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| Network Admin in Kura - how does it work? [message #1645183] |
Mon, 02 March 2015 11:20  |
 Alessandro Da Rugna
Messages: 43
Registered: December 2014 |
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I'm missing something about the whole Network configuration in Kura.
1. Where does Kura store/read network configurations?
2. How can I customize the NetworkAdminService?
3. How can I debug network issues?
1. As far as I unterstand, Kura's NetworkConfigurationService implements SelfConfiguringComponent, so it reads its configuration from the system. But the starting "status" is provided by org.eclipse.kura.net.admin.NetworkConfigurationService configuration in the snapshots. Am I right?
Then the actual status is read from /etc/network/interfaces and sometimes from /tmp/.kura/coninfo-$IFACE. Kura installs hooks to system ifup/ifdown to create and delete such file (deletion doesn't work btw - is it intendend behaviour?)
What is the role of kura/data/kuranet.conf? I've stepped through code but it's not very clear to me what is each file's purpose.
2. I'm trying Kura on a different linux machine than raspberry/beaglebone where I'd like to control the network interfaces. I modified some files to call the right command for my system. (e.g., the ones containing OS_VERSION = System.getProperty("kura.os.version"); (A)) but Kura goes crazy and the $IFACEMonitorThreads continue to bring each interface up and down without stopping. I think I'm missing some step somewhere.
I disabled the administration of WiFi from snapshot configuration file
<esf:property name="net.interfaces" array="false" encrypted="false" type="String">
<esf:value>lo,eth0</esf:value>
</esf:property>
Is this the right place? I also tried disabling it or removing it from kuranet.conf but no luck.
3. I can switch the eth0 from WAN to LAN and enable the dhcp server. When I switch it back to WAN, it gets the address but Kura (and all system) cannot connect to the network anymore. Strangely enough, I can access the machine via SSH or Kura's Web interface but cannot ping it. ifdown says the interfaces is already down, and ifup cannot restore the connectivity correctly.
How do you approach such problems?
(A)
project org.eclipse.kura.linux.net
LinuxNamed.java
LinuxFirewall.java
KuraConstants.java
LinuxNetworkUtil.java
project org.eclipse.kura.net.admin
IfcfgConfigReader.java
IfcfgConfigWriter.java
My project: Kura web log level changer https://github.com/darugnaa/kura-web-log
My blog: http://darugnaa.github.io
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| Re: Network Admin in Kura - how does it work? [message #1646450 is a reply to message #1645183] |
Tue, 03 March 2015 01:29  |
David Woodard
Messages: 420
Registered: July 2014 |
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Hello,
The network administration is one of the more complex pieces to Kura. I will try to answer your questions as clearly as possible. Feel free to ask any follow up questions you like.
1. You have correctly identified the files Kura uses to control network settings. Kura first uses a snapshot configuration file to create its internal view of the network settings. If you are trying to add/change/delete network settings, this is where to start. Once Kura has loaded this file, it will attempt to synchronize these setting with the system by writing to the various files (/etc/network/interfaces, /etc/hostapd, etc). Further, each interface has a monitor that attempts to apply the state of the Kura configuration to the system using various utilities (ifup, ifdown, etc.). For example, if you have "eth0" set to enabled but the ethernet cable unplugged, the monitor will continually attempt to bring the interface up. Manually changing network configuration files, particularly while Kura is running, can get the system quite confused. It is best to do all network management through the Kura web UI if possible.
2. There currently is no simple way of ignoring an interface in Kura. This is on our roadmap, but haven't done it yet. The list of interfaces in the snapshot file is indicating the interfaces that have configurations defined. Kura will attempt to manage any interface that appears with the command 'ifconfig -a'. I believe we have some temporary hacks in Kura to avoid USB0 on the BeagleBone for this very reason. At the moment, if you use Kura with network admin, Kura expects to have control over all interfaces.
It is hard to say what was causing the monitors to go crazy without knowing the Linux system you are using. I can tell you the main reason we have switches based on OS are for file I/O. We roughly group all file I/O for network administration into two categories: Debian based or RedHat based. Depending on the OS, we make assumptions about the location of networking files. If your version of Linux is using a different directory structure, it could certainly cause problems. I would also try increasing the log level and examining the log files. It is possible that the commands you are using are returning values that Kura doesn't understand. Instead of throwing an error, it may be giving a warning and entering a loop.
3. Did this happen on the Raspberry or another Linux machine? I tried this on my RPi and it worked. When we have seen this in the past, it is usually caused by either not having the proper route set in the routing table (route -n) or not having a DNS server defined (/etc/resolv.conf). If you can ping an outside address (ex: 8.8.8.8 ) then it is likely a DNS issue. If you can't ping an outside address, it is likely a routing table issue. This likely happened because Kura became confused. I would recommend turning the debug level up (from INFO to DEBUG) and checking for errors in the kura.log. Let me know if this happened on the RPi.
