ctafrontend can now run with or without systemd...

If CI passes...

continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctafrontend.sh

@@ -39,10 +39,18 @@ echo OK
 echo "Generating core file in /var/log/cta directory so that those are available as artifacts"
 echo '/var/log/cta/core_%e.%p' > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
 
-echo "Launching frontend"
-runuser --shell='/bin/bash' --session-command='cd ~cta; xrootd -l /var/log/cta-frontend-xrootd.log -k fifo -n cta -c /etc/cta/cta-frontend-xrootd.conf -I v4' cta
-
-echo "ctafrontend died"
-echo "analysing core file if any"
-/opt/run/bin/ctafrontend_bt.sh
-sleep infinity
+if [ "-${CI_CONTEXT}-" == '-nosystemd-' ]; then
+  # systemd is not available
+  runuser --shell='/bin/bash' --session-command='cd ~cta; xrootd -l /var/log/cta-frontend-xrootd.log -k fifo -n cta -c /etc/cta/cta-frontend-xrootd.conf -I v4' cta
+  echo "ctafrontend died"
+  echo "analysing core file if any"
+  /opt/run/bin/ctafrontend_bt.sh
+  sleep infinity
+else
+  # systemd is available
+  echo "Launching frontend with systemd:"
+  systemctl start cta-frontend
+
+  echo "Status is now:"
+  systemctl status cta-frontend
+fi

continuousintegration/orchestration/pod-ctafrontend.yaml

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ spec:
           key: subdir
     - name: TERM
       value: "xterm"
+    - name: CI_CONTEXT
+      value: "nosystemd"
     command: ['/opt/run/bin/ctafrontend.sh']
     args: ["none"]
     volumeMounts:

continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/prepare_tests.sh

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ ctacliIP=`kubectl --namespace ${NAMESPACE} describe pod ctacli | grep IP | sed -
 
 echo "Preparing CTA configuration for tests"
   kubectl --namespace ${NAMESPACE} exec ctafrontend -- cta-catalogue-admin-host-create /etc/cta/cta-catalogue.conf --hostname ${ctacliIP} -c "docker cli"
+  # to allow client connecting to dual stack IPv6/IPv4 xrootd server
+  # otherwise only use IPv4 by adding '-I v4' to ExecStart line in /etc/systemd/system/cta-frontend.service
+  kubectl --namespace ${NAMESPACE} exec ctafrontend -- cta-catalogue-admin-host-create /etc/cta/cta-catalogue.conf --hostname [::ffff:${ctacliIP}] -c "docker cli"
   kubectl --namespace ${NAMESPACE} exec ctafrontend -- cta-catalogue-admin-user-create /etc/cta/cta-catalogue.conf --username ctaadmin1 -c "docker cli"
   kubectl --namespace ${NAMESPACE} exec ctacli -- cta-admin logicallibrary add \
      --name ${LIBRARYNAME}                                            \
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ echo "Adding super client capabilities"
 
 clientIP=`kubectl --namespace ${NAMESPACE} describe pod client | grep IP | sed -E 's/IP:[[:space:]]+//'`
 kubectl --namespace ${NAMESPACE} exec ctacli -- cta-admin adminhost add --name ${clientIP} --comment "for the super client"
+kubectl --namespace ${NAMESPACE} exec ctacli -- cta-admin adminhost add --name [::ffff:${clientIP}] --comment "for the super client"
 kubectl --namespace ${NAMESPACE} exec ctacli -- cta-admin admin add --username ctaadmin2 --comment "ctaadmin2"
 
 kubectl --namespace=${NAMESPACE} exec kdc cat /root/ctaadmin2.keytab | kubectl --namespace=${NAMESPACE} exec -i client --  bash -c "cat > /root/ctaadmin2.keytab; mkdir -p /tmp/ctaadmin2"