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1 | = Setup PVE Development Environment = | |
2 | ||
3 | 1. Install Debian 'jessie' | |
4 | 2. Configure pvetest repository in apt sources.list | |
5 | ||
6 | deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian jessie pvetest | |
7 | ||
8 | 3. Add our repository key with apt-key: | |
9 | ||
10 | wget -O- "http://download.proxmox.com/debian/key.asc" | apt-key add - | |
11 | ||
12 | 4. make sure you have a read IP address for your hostname in /etc/hosts | |
13 | (using 127.0.1.1 will not work) | |
14 | ||
15 | 5. run: apt-get update | |
16 | 6. run: apt-get dist-upgrade | |
17 | 7. run: apt-get install proxmox-ve | |
18 | ||
19 | You should now have a working Proxmox VE installation. | |
20 | ||
21 | = Install build prerequisites for development environment = | |
22 | ||
23 | apt-get -y install build-essential git-core git-email debhelper \ | |
24 | autotools-dev autogen dh-autoreconf dkms doxygen check pkg-config \ | |
25 | groff quilt dpatch automake autoconf libtool lintian libdevel-cycle-perl \ | |
26 | libjson-perl libcommon-sense-perl liblinux-inotify2-perl libio-stringy-perl \ | |
27 | libstring-shellquote-perl dh-systemd rpm2cpio libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 \ | |
28 | libglib2.0-dev librrd-dev librrds-perl rrdcached libdigest-hmac-perl \ | |
29 | libxml-parser-perl gdb libcrypt-openssl-random-perl \ | |
30 | libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl libnet-ldap-perl libauthen-pam-perl \ | |
31 | libjson-xs-perl libterm-readline-gnu-perl oathtool libmime-base32-perl \ | |
32 | liboath0 libpci-dev texi2html libsdl1.2-dev libgnutls28-dev \ | |
33 | libspice-protocol-dev xfslibs-dev libnuma-dev libaio-dev \ | |
34 | pve-libspice-server-dev libusbredirparser-dev glusterfs-common \ | |
35 | libusb-1.0-0-dev librbd-dev libpopt-dev iproute bridge-utils numactl \ | |
36 | glusterfs-common ceph-common python-ceph libgoogle-perftools4 \ | |
37 | libfile-chdir-perl lvm2 glusterfs-client liblockfile-simple-perl \ | |
38 | libsystemd-daemon-dev libreadline-gplv2-dev libio-multiplex-perl \ | |
39 | libnetfilter-log-dev libipset3 ipset socat libsasl2-dev libogg-dev \ | |
40 | python-pyparsing libfilesys-df-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl \ | |
41 | libfile-readbackwards-perl libanyevent-perl libanyevent-http-perl \ | |
42 | unzip liblocale-po-perl vlan ifenslave-2.6 libfile-sync-perl cstream \ | |
43 | lzop dtach apt-transport-https hdparm gdisk parted ttf-dejavu-core \ | |
44 | liblzma-dev dosfstools mtools libxen-dev libfuse-dev libcorosync-pve-dev \ | |
45 | libqb-dev libapparmor-dev docbook2x libcap-dev dh-apparmor libcgmanager-dev \ | |
46 | graphviz libseccomp-dev libglib-perl libgtk3-perl libnss3-dev libdlm-dev \ | |
47 | libudev-dev | |
48 | ||
49 | = Compile PVE packages from Source = | |
50 | ||
51 | Download and install the following git modules in order from top to bottom: | |
52 | ||
53 | # git clone git://git.proxmox.com/git/<PACKAGE.git> | |
54 | ||
55 | You currently need the following packages: | |
56 | ||
57 | libqb.git | |
58 | corosync-pve.git | |
59 | pve-common.git | |
60 | pve-docs.git | |
61 | pve-cluster.git | |
62 | lvm.git | |
63 | pve-access-control.git | |
64 | pve-storage.git | |
65 | pve-qemu-kvm.git | |
66 | qemu-server.git | |
67 | vncterm.git | |
68 | spiceterm.git | |
69 | #vzquota.git | |
70 | #vzctl.git | |
71 | #fence-agents-pve.git | |
72 | #resource-agents-pve.git | |
73 | pve-manager.git | |
74 | #pve-kernel-3.10.0.git | |
75 | libiscsi.git | |
76 | #gfs2-utils.git | |
77 | ksm-control-daemon.git | |
78 | pve-container.git | |
79 | pve-firewall.git | |
80 | pve-kernel.git | |
81 | ||
82 | Most packages can be installed with 'make dinstall' command. | |
83 | ||
84 | 4. Reboot the system. | |
85 | 5. Learn to use the quilt patch scripts. | |
86 | 6. Happy coding. | |
87 | ||
88 | There is an experimental package containing the API documentation | |
89 | as ExtJS application: | |
90 | ||
91 | pve2-api-doc.git | |
92 | ||
93 | You can view the source code at: | |
94 | ||
95 | https://git.proxmox.com | |
96 | ||
97 | ||
98 | = REST vs. SOAP = | |
99 | ||
100 | We decided to change our SOAP API (1.X) and use a REST like API. The | |
101 | concept is described in [1] (Resource Oriented Architecture | |
102 | (ROA)). The main advantage is that we are able to remove a lot of code | |
103 | (the whole SOAP stack) to reduce software complexity. | |
104 | ||
105 | We also moved away from server side content generation. Instead we use | |
106 | the ExtJS Rich Internet Application Framework | |