Hopefully I answered some of you questions.
Thanks,
--Dave
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| Re: Network Admin in Kura - how does it work? [message #1695795 is a reply to message #1654372] |
Tue, 19 May 2015 11:11 |
Alessandro Da Rugna
Messages: 43
Registered: December 2014 |
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Hello David, I'm still working on my customized networking. I'm peeking into org.eclipse.kura.web.server.GwtNetworkServiceImpl method updateNetInterfaceConfigurations(GwtNetInterfaceConfig config) to try to understand how Kura's web interface handles the changes.
This is my method to set up the WiFi as AccessPoint.
Could you please take a look at it and tell me if I'm doing something obviously wrong?
I'm looking forward to Kura 1.2.0 and its many improvements on this part.
private void applyWiFiAccessPoint() throws KuraException {
try {
// 1
// List all used IPs
IP4Address wifiIpAddress = (IP4Address) IPAddress.parseHostAddress("192.168.1.1");
IP4Address rangeStart = (IP4Address) IPAddress.parseHostAddress("192.168.1.5");
IP4Address rangeEnd = (IP4Address) IPAddress.parseHostAddress("192.168.1.20");
IP4Address subnetMask = (IP4Address) IPAddress.parseHostAddress("255.255.255.0");
IP4Address subnet = (IP4Address) IPAddress.parseHostAddress("192.168.1.0");
short prefix = 24;
// 2
// Configure static IP for wlan0 interface
NetConfigIP4 netConfig4 = new NetConfigIP4(NetInterfaceStatus.netIPv4StatusEnabledLAN, true);
netConfig4.setDhcp(false);
netConfig4.setAddress(wifiIpAddress);
netConfig4.setSubnetMask(subnetMask);
// 3
// Configure DHCP server
DhcpServerConfigIP4 dhcpWifiServerConfigIP4 = new DhcpServerConfigIP4("wlan0", true,
subnet,
wifiIpAddress,
subnetMask,
7200, 7200,
prefix,
rangeStart,
rangeEnd,
false,
null);
// 4
// Configure WiFi Card
// WifiConfig [mode: MASTER :: ssid: MyAP :: ignoreSSID: false :: driver: nl80211 :: channels: 1, :: security: SECURITY_NONE :: passkey: :: hwMode: n :: radioMode: RADIO_MODE_80211nHT20 :: broadcast: true :: ]
WifiConfig wifiConfig = new WifiConfig();
wifiConfig.setMode(WifiMode.MASTER); // Access Point mode
wifiConfig.setSSID("MyAP");
wifiConfig.setIgnoreSSID(false);
wifiConfig.setDriver("nl80211");
wifiConfig.setChannels(new int[] {1});
wifiConfig.setSecurity(WifiSecurity.SECURITY_NONE);
wifiConfig.setHardwareMode("n");
wifiConfig.setRadioMode(WifiRadioMode.RADIO_MODE_80211g);
wifiConfig.setBroadcast(true);
wifiConfig.setPingAccessPoint(false);
// 5
// Add this configuration too, it is required but not used
// WifiConfig [mode: INFRA :: ssid: :: ignoreSSID: false :: driver: nl80211 :: channels: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8910111213 :: security: SECURITY_NONE :: passkey: :: hwMode: :: broadcast: false :: bgscan: ]
WifiConfig clientWifiConfig = new WifiConfig();
clientWifiConfig.setMode(WifiMode.INFRA);
clientWifiConfig.setIgnoreSSID(false);
clientWifiConfig.setDriver("nl80211");
clientWifiConfig.setChannels(new int[] {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13});
clientWifiConfig.setSecurity(WifiSecurity.SECURITY_NONE);
clientWifiConfig.setBroadcast(false);
// 6
// Add all NetConfigs to a list to be passed to NAS.
List<NetConfig> netConfigs = new ArrayList<NetConfig>();
netConfigs.add(netConfig4);
netConfigs.add(dhcpWifiServerConfigIP4);
netConfigs.add(wifiConfig);
netConfigs.add(clientWifiConfig);
// 7
// Prepare the AccessPoint
// m_networkAdminService.manageDhcpServer("wlan0", true);
m_networkAdminService.updateWifiInterfaceConfig("wlan0", true, null, netConfigs);
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
throw KuraException.internalError(e);
}
}
My project: Kura web log level changer https://github.com/darugnaa/kura-web-log
My blog: http://darugnaa.github.io
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