Only update the list of running services in the installer or ipactl.

The file is only present in the case of a server installation.

It should only be touched by the server installer and ipactl.

https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3277

install/tools/ipactl

@@ -420,7 +420,10 @@ def ipa_status(options):
     try:
         svc_list = get_config_from_file()
     except IpactlError, e:
-        raise e
+        if os.path.exists(ipaservices.get_svc_list_file()):
+            raise e
+        else:
+            svc_list = []
     except Exception, e:
         raise IpactlError("Failed to get list of services to probe status: " + str(e))
 
@@ -430,6 +433,9 @@ def ipa_status(options):
             print "Directory Service: RUNNING"
         else:
             print "Directory Service: STOPPED"
+            if len(svc_list) == 0:
+                print ("Directory Service must be running in order to " +
+                      "obtain status of other services")
     except:
         raise IpactlError("Failed to get Directory Service status")
 
@@ -473,7 +479,7 @@ def main():
         else:
             raise e
 
-    api.bootstrap(context='cli', debug=options.debug)
+    api.bootstrap(context='ipactl', debug=options.debug)
     api.finalize()
 
     if '.' not in api.env.host:

ipapython/platform/base.py

@@ -136,12 +136,15 @@ class PlatformService(object):
     def __init__(self, service_name):
         self.service_name = service_name
 
-    def start(self, instance_name="", capture_output=True, wait=True):
+    def start(self, instance_name="", capture_output=True, wait=True,
+        update_service_list=True):
         """
         When a service is started record the fact in a special file.
         This allows ipactl stop to always stop all services that have
         been started via ipa tools
         """
+        if not update_service_list:
+            return
         svc_list = []
         try:
             f = open(SVC_LIST_FILE, 'r')
@@ -159,10 +162,12 @@ class PlatformService(object):
         f.close()
         return
 
-    def stop(self, instance_name="", capture_output=True):
+    def stop(self, instance_name="", capture_output=True, update_service_list=True):
         """
         When a service is stopped remove it from the service list file.
         """
+        if not update_service_list:
+            return
         svc_list = []
         try:
             f = open(SVC_LIST_FILE, 'r')

ipapython/platform/systemd.py

@@ -91,13 +91,21 @@ class SystemdService(base.PlatformService):
 
     def stop(self, instance_name="", capture_output=True):
         ipautil.run(["/bin/systemctl", "stop", self.service_instance(instance_name)], capture_output=capture_output)
-        super(SystemdService, self).stop(instance_name)
+        if 'context' in api.env and api.env.context in ['ipactl', 'installer']:
+            update_service_list = True
+        else:
+            update_service_list = False
+        super(SystemdService, self).stop(instance_name,update_service_list=update_service_list)
 
     def start(self, instance_name="", capture_output=True, wait=True):
         ipautil.run(["/bin/systemctl", "start", self.service_instance(instance_name)], capture_output=capture_output)
+        if 'context' in api.env and api.env.context in ['ipactl', 'installer']:
+            update_service_list = True
+        else:
+            update_service_list = False
         if wait and self.is_running(instance_name):
             self.__wait_for_open_ports(self.service_instance(instance_name))
-        super(SystemdService, self).start(instance_name)
+        super(SystemdService, self).start(instance_name, update_service_list=update_service_list)
 
     def restart(self, instance_name="", capture_output=True, wait=True):
         # Restart command is broken before systemd-36-3.fc16