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authorIlya Etingof <etingof@gmail.com>2018-02-26 12:32:37 +0100
committerIlya Etingof <etingof@gmail.com>2018-05-25 14:43:18 +0200
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downloadironic-635f4a9e1725b29b4a4f7bb7c22020212f1d0219.tar.gz
SNMPv3 security features added to the `snmp` driver
SNMPv3 message authentication and encryption features added to Ironic ``snmp`` driver. Added support for the ``context_engine_id`` and ``context_name`` parameters of the SNMPv3 message at Ironic's ``snmp`` driver. The ``snmp_security`` parameter of Ironic ``snmp`` driver is obsoleted by the ``snmp_user`` parameter. Though ``snmp_security`` parameter remains supported. For the sake of patch reviewability, it does not touch similar SNMP features in the `iLO` and `irmc` drivers. A followup patch might converge these similar SNMP uses onto the core ``snmp`` driver's functionality this patch introduces. Change-Id: Ic8a4fc37a42377c4ec50ffae421b3f47922ef982 Story: 1710850 Task: 10611
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+---
+features:
+ - |
+ Adds SNMPv3 message authentication and encryption features to ironic
+ ``snmp`` hardware type. To enable these features, the following
+ parameters should be used in the node's ``driver_info``:
+
+ * ``snmp_user``
+ * ``snmp_auth_protocol``
+ * ``snmp_auth_key``
+ * ``snmp_priv_protocol``
+ * ``snmp_priv_key``
+
+ Also adds support for the ``context_engine_id`` and ``context_name``
+ parameters of SNMPv3 message at ironic ``snmp`` hardware type. They
+ can be configured in the node's ``driver_info``.
+
+deprecations:
+ - |
+ Deprecates the ``snmp_security`` field in ``driver_info`` for ironic
+ ``snmp`` hardware type, it will be removed in Stein release. Please use
+ ``snmp_user`` field instead.