Add simple CLI tool for /etc/noquattor and standardise the content

[stdweird]

Standardised content could be meaningful, eg that /etc/noquattor is set, but implies noaction instead of do nothing.
But by default i'd like it to use it store the reason why it was set, like fixing ticket 123.
When eg ccm-fetch or ncm-ncd run, it could print this message.

I would add a cli tool to edit the message, esp if the message is structured, like

comment =  Working on abc
action = noaction

(config::tiny with textrender)
by default, contents would be message only.

Proposals for a good name and any config options are always welcome, otherwsie i'll use quattor-disable

[jrha]

Good idea, we have a nagios alarm for /etc/noquattor without contents.
ccm-fetch already prints the contents as a warning.

e.g.

# quattor-fetch 
[WARN] CCM updates disabled globally (/etc/noquattor present)
[WARN] foo blah

[stdweird]

@wdpypere what do we use for this?

[wdpypere]

We have a simple python script that does this.

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Copyright 2023-2023 Ghent University
#
# This file is part of vsc-host-tools,
# originally created by the HPC team of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc/en),
# with support of Ghent University (http://ugent.be/hpc),
# the Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC) (https://www.vscentrum.be),
# the Flemish Research Foundation (FWO) (http://www.fwo.be/en)
# and the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (EWI) (http://www.ewi-vlaanderen.be/en).
#
# https://github.ugent.be/hpcugent/vsc-host-tools
#
# All rights reserved.
#
"""
Create an admin friendly noquattor.
"""

import argparse
import sys
from pathlib import Path
from os import getlogin
from datetime import datetime
import logging

def set_noquattor(filename, comment, force):
    if filename.is_file():
        if force:
            filename.unlink()
        else:
            logging.error("Noquattor already set. Use '--force' to overwrite. Content:")
            logging.error(filename.read_text())
            sys.exit(1)

    try:
        filename.write_text("%s: %s - %s" % (getlogin(), datetime.now(), " ".join(comment)))
        filename.chmod(0o600)
    except PermissionError as err:
        logging.error("Permissions error. (did you forget sudo?): %s", err)

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Handle noquattor file',
                                     formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
    parser.add_argument('comment', type=str, help="Comment to use in the noquattor file", nargs="*")
    parser.add_argument("--location", "-l", default="/etc/noquattor", help="location of the file", type=Path)
    parser.add_argument("--force", "-f", action="store_true", help="write file even if it exists")
    parser.add_argument("--remove", "-r", action="store_true", help="remove existing noquattor file")
    parser.add_argument("--show", "-s", action="store_true", help="show current noquattor file content")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    if args.remove:
        if args.location.is_file():
            args.location.unlink()
        else:
            logging.error("%s does not exist.", args.location)
            sys.exit(1)

    elif args.show:
        if args.location.is_file():
            print(args.location.read_text())
        else:
            logging.error("%s does not exist.", args.location)
            sys.exit(2)

    else:
        set_noquattor(args.location, args.comment, args.force)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

[wdpypere]

does something like:

[root@node3903 ~]# noquattor installed new nvidia drivers
[root@node3903 ~]# noquattor -s
wdpypere: 2023-08-25 13:23:42.028443 - installed new nvidia drivers

The nice part is the original user is kept.