.3: Use kamaki to update a configuration file called ".myfilerc"

    $ kamaki -c .myfilerc user authenticate

Multiple clouds

---------------

The following refers to users of multiple Synnefo and/or Open Stack

deployments. In the following, a Synnefo (or Open Stack) cloud deployment will

be called **a cloud**.

Multiple clouds can be configured and manager in a single  kamaki setup, since

version 0.9. Each cloud corresponds to a Synnefo (or Open Stack) cloud

deployment, with each deployment offering a single point of authentication (an

**authentication URL** and **token** pair). Users can retrieve this information

through the cloud UI.

Once a user has retrieved one URL/token pair per cloud, it is time to assign a

name to each cloud and configure kamaki accordingly.

For example, let the user have access to two clouds with the following authentication information ::

    cloud alias: devel

    authentication URL: https://devel.example.com/astakos/identity/v2.0/

    authentication token: myd3v3170k3n==

    cloud alias: testing

    autentication URL: https://testing.example.com/astakos/identity/v2.0/

    authentication token: my73571ng70k3n==

.. note:: the cloud alias is arbitrary and decided by the user. It is just a

    reference label for the cloud setup in the kamaki context.

The user should let kamaki know about these setups:

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki config set cloud.devel.url https://devel.example.com/astakos/identity/v2.0/

    $ kamaki config set cloud.devel.token myd3v3170k3n==

    $

    $ kamaki config set cloud.testing.url https://testing.example.com/astakos/identity/v2.0/

    $ kamaki config set cloud.testing.token my73571ng70k3n==

    $

To check if all settings are loaded, a user may list all clouds, as shown

bellow:

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki config get cloud

     cloud.default.url = https://example.com/astakos.identity/v2.0/

     cloud.default.token = myd3f4u1770k3n==

     cloud.devel.url = https://devel.example.com/astakos/identity/v2.0/

     cloud.devel.token = myd3v3170k3n==

     cloud.testing.url = https://testing.example.com/astakos/identity/v2.0/

     cloud.testing.token = my73571ng70k3n==

    $

or query kamaki for a specific cloud:

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki config get cloud.devel

     cloud.devel.url = https://devel.example.com/astakos/identity/v2.0/

     cloud.devel.token = myd3v3170k3n==

    $

Now kamaki can use any of these clouds, with the **- - cloud** attribute. If

the **- - cloud** option is ommited, kamaki will query the `default` cloud.

One way to test this, is the `user athenticate` command:

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki --cloud=devel user authenticate

     ...

     user          :

        id         :  725d5de4-1bab-45ac-9e98-38a60a8c543c

        name       :  Devel User

    $

    $ kamaki --cloud=testing user authenticate

     ...

     user          :

        id         :  4ed5d527-bab1-ca54-89e9-c345c8a06a83

        name       :  Testing User

    $

    $ kamaki --cloud=default user authenticate

     ...

     user          :

        id         :  4d3f4u17-u53r-4u7h-451n-4u7h3n7ic473

        name       :  Default User

    $

    $ kamaki user authenticate

     ...

     user          :

        id         :  4d3f4u17-u53r-4u7h-451n-4u7h3n7ic473

        name       :  Default User

    $

In interactive cell, the cloud can be picked when invoking the shell, with

the **- - cloud** option.

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki --cloud=devel

    kamaki v0.10 - Interactive Shell

    /exit       terminate kamaki

    exit or ^D  exit context

    ? or help   available commands

    ?command    help on command

    !<command>  execute OS shell command

    Session user is Devel User

    (uuid: 725d5de4-1bab-45ac-9e98-38a60a8c543c)

    [kamaki]: 

Optional features

-----------------

For installing any or all of the following, consult the

`kamaki installation guide <installation.html#install-ansicolors>`_

* ansicolors

    * Add colors to command line / console output

    * Can be switched on/off in kamaki configuration file: `colors = on/off`

    * Has not been tested on non unix / linux based platforms

* mock

    * For kamaki contributors only

    * Allow unit tests to run on kamaki.clients package

    * Needs mock version 1.X or better

Any of the above features can be installed at any time before or after kamaki

installation.

Configuration options

---------------------

There are two kinds of configuration options:

* kamaki-related (global)

    interface settings and constants of the kamaki internal mechanism, e.g.,

    terminal colors, maximum threads per connection, custom logging, history

    file path, etc.

