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  1. VCL
  2. VCL-1040

Issues with backend usage of Site Configuration variables

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    • Bug
    • Status: Open
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 2.4.2
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    • vcld (backend)
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    Description

      Introduced in:
      http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1614746

      Affiliation not being universally considered
      There's code in utils.pm that sets:
      $ENV{management_node_info}->{CLUSTER_INUSE_CHECK}
      and possibly other values without regard to affiliation. The affiliation must be considered for every value used from the variable table that is tied to an affiliation.

      DataStructure.pm's get_cluster_inuse_check doesn't work
      Luckily, $self->data->get_cluster_inuse_check isn't being called from anywhere.

      utils.pm sets and uses the following piece of data:

      $ENV{management_node_info}->{CLUSTER_INUSE_CHECK}

      DataStructure.pm has an automatic (get/set)_cluster_inuse_check method looking for the data in:

      $ENV{management_node_info}{cluster_INUSE_CHECK}

      Perl is CaSE seNsiTive so this would have never worked.

      OS.pm::get_timings
      There's also an OS.pm::get_timings subroutine which requires a specific key to be provided as an argument. Thankfully, this actually is checking for affiliation-specific values.

      I'm not sure why we need this subroutine as-is. It requires the variable strings to be exactly correct in get_timings as well as the calling subroutine.

      It would be better to create a general utils.pm::get_affiliation_variable subroutine which checks if a value exists for the user's affiliation. If not, it returns the Global default value. get_timings and its hard-coded defaults could then go away.

      While on the topic, it would also be useful to create a utils.pm::get_management_node_variable subroutine since there are also variables that are management node-specific.

      The naming convention for both types of variable should be the same.

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            arkurth Andrew Kurth
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