# # an attempt to document what a driver class should provide, # and implement reasonable defaults # import sys class Driver: def __init__ (self): pass # redefine this if you want to check again records # when running GetCredential # This is to reflect the 'enabled' user field in planetlab testbeds # expected retcod boolean def is_enabled (self, record) : return True # the following is used in Resolve (registry) when run in full mode # after looking up the sfa db, we wish to be able to display # testbed-specific info as well # this at minima should fill in the 'researcher' field for slice records def augment_records_with_testbed_info (self, sfa_records): print >>sys.stderr, " \r\n \r\n DRIVER.PY augment_records_with_testbed_info sfa_records ",sfa_records return sfa_records # incoming record, as provided by the client to the Register API call # expected retcod 'pointer' # 'pointer' is typically an int db id, that makes sense in the testbed environment # -1 if this feature is not relevant # here type will be 'authority' def register (self, sfa_record, hrn, pub_key) : return -1 # incoming record is the existing sfa_record # expected retcod boolean, error message logged if result is False def remove (self, sfa_record): return True # incoming are the sfa_record: # (*) old_sfa_record is what we have in the db for that hrn # (*) new_sfa_record is what was passed in the Update call # expected retcod boolean, error message logged if result is False # NOTE 1. about keys # this is confusing because a user may have several ssh keys in # the planetlab database, but we need to pick one to generate its cert # so as much as in principle we should be able to use new_sfa_record['keys'] # the manager code actually picks one (the first one), and it seems safer # to pass it along rather than depending on the driver code to do the same # # NOTE 2. about keys # when changing the ssh key through this method the gid gets changed too # should anything be passed back to the caller in this case ? def update (self, old_sfa_record, new_sfa_record, hrn, new_key): return True