* cloud-related

    information needed to connect and use one or more clouds. There are some

    mandatory options (URL, token) and some advanced / optional (e.g.,

    service-specific URL overrides or versions)

Kamaki comes with preset default values to all kamaki-releated configuration

options. Cloud-related information is not included in presets and should be

provided by the user. Kamaki-related options can also be modified.

There are two ways of managing configuration options: edit the config file or

use the kamaki config command.

Using multiple configuration files

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Kamaki setups are stored in configuration files. By default, a Kamaki

installation stores options in *.kamakirc* file located at the user home

directory.

If a user needs to switch between different kamaki-related setups, Kamaki can

explicitly load configuration files with the **- - config** (or **- c**) option

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki --config <custom_config_file_path> [other options]

.. note:: For accessing multiple clouds, users do NOT need to create multiple

    configuration files. Instead, we suggest using a single configuration file

    with multiple cloud setups. More details can be found at the

    `multiple clouds guide <#multiple-clouds>`_.

Modifying options at runtime

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

All kamaki commands can be used with the -o option in order to override configuration options at runtime. For example:

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki file list -o global.pithos_container=anothercontainer

will invoke *kamaki file list* with the specified options, but the initial

global.pithos_container values will not be modified.

Editing options

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Kamaki config command allows users to see and manage all configuration options.

* kamaki config list

    lists all configuration options of a kamaki setup

* kamaki config get <group.option>

    show the value of a specific configuration option. Options must be of the

    form *group.option*. A single *option* is equivalent to *global.option*,

    with the exception of the term *cloud* (see bellow)

* kamaki config set <group.option> <value>

    set the group.option to value. If no group is given, it defaults to

    *global*.

* kamaki config delete <group.option>

    delete a configuration option. If no group is given, it defaults to

    *global*

The above commands cause option values to be permanently stored in the Kamaki configuration file.

The commands above can also be used for **clouds** handling, using the `cloud.`

prefix. The cloud handling cases are similar but with slightly different

semantics:

* kamaki config get cloud[.<cloud alias>[.option]]

    * cloud

        list all clouds and their settings

    * cloud.<cloud alias>

        list settings of the cloud aliased as <cloud alias>. If no

        special is configured, use the term `cloud.default`

    * cloud.<cloud alias>.<option>

        show the value of the specified option. If no special alias is

        configured, use `cloud.default.<option>`

* kamaki config set cloud.<cloud alias>.<option> <value>

    If the cloud alias <cloud alias> does not exist, create it. Then, create

    (or update) the option <option> of this cloud, by setting its value

    to <value>.

* kamaki config delete cloud.<cloud alias>[.<option>]

    * cloud.<cloud alias>

        delete the cloud alias <cloud alias> and all its options

    * cloud.<cloud alias>.<option>

        delete the <option> and its value from the cloud cloud aliased as

        <cloud alias>

To see if a default cloud is configured, get the default_cloud value

    .. code-block:: console

        $ kamaki config get default_cloud

If no default_cloud value is set, the first cloud alias is picked as default.

To pick a cloud alias as default:

    .. code-block:: console

        $ kamaki config set default_cloud <cloud alias>

Editing the configuration file

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The configuration file is a simple text file that can be created by the user.

.. note:: users of kamaki < 0.9 can use the latest versions to automatically

    convert their old configuration files to the new configuration file(s).

    See `these instructions <#migrating-from-kamaki-0-8-x-to-0-9-or-better>`_

    for more.

A simple way to create the configuration file is to set a configuration option

using the kamaki config command. For example:

.. code-block:: console

    $ kamaki config set global.log_file /home/exampleuser/logs/kamaki.log

In the above example, if the kamaki configuration file does not exist, it will

be created with all the default values plus the *global.log_file* option set to

`/home/exampleuser/logs/kamaki.log`

The configuration file is formatted so that it can be parsed by the python ConfigParser module. It consists of command sections that are denoted with brackets. Every section contains variables with values. For example::

    [global]

    log_file = /home/exampleuser/logs/kamaki.log

    max_threads = 7

    colors = off

    [cloud "default"]

    url =

    token =

In this scenario, a bunch of configuration options are created and set to their

default options, except the log_file option which is set to whatever the

specified value.

