better patch for unverified_context

[sfa.git] / sfa / client / manifolduploader.py

diff --git a/sfa/client/manifolduploader.py b/sfa/client/manifolduploader.py
index f8ca0f9..c291a42 100755 (executable)
--- a/sfa/client/manifolduploader.py
+++ b/sfa/client/manifolduploader.py
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 DEFAULT_URL = "http://myslice.onelab.eu:7080"
 DEFAULT_PLATFORM = 'ple'
 
+# starting with 2.7.9 we need to turn off server verification
+import ssl
+try:    turn_off_server_verify = { 'context' : ssl._create_unverified_context() } 
+except: turn_off_server_verify = {}
+
 import xmlrpclib
 import getpass
 
@@ -78,7 +83,10 @@ class ManifoldUploader:
 #        return self._proxy
         url=self.url()
         self.logger.debug("Connecting manifold url %s"%url)
-        return xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url, allow_none = True)
+        proxy = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url, allow_none = True,
+                                      **turn_off_server_verify)
+
+        return proxy
 
     # does the job for one credential
     # expects the credential (string) and an optional message (e.g. hrn) for reporting