107 | (http://www.sencha.com). | |
108 | ||
109 | That framework, like any other AJAX toolkit, can talk directly to the | |
110 | REST API using JSON. So we were able to remove the server side | |
111 | template toolkit completely. | |
112 | ||
113 | = JSON and JSON Schema = | |
114 | ||
115 | We use JSON as data format, because it is simple and parse-able by any | |
116 | web browser. | |
117 | ||
118 | Additionally, we use JSON Schema [2] to formally describe our API. So | |
119 | we can automatically generate the whole API Documentation, and we can | |
120 | verify all parameters and return values. | |
121 | ||
122 | A great side effect was that we are able to use JSON Schema to | |
123 | produce command line argument parsers automatically. In fact, the REST | |
124 | API and the command line tools use the same code. | |
125 | ||
126 | Object linkage is done using the JSON Hyper Schema (links property). | |
127 | ||
128 | A small utility called 'pvesh' exposes the whole REST API on the command | |
129 | line. | |
130 | ||
131 | So here is a summary of the advantage: | |
132 | ||
133 | - easy, human readable data format (native web browser format) | |
134 | - automatic parameter verification (we can also verify return values) | |
135 | - automatic generation of API documentation | |
136 | - easy way to create command line tools (using same API). | |
137 | ||
138 | = API Implementation (PVE::RESTHandler) = | |
139 | ||
140 | All classes exposing methods on the API use PVE::RESTHandler as base class. | |
141 | ||
142 | use base qw(PVE::RESTHandler); | |
143 | ||
144 | To expose methods, one needs to call register_method(): | |
145 | ||
146 | __PACKAGE__->register_method ($schema); | |
147 | ||
148 | Where $schema is a PVE method schema as described in | |
149 | PVE::JSONSchema. It includes a description of parameters and return | |
150 | values, and a reference to the actual code | |
151 | ||
152 | __PACKAGE__->register_method ({ | |
153 | name => 'echo', | |
154 | path => 'echo', | |
155 | method => 'GET', | |
156 | description => "simple return value of parameter 'text'", | |
157 | parameters => { | |
158 | additionalProperties => 0, | |
159 | properties => { | |
160 | text => { | |
161 | type => 'string', | |
162 | } | |
163 | }, | |
164 | }, | |
165 | returns => { | |
166 | type => 'string', | |
167 | }, | |
168 | code => sub { | |
169 | my ($param) = @_; | |
170 | ||
171 | return $param->{text}; | |
172 | } | |
173 | }); | |
174 | ||
175 | The 'name' property is only used if you want to call the method | |
176 | directly from Perl. You can do that using: | |
177 | ||
178 | print __PACKAGE__->echo({ text => "a test" }); | |
179 | ||
180 | We use Perl's AUTOLOAD feature to implement this. Note: You need to | |
181 | pass parameters a HASH reference. | |
182 | ||
183 | There is a special helper method called cli_handler(). This is used by | |
184 | the CLIHandler Class for command line tools, where you want to pass | |
185 | arguments as array of strings. This uses Getopt::Long to parse parameters. | |
186 | ||
187 | There is a second way to map names to methods - using the 'path' | |
188 | property. And you can register subclasses. That way you can set up a | |
189 | filesystem like hierarchy to access methods. | |
190 | ||
191 | Here is an example: | |
192 | ---------------------------- | |
193 | package C1; | |
194 | ||
195 | __PACKAGE__->register_method ({ | |
196 | subclass => "C2", | |
197 | path => 'sub2', | |
198 | }); | |
199 | ||
200 | ||
201 | __PACKAGE__->register_method ({ | |
202 | name => 'list1', | |
203 | path => 'index', | |
204 | method => 'GET', | |
205 | ... | |
206 | }); | |
207 | ||
208 | package C2; | |
209 | ||
210 | __PACKAGE__->register_method ({ | |
211 | name => 'list2', | |
212 | path => 'index', | |
213 | method => 'GET', | |
214 | ... | |
215 | }); | |
216 | ------------------------------- | |
217 | ||
218 | The utily method find_handler (in PVE::RESTHandler) can be use to do | |
219 | 'path' related method lookups. | |
220 | ||
221 | C1->find_handler('GET', "/index") => C1::list1 | |
222 | C1->find_handler('GET', "/sub2/index") => C2::list2 | |
223 | ||
224 | The HTTP server use the URL (a path) to find the corresponding method. | |
225 | ||
226 | ||
227 | = References = | |
228 | ||
229 | [1] RESTful Web Services | |
230 | Web services for the real world | |
231 | ||
232 | By | |
233 | Leonard Richardson, Sam Ruby | |
234 | Publisher: | |
235 | O'Reilly Media | |
236 | Released: | |
237 | May 2007 | |
238 | ||
239 | [2] JSON Schema links: http://json-schema.org/ |