The *[cloud "default"]* section is special and is used to configure the default

cloud. Kamaki will not be able to do anything useful without proper url and

token values set in the cloud section.

Available options

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The [*global*] group is treated by kamaki as a generic group for kamaki

settings, namely command cli specifications, the thread limit, console colors,

history and log files, log detail options and pithos-specific options.

* global.colors <on|off>

    enable / disable colors in command line based uis. Requires ansicolors, otherwise it is ignored

* global.log_file <logfile full path>

    set a custom location for kamaki logging. Default value is ~/.kamaki.log

* global.log_token <on|off>

    allow kamaki to log user tokens

* global.log_data <on|off>

    allow kamaki to log http data (by default, it logs only method, URL and

    headers)

* global.log_pid <on|off>

    attach the process name and id that produces each log line. Useful for

    resolving race condition problems.

* global.file_cli <UI command specifications for file>

    a special package that is used to load storage commands to kamaki UIs.

    Don't touch this unless if you know what you are doing.

* global.cyclades_cli <UI command specifications for cyclades>

    a special package that is used to load cyclades commands to kamaki UIs.

    Don't touch this unless you know what you are doing.

* global.flavor_cli <UI command specifications for VM flavors>

    a special package that is used to load cyclades VM flavor commands to

    kamaki UIs. Don't touch this unless you know what you are doing.

* global.network_cli <UI command specifications for virtual networks>

    a special package that is used to load cyclades virtual network commands to

    kamaki UIs. Don't touch this unless you know what you are doing.

* global.image_cli <UI command specs for Plankton or Compute image service>

    a special package that is used to load image-related commands to kamaki UIs. Don't touch this unless you know what you are doing.

* global.user_cli <UI command specs for Astakos authentication service>

    a special package that is used to load astakos-related commands to kamaki

    UIs. Don't touch this unless you know what you are doing.

* global.history_file <history file path>

    the path of a simple file for inter-session kamaki history. Make sure

    kamaki is executed in a context where this file is accessible for reading

    and writing. Kamaki automatically creates the file if it doesn't exist

Additional features

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Functional tests

""""""""""""""""

Kamaki contains a set of functional tests for *kamaki.clients*, called

"livetest". The term "live" means that the tests are performed against an

on-line functional cloud deployment. The package is accessible as

*kamaki.clients.livetest* .

The livetest commands can be activated by setting the following option in the

configuration file::

    [global]

    livetest_cli=livetest

or with this kamaki command::

    $ kamaki config set livetest_cli livetest

In most cases, it is enough to have the default cloud configured correctly.

Some commands, though, require some extra settings specific to actual contents

of the cloud or the example files used in kamaki.

Here is a list of settings needed:

* for all tests::

    * livetest.testcloud = <the cloud alias this test will run against>

* for astakos client::

    * livetest.astakos_details = <A file with an authentication output>

        To create this file, pipeline the output of an authentication command

        with the -j option for raw json output

        .. code-block:: console

            $ kamaki user authenticate -j > astakos.details

    * livetest.astakos_name = <The exact "real" name of the testing user>

    * livetest.astakos_id = <The valid unique user id of the testing user>

* for image client:

    * livetest.image_details = <A file with the image metadata>

        To create this file, pipeline the output of an image metadata command

        with the -j option for raw json output

        .. code-block:: console

            $ kamaki image info <img id> -j > img.details

    * livetest.image_id = <A valid image id used for testing>

    * livetest.image_local_path = <The local path of the testing image>

* for flavors (part of the compute client):

    * livetest.flavor_details = <A file with the flavor details>

        To create this file, pipeline the output of a flavor info command

        with the -j option for raw json output

        .. code-block:: console

            $ kamaki flavor info <flavor id> -j > flavor.details

After setup, kamaki can run all tests::

    $ kamaki livetest all

a specific test (e.g., pithos scenario)::

    $ kamaki livetest pithos

or a specific method from a service (e.g., create_server @ cyclades)::

    $ kamaki livetest cyclades create_server

The unit testing system

"""""""""""""""""""""""

Kamaki container a set of finegrained unit tests for the kamaki.clients

package. This set is not used when kamaki is running. Instead, it is aimed to

developers who debug or extent kamaki. For more information, check the

`Going Agile <developers/extending-clients-api.html#going-agile>`_ entry at the

`developers section <developers/extending-clients-api.html>